Dynavector XV1-S and step-up

Hatari, I think you stimulated an interesting discussion, not an uproar. I learned something from it. There is an interesting piece by Art Dudley that appeared in Stereophile within the past few years, wherein he actually compares the built-in SUT in the Masseto to several other outboard SUTs, in his own system. You might want to Google it.

Lewm: thanks, yes saw it. Very interesting, seems like he liked a few better (A23 Hommage and the AN, I believe), but found it to be great with the Miyabi (which is .3mv, 2ohms). Dynavector is .35mv, 6ohms. Sounds pretty close to me.

Hatari, in the meantime you have a nice A23 Hommage T1. Did you ever try the Hommage with the Dynavector XV-1s.
I am very interested, as i had an EAR MC3 and a A23 SPU tranny for my Shindo Meursault/Shindo SPU as well as for my Dynavector XV-1s. Both cartridges made a very nice combination with both trannies, so now i am looking for a Hommage T1, too. Three friends of mine have this transformer, but until now i haven´t heared it in my system.

I use the Allnic AUT 2000(now renamed) with the XV-1s mono and it works great.