Dweller hit the mark, Herman is 100% wrong
Analog isn't better when you have the right digital gear, one thing you lucked into is very good speakers, when your speakers aren't tipped up hot rods and your amps aren't glary over driven tubes you might be onto something just right. Fact is your preamp isn't one of those impressionistic RIAA machines that give you a 6db cut in the treble and boosted bass its an honest preamp. Your "problem" lies with your equipment choices and the perception that analog is sooooo much better when in fact its old and obsolete.
My Sonographe SD-1 Beta was everybit as good as my SOTA/SME4/GRADO/Motif MC7 system in 1991. The SOTA hasn't been improved since then neither have your records. :)
Analog isn't better when you have the right digital gear, one thing you lucked into is very good speakers, when your speakers aren't tipped up hot rods and your amps aren't glary over driven tubes you might be onto something just right. Fact is your preamp isn't one of those impressionistic RIAA machines that give you a 6db cut in the treble and boosted bass its an honest preamp. Your "problem" lies with your equipment choices and the perception that analog is sooooo much better when in fact its old and obsolete.
My Sonographe SD-1 Beta was everybit as good as my SOTA/SME4/GRADO/Motif MC7 system in 1991. The SOTA hasn't been improved since then neither have your records. :)