Ok Soundhound,

I guess your only one here qualified to give a review based on your extensive experience and your background..and I hear differences only because I want to and am fooling myself. That everything comes down to specs and that theres not even a need to demo equipment with your ears..That will save everybody who actually goes through the trouble of demoing time and energy (no need for that anymore), and if I dont hear what I like ,I guess all I will have to do is look at the specs to assure myself that they are the same...Yea, that'll work, thanks!

By the way, Im just curious as to why somebody would even go through the trouble of building a tube-pre if they dont want the "tube characteristics"..seems like it would be alot easier to go out and get one of those "they all sound the same" digital stereo pre's..