RockinRonI,
Let me say this. I was considering trading the A308cr Pre-amp and Amp in on a Conrad-Johnson Premier 17 LS2 and Premier 350 ($8,000.00). A salesman at Sound By Singer told me to keep the amp and step on up from the A308cr Pre-amp to a good $4,000.00-$5,000.00 tube Pre-amp.
He told me that I had no idea of how good that A308cr Amp really was, and not many other people as well (unless you've read all of the different reviews). He told me that as good as the A308cr Pre-amp is, at the next level I'd be hearing things that I'd never heard before. I did that and bought the Herron VTSP-1A/166. He was absolutely right.
Now, how many times have you heard of a salesman telling someone that and passing up the commission on an $8,000.00 piece of equipment?