The way in hearing it is - if you're using Shindo Labs or Leben tube gear the A23 works extremely well as it wasn't designed/voiced around Shindo Lab to begin with. Whereas I'm seriously enjoying the Greenlink with both the Nait 2 as well as their standard RCA - RCA versions through two different bases tube integrated amps one an Audiomat Arpege 10 Reference ( EL34 based ) while the other is a CR Developments Kalypso ( EL84's ) as neither of these offer a phono-stage I've found that in my case using a pair of DeVore Fidelity Gibbon 3's ( Defunct ) as my favorite Mini-Monitors - that in the end the AR Sound just sounds more balanced throughout as well as having a tad bit more snap of bass notes while maintaining a textured and spacious top end, with a greater sense of resolution to my ears. With all three of my Integrateds the A23 came across as being somewhat slow sounding as well as muffled, and yes I'm referring to both the interconnects and speaker cables used together. Speaker Cable wise - I'm sold on the Crimson RM Music-Link - but am looking into a pair of NVA LS6 in the next few months or so. But in regards to phono-cable my Synergistic Research Tricon Analog isn't leaving the house - not ever. It does what I need in this application much better then four other dedicated phono-cables I had borrowed from the Cable Company to find a means to voice my system to taste - while these other cables ranged from $2.700 - $3.100 per meter, I heard enough to know what was what. But in all honesty I need to try the Greenlink's in this position as soon as the family wakes up too know what it's capable of an a phono-cable!. Either way - it's a keeper. Maybe at a later date I'll try their more upscale Luna as I've heard a great deal about it as well over on pinkfishmedia . Take care,Oscar
