Well I just copy and paste what I wrote:
Sincerly despite the lack of remote unite, the Tempest is by far the most natural sounding, to me there is no need of many adjectives just one: musical and the Tempest simply lets the music live. What W.C. wrote is completaly true. I had not used the phono stage.
The Tempest is a great product that deserves more attention, much more, the sound is open, natural, articulated.
Sincerly I have tried some other pres but I liked most the sound when the Stratos work togheter with the Tempest...
The other option was a tube Margules 220