Blue Circle BC3 Galatea - thoughts

I demo'd the BC3 Despina, and although I liked it, I wasn't totally shocked by it's performance....I'm still keeping my BelCanto SEP1. The BC3 is more transparent and revealing, but in my system, I prefered the smoother midrange and slight bloominess in the bass of the SEP1. Both pre's use the same 6922 tubes, yet sound distinctly different. The BC3 sounds solid-state-ish in comparison to the SEP1, which sounds a little creamier. My system consists of vertically biamped Muse 100's (solid state) to SC-IV/a's thru bal. golden refs.

I have to disagree with Bob. My pre does anything BUT hold back the music, it gives me a more pleasing "musical" sound as opposed to the clear, "hifi" hear every little tick and twang kinda sound. I'm not bagging on the bc3, I think it is an excellent preamp, just not for my tastes. I couldn't overtly point out any colorations with it...Monk demo'd 5 pre's and he didn't prefer the bc either, so go figure.
Sometimes too much of a good thing isn't good. Hearing every last detail didn't make my system better, just different. Demo it and see what you think. Good luck.