@noromance My Amps as SS, My PreAmp uses 12AU7’s that I switched out to 5814’s that sound great ! The Phono Pre is the Gold Note PH-10 and that too is Solid State… So not sure where your coming from or if you read my post. If you looked up my system, I did not make the change yet as to the PH-10 being my Phono pre and that could maybe be you thought I was still using the Pro-Ject.
Only the TT is bright, my other sources are ok…