>>Also I will say that in the case of Plinius at least, they are phenomenally close in AB<<
That depends to a large extent on the speaker as well.
It's very difficult to evaluate an amplifier based on one speaker.
Your Plinius may sound terrific on speaker A and like a dog on speaker B.
My analogy is also applicable to tonearms and cartridges.
That depends to a large extent on the speaker as well.
It's very difficult to evaluate an amplifier based on one speaker.
Your Plinius may sound terrific on speaker A and like a dog on speaker B.
My analogy is also applicable to tonearms and cartridges.