Transport & tweaks for audio logic 24MXL

Rcprince's advice is spot on. As a long time AL owner, listen to his thoughts carefully. I am among the crowd of AL owners who have an earlier model, in my case the M34DSB. I use a CEC TL2 and the combination works very well. If you search the threads you will find many who are using the CEC/AL combination. The only thing I would add (which has been in prior threads) is that this DAC responds VERY well to good air isolation. I use a Townshend Seismic Sink and I believe that Rcprince is still using a K-works. IMO, air isolation under this DAC improves any tube that you will use.

The first thing you should do, since this is a stock transport, is buy a 1.5m digital cable. This white-paper I wrote explains why:
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htm

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
manufacturer/modder

You could change the capacitors to Auricaps. Symposium makes special mini pads that go under the caps for isolation which is something that i'm looking into.

As stated above by Rcprince & Jeffcott :

I run a TL-2X into a Virt. Dynamics Master Bal. to a A.L. M-34-DSM with NOS tubes.

A King Cobra V-1 on each handles the AC.

also try to play around with the rca vs xlr analog outs if yours has both- I ordered my 24MXL has the optional $$ XLR outs, assuming it would be the superior interface to the preamp, only to discover (and this was confirmed in a friend's reference system) that the single-ended outs sounded more involving and musical to our ears- YRMV...