Are Accuphase preamps "dull" sounding ?

Ok Jafox !
Maybe was it just an impression of mine ?

I just notice, maybe not here, at Audiogon, that 80% of American people keeps speaking and comparing Krell with Audioresearch, Lamm with Spectral, etc etc
It's not often I see brands like Accuphase, Burmeister, Audio Net,Zingali, etc named.
Of course, it happens, but not as often as it deserves, to my opinion, and by far !

That's all !
And quite normal, on such a big market with so many good american brands.
It's the same in every field with Americans ! hehe !

I love mine this ancient Accuphase pre I just got. It gives me the best sound I have had. It took all tthe digital glare out but left the detail -SWEEEEET!

I also believe accuphase products, inspite of their built quality, are dull and lack transparency!

Adhoc: "It's the same in every field with Americans ! hehe !
Except, maybe, for many Americans, who have the tendency to overpraise the brands of their country"...

Ouch! I'm hoping there's something lost in the translation here.

I'm a Californian. There is a great deal of crap that America (as a country) should be relentlessly criticized for on a daily basis but our buying and exporting habits stand on their own merit. America's high end manufactures consistently sell more product abroad than domestically. American's consistently purchase more foreign produced electronics than domestic.

Accuphase and Krell both build Class A amplifiers as well as other components which makes them somewhat similar philosophically.

I don't recall ever hearing anybody say "I don't buy Asian, European, or American". When it comes to Pizza, forgetaboudit...

I have three systems: my main rig is primarily McIntosh (American), the video system is mostly Rotel (Japanese), and the system in my study is mostly NAD (European). These are all popular brands in the US.

When I was planning the Mac system, I gave some serious thought with going with Accuphase, which I've heard referred to as the "Japanese McIntosh". However, in the US Accuphase gear runs at least double what comparable Mac gear costs. That, compared with much more Mac availability on the used market, made the decision easy.

The same situation exists with high end European brands like Gryphon or Burmeister - they're much more expensive here than Krell or Levinson. That's why US audiophile are more into our local brands- in our market, they're better value.