EAD Signature,New Krell 7.1 or tube preamp

I was in your same position, I have aerial 8B's, after auditioning the lex mc 12 and the krell 7.1, I bought the krell, musicly it was not even close, good luck

I have a Cary Tube pre, awesome! I also had an EAD Encore, I upgraded it to an Ovation Plus. That was a huge improvment. Before the upgrade the tube pre was by far better. Now its a tough call between using the EAD or the Cary tube pre.

Check out Mapleshade cables. They may make more difference than anything else. Pierre at Mapleshade told me that years ago and I wrote it off as pride of authorship... until I tried them and they've easily bested everything I've thrown at them since. They'll really open things up. Don't forget about the power cords. Ditto the above.