@gdhal I'd love to hear if you can shoot back to that Stones tune and see if you still hear a pacing difference now that the Yggy has had some more time to run in? Would be a cool thing to know either way.
@david_ten I once sold (actually gave away) a Chinese tube amp that I otherwise was quite fond of (other than its noisy/dirty volume pot) because I felt like it never really nailed the pacing (PRAT) I had heard in a number of previous set-ups I'd owned. The unfortunate part is that I blamed "tubes" since it was my very first tube amp, and I missed about the next 3 years of my heavy listening chasing solid-state-only system upgrades. Ultimately I tried some better tube amps again and I have personally never looked back (not trying to start a holy war, it's simply my preference now). It was a significant time for me in this sport for that reason and also the fact that I started watching for PRAT and the emotional impact that can have on my listening. Once you feel it, you know it when it's missing.
@david_ten I once sold (actually gave away) a Chinese tube amp that I otherwise was quite fond of (other than its noisy/dirty volume pot) because I felt like it never really nailed the pacing (PRAT) I had heard in a number of previous set-ups I'd owned. The unfortunate part is that I blamed "tubes" since it was my very first tube amp, and I missed about the next 3 years of my heavy listening chasing solid-state-only system upgrades. Ultimately I tried some better tube amps again and I have personally never looked back (not trying to start a holy war, it's simply my preference now). It was a significant time for me in this sport for that reason and also the fact that I started watching for PRAT and the emotional impact that can have on my listening. Once you feel it, you know it when it's missing.