Interconnect with great dynamics and bass slam ,

There are plenty of threads on Audiogon about the Dude. It is probably best to direct your questions there.

I will say it was significantly better than the last preamp I owned, which is highly regarded. And that preamp was significantly better than the one before that.

What struck me about the Dude was how natural the sound was and how linear the presentation became. I never knew what linear presentation 'really' meant - what did people mean when they described a piece of equipment or tubes being linear. With the Dude I now understood - a tonal balance with all frequencies. Honestly, it was 'ear' opening and educational for me.

This is only my experience. I have tried very few preamps and done very few side-by-side comparsions.

Waxwaves loves the blues too!!! Got a killer copy of Muddy Waters "Electric Mud". Buddy Guy &Junior Wells? Jimmy Reed? Taj Mahal....Anybody here heard of The Nighthawks? Another of my favs in the blues genre. They play Down Home in Johnson City every year which is close to me in wonderful Johnson City, TN. Down Home has an excellent sound system BTW.
Come on Keith, lick those wounds and get back out here. You are loved even if you do listen to Nickelback buddy... Dennis is chomping at the bit to hear what is in your cd collection!!
Anybody use Black Diamond Racing isolation cones? Just got a couple sets of MkIII and I really like them!
Also still in love with my Air series Tara Labs!!! Awesome stuff by most folks standards I am sure of it.

@ Grey9hound, Thankyou so much for your reaction post that Hessec posted, I was bewildered of the whole post he posted!,, I have had alot going on, I apologize for not getting to your answer of the cds,,I like the Lee Ritennour 6-string theory, Goverment mule-high and mighty year, 2006,,John Fogerty- blue moon swamp,,Santana Brothers,,April Wine-clasic masters,,Cool Blues-Denis Mix,,Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour-Harlequin,,Dennis, I have not got to listen to all of the cds yet, I am in the process of tring to get alot of money coming my way that is owed to me, may take a couple of months to receive the money, I am fighting for another 4 to 6 thousand dollars that I can use for my system so john will not make fun of me for my stock a/c power cord that is temporary!, Just kidding john!, I am over whelmed at the process the state and fed-goverment puts me thru to get my money!, the good news, I will be getting the money!, late summer or the end of summer.,,I like the cds you sent me, That was an over the top very nice thing you did for me, Thankyou so much!,, Cheers!

@ waxwaves, I am happy you got the Black Diamond Racing isolation cones!, I never owned none, but do have experience with them!, they are very good!I have listened to all their models with great satiesfaction!,, the cool thing is, If you put some cones under your digital player, you can tune!, dial in a great sound, simply by moving the cones around under the player and experimenting by doing so!, the sound will change to better,worse, awsome, etc..,, you will see what I am talking about!, just do'nt put them under the player and leave them!, move them around!, you will be stunned!BTW, Taralabs is aware of all of us that like the Taralabs products now!, all the way to the presadent of the company!, you know, this thread and the other one, I do not know if they read them yet, I believe they will!, I did not come out and tell them!, word by mouth has made all of us famous with their company!,,Happy listening!

@c Davea33,,Is your Dude pre-amp a tube unit?, thanks Dave!