Eloquently spoke ieales, my apologies for the "jewelry" slang, wrong choice of words.
I would love to get into tubes, I always feared the maintenance aspect. Most of my life has been work, eat and sleep (with little of the later). Just wanted the reliability of SS when I did have a chance to listen to some music.
Life will eventually taper down with retirement in the not to distant future but the cash flow follow the same path. With a change of equipment in mind this may possibly be the last kick at the cat and I truly want to get it right. I don't want to spend my golden years in "Regret"
That said, I'm assuming if I go with tubes (Prima Luna looks interesting and there is a dealer not to far away). I may want to look at different speakers than previously discussed here. For example, Zu Audio speakers seem to be rated to match well.
With this in mind, I would look again to the wealth of knowledge from you all here who contribute to this forum.
Could you share with me your set up or are we getting to far off track and I should start a new thread?
I will be working on my system tomorrow afternoon with all the great suggestions that have been given here and report back as soon as possible!
I would love to get into tubes, I always feared the maintenance aspect. Most of my life has been work, eat and sleep (with little of the later). Just wanted the reliability of SS when I did have a chance to listen to some music.
Life will eventually taper down with retirement in the not to distant future but the cash flow follow the same path. With a change of equipment in mind this may possibly be the last kick at the cat and I truly want to get it right. I don't want to spend my golden years in "Regret"
That said, I'm assuming if I go with tubes (Prima Luna looks interesting and there is a dealer not to far away). I may want to look at different speakers than previously discussed here. For example, Zu Audio speakers seem to be rated to match well.
With this in mind, I would look again to the wealth of knowledge from you all here who contribute to this forum.
Could you share with me your set up or are we getting to far off track and I should start a new thread?
I will be working on my system tomorrow afternoon with all the great suggestions that have been given here and report back as soon as possible!