To Lapierre: Thanks! Actually the tubes are for the Jolida cd player. I am currently using 1960 vintage Mullard 12ax7 grey short plates (blackburn plant), they are my goto tube for most of the music. But I do have some Svetlana 12ax7 about the same vintage that I do prefer on some jazz stuff I listen to.

As far as homework - some, but really more trial and error buying and selling a lot of equipment before finding a combo I was really happy with.

sokar April 10, 2009 03:53

To Zephyr:

Thanks for the compliment. Thanks for the info on the interconnects and pre-amps. I picked up the cobras only because I found 2 pr of them for a steal, but I have thought about trying others. I will do some research with regards to the Classe pre-amp's, I just fell in love with the ML amp and wanted try one of their pre's.

sokar April 10, 2009 03:48