Quote Originally Posted by User211 View Post
That said, I'm really enjoying an active valve pre at the mo too... but I know full well it is a "colouration device".
Nice one, and sometimes that's true, but don't be fooled into thinking that they all are (and the same also applies to valve power amps)...

If you can exploit the benefits properly in your system, the best valve preamps simply act as open windows onto the musical programme and give real 'balls' and openness to the sonic presentation, not to mention musical insight, that no passive pre I've heard *so far* (and I've heard a few, although not the Tisbury) can match.

Marco.