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Tube or solid state

My gear:1. Once Analog TT, made here in Aust, with "the wand tonearm" , made in NZ
2. JLTI solid state, a copy from switzeland, made in Aust, from the maker in Switzerland, that has moved back to Aust!!, the have spare RCA Plugs, to load cartridge, I running a Zu?Dennon 103, loading is 300 ohms, any thing bellow this is a boring sound, I have one plug at 300 ohms, in the red socket, and a plug at 220 in the black socket, because I'm trying to shave of some over all harshness, some albums sound great, but overall, I wish to keep the "great bass"!!, and slam, why am I having trouble??
3. PS Audio Pre/Dac pre amp!!4. Channel islands mono blocks, (awesome bass and control), probable the best competent I've bought!!5. Pair of Zu Souls, MK 11Friends, I wish to know where I have gone wrong??To get rid of the edge, and still have great bass, with balls, and slam what should I do??Replace the PS Audio Pre?Dac preamp SS, for a tube unit??, or replace my SS phono stage with a tube unit??Friends I live down on the far south coast, of Australia!!The nearest audio shop, is 4 hours away??To make things worse My Zu cartridge, needs replacing, very soon!!Friends can you get together and solve the above??Many ThanksDavidAust

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stevecham
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I like and own both tubed and solid state phono preamps. They have their own sonic signatures and it’s fun to stay with one for awhile and then shift my music listening focus so that I switch over to the other version. Neither design has a corner on "most desireable,’ both types can offer wonderful sonic signatures for particular moods and interests.

Right now I’m running a vintage Pickering XV15 with a high profile stylus (1200E, 6/75 µm (.0002 x .0030 inch) through a Schiit Mani phono pre with very enjoyable results. That may change in the near future and I’ll switch over to tubes.
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