Acoustic Zen Matrix reference II IC

@audphile1 

Very curious. You run tube monoblocs and a tube pre-amp yet do not find the A. Copper too warm yet with my SS Hegel H390, the A. Copper cast a deep gloom over the music. The rest of my system , while tipped to the warm side of neutral, is not overtly warm and my room has it's share of of glass and hard surfaces. 

I use a Schiit Lokius EQ between dac and amp and will try swapping out one run of the Silver R. IC's for the Matrix R. 

Thanks for your input. 

I have Pass preamp and amp. Where did you see that I run tube monos and preamp?

Oh-- I looked under your system and thought I saw Rogue monoblocs and pre-amp. Don't have an explanation! 

the pass gear I've heard has sounded great to me. 

I used to have Rogue ST100 and RP1 that I upgraded later to RP5. Rogue is good but it isn’t Pass. 
 

Matrix/Silver combo is nice. Not sure why you require schiit equalizer though. Less is more in the signal chain….just my $0.05. 

Ah-- so I wasn't hallucinating- - good to know!  

What I've found is that as resolution increases, differences in CD sound quality become more evident. The Lokius was acquired as a way to address this issue. 

What would you suggest?