TVC Promethius versus Bent

I'm too enthusiastic at the moment to be beleiveable. I'm going to spend a few weeks with this and my Joule 150 MKII to get a fair measure of both. I have the sense I will keep both, as they both make recording sound wonderful, though different, and both they and the rest of my system sound different than live. Nevertheless, they both reproduce music that is very, very enjoyable in the home. At the price points of the passives, even the "expensive" ones, they seem to be a no-brainer to at least audition. I also get the sense they will last for many, many trouble free years - not much to wear out (except maybe the switches at some point).

Well, I'm still impressed and I find that it is actually a better match with my Music Reference RM9 MKIIs which are running EL34s, while I slightly prefer CAT JL2 with the Joule pre - the CAT is ultra transaparent on its own. I think the "musicality" of EL34s are better matched with the TVC - a great combination. Don't get me wrong, I'm splitting hairs to some extent as all these pieces sound good in any combination.

Very cool! glad to see you enjoying the TVC.Have you tried putting the pot in a box back in the system yet?

I tried it with the CAT and thought it worked extremely well; the fact that it cost $135 has to make you scratch your head. I order a aluminum case version which I beleive is locked in my mail room at the moment, but will be comparing soon.

Pubul57, I noticed that you have the K & K for sale now. Can you tell why you're selling and what you've kept? I have a Music Reference RM-9 and have been considering a TVC to run between my Shanling CDP so I can eliminate the digital volume control of the Shanling. I'm leaning toward the Promitheus Dual Box system. Thanks.