Richard
I would think the Albert amp which can hang with serious company according to the reviews, might just be a good thing to still have, if you plan on the Teac. The Vino Teac is one serious little fellow, and I can say to you all that although it sounds very ~okay upon arrival, it is only after about two months of regular play that you really start to hear it open up. The thing takes 4 Ever to break in, but once there it has "it" in spades. It behaves like a muscle amp in the lower register, insane levels of driver control, the highs are not in the same league as the ClariT IMHO, but very, very close, and perhaps months from now they will be the same, hoo knows. All I know is that when we tried the Monica+Singlepower+ClariT+B200 in the DarkStars, we were into sound like you cannot get off the shelf. It was the best I have ever heard I think, and I have been pigging out on good sound for a looooooong time now...
You can also take your Wright tube amp to the tube TV guy in Ventura and he can run pre amp out lines, post volume attenuator, so you can use the pre amp section of the Wright, the amp that most meets your musically transcendent needs these days, as I recall.
Srayle,
The reason the Singlepower is a great choice is because it is beautifully made with a minimalist Less=More philosophy, with the Octal tube's ----->SOUND center stage, and with a BIG power supply. It is not intended to add "sparkle," or "dimension," or tube "thereness," or dare I say cost, it is intended to add the sound of the 6sn7 Octal tube specifically. It is the best damn electric component I have come across in awhile. Both Mikhail of Singlepower and Dr Peppard of Mapletree have well founded opinions on the matter of the Octals. They are the experts. I am only sharing abit about what I heard through speakers I designed and built.
