This is my state of play so far. January 2019.
Hi-Fi 2019 January by
Shaun Haselden, on Flickr
Hi-Fi 2019 January by
Shaun Haselden, on Flickr
Really happy with the sound of my system now that I have removed vinyl from the equation.
Did have a foray into digital optical connect for the CD to DAC but kept getting lots of dropout so back to coax where it all sounds peachy.
The Spendor's have the most gorgeous vocal sound combined with the valves especially on female jazz vocal, helped no doubt by the EL34's. I've had various valve types since I first got into valves in 1997 but always end up back with the EL34. Very definitely my personal fave.