I was amazed at the noise that I never really acknowledged, and that I now know I had from my old tired Mac SS preamp that I felt served me so well.
Since I hooked up the T-8 that I received from Franks Place, the quietness in the music has been very pleasing, direct and to the point accurate.
This includes recordings of which I know intimately and have heard versions live from artists that I know very well and even personally and in some cases
was there.
Now I know my meager system as it is presently cannot do proper justice to a live show. But it does not audibly add anything unwanted. At least not anything
that I or in one recent case, one of the performers themselves who was over the other day can determine. But we were also relying on memory from many, many moons ago.
Anyway, as close as we can get, sometimes just has to be good enough.
James