I am getting my Aesthetix Io back tomorrow with the Eclipse upgrade. I have been testing all my 12AX7 tubes in preparation to get this baby fired up. I going to compare Modwright SWLP 9.0 (older tubed PS) and Io (upgraded to Eclipse) mated to MBL 5011.
I am also going to compare the vinyl to hirez (24/96) digital to see how they compare. Digital chain features Empirical Audio's Tascam US-144 USB asynched to Pace Car going into EA modded Northstar 192 DAC.
If anybody is interested, PM me and we can listen to it over a couple of beers.
I don't want to do a big formal comparison at this time because I just really want to chill and groove with music more than listen to one song over and over.
