After being a tube preamp true believer this preamp has shown me just how far Solid State preamps have come. This preamp is so pure, even sounding with a natural transparentcy that is stagging good. It favors no gender of music, and it revels som many layers of the performace, in fact the more difficult the peice the better this preamp will show you how good it is. They hyper detail phile may not find this preamp lean or quick enough, but those who want the meat on the bone, and a moving reporduction of a recording, look no further than this preamp.