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Being one of those 'hard nosed' non belivers ...

Let me defend myself.

1) I want to understand the reasons for what I am doing. Simply stating 'it sounds better' doesn't hack it. Why does is sound better?

2) 'Sounding better' is a pretty illdefined term. What the heck do terms like 'faster' and 'slugish' and 'mushy' really mean? And to whom does it sound better? I have been using a NAD non tube based preamp for many years. I tried to replace it with a tube preamp, which to me sounded 'better'. But you know what? My wife didn't like it. Without some kind of verifiable criteria, sounding 'better' is purely a matter of individual taste.

So forgive me for my skepticism and for my reliance on simulations and theory.

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