Thanks Hugh,
I see you have not forgotten me
We are still here and enjoying the "winter" weather presently ~76F outside. Thats really nice cool weather for us !
So there you go again, upsetting the apple cart. SS for gain and a valve for output and configured as a CF at that!
I am also using a CF but its all valve (triode connected EL84 output), wish I could say it's my design but alas no, I did a bit of tweaking though. Sounds very good, too much gain but I can live with that, (maybe a little feedback would do the trick).
I have no idea why a CF is unpopular with some, perhaps it's the effort to get it right. I find them very dynamic, lively and clean, killer bass, plenty oomph to drive just about anything and low output Z. What else is there to ask for?
I will in all likelyhood get a GK1 stage 2 with phono when it is available so I am awaiting your annoucement re its availability.
Wishing you all the best.
Andrew