Tekton Double Impacts

Bullitt,
Keep in mind that transistors have inevitable coloration just as tubes exhibit. Granted the coloration is "different " in nature and character. One can generalize and say tubes tend toward low even order distortion i.e. warmth. Transistors gravitate toward odd order distortion i.e, lean/thinner, pick your preference, we all ultimately do.

There simply is such thing as a purely neutral audio product, everything has an innate character. For example the following are all highly regarded transistor amplifiers.
Soulution
Gryphon
Pass Labs
Constellation
Spectral
DartZeel
I’ve heard them all, each is solid state and each is clearly different.
Which of these is right? Which is the most genuinely neutral?

They sound different because they are, each has a distinct character (coloration). You can do the same with a list of highly regarded tube amplifiers. You cannot escape coloration. My amplifier has Coloration and I accept that reality.

Bullitt, you and I have made our choice as to what particular type of distortion/coloration we can live with happily.
Charles

@craigl59 :

Thank You!!! for your earlier response to my question regarding JRiver.

The very steep learning curve was what had held me off using it in the past, and you've confirmed that it still has a steep learning curve.

I'd like to keep things simple but realize I'm leaving some control and performance on the table by not investing the required time to learn and be proficient with JRiver.

Sure Terry.  Send me a PM and we'll see what we can work out.

Well, thats some spirited, but relevant, debate regarding amps! I congratulate everyone for maintaining their cool!! Can’t wait for porscheracer’s report once he has had a chance to fully integrate the DIs into his system.....