Best tube preamp ever

Personally, I think it is more important to find the "best dealer" ever with an appropriate selection with whom you can work to put together a synergistic system.

Having only heard what was at the time the entry point into the Ayon brand, the Spirit-1, I would love to hear their Spheris-II preamp along with their Orthos-II monoblocks, or the Vulcan-II.

Semi, with the IEC connector at the bottom of the chassis, what power cable do you use?

I have spent time with ARC Ref 5, (Krell Evo 2, Tidal Prescenio..SS). I have spent time with dealer of Shindo, Wavac, Zanden and i inquired about each of their flagships. Interestingly, he recommended CJ GAT (which he did not sell), and which i now am blessed to own (demo).

I am just about finished with my DHT preamp. If anyone in the local NYC area wants to hear what this preamp can do in their system, let me know. I think you will be very suprised on what you hear. Shoot me an email and we can arragne a meeting to hear it. bigkidz@optonline.net

Peter

A little off-topic here, but what kind of attenuators are used in these high end preamps? Are they mostly stepped ones?
What brands? (Alps, Dact, TKD, Panasonic, others?)