The last piece of my puzzle

Last week I odered the last piece of my puzzle.

The Aesthetix Io Signature phono preamplifier.
I will be receiving it at the beginning of February. It took me over two years for this decision and I'm looking forward to hear how it sounds in my system.

I have only heard the best about this unit from people who have heard it. One of the main problems I will though have in summer will be the heath: soon I will have 24 more tubes working in my listening room. :micro:


my actual Klyne phono stage is sold. The lucky person will come next month to my place and pic it up.

To settle the pieces of my puzzle I will concentrate this year in room acoustics: there is definitively still a big margin for improvement over there.

 

Looks great Titian. Have you actually heard one though?

I guess the choices in such rarified territory are numerous and hard to audition properly. I see Art Audio have just released a Reference. Having heard the Vinyl One, I would imagine it's most impressive.

 

No, I haven't heard it.
It was highly recommended to me by Mile and other persons who are quite closely related to my system.
Also people in Germany, France and Australia, which I didn't know, talked to me about this product in the best terms.
Choices are a lot around but I rarely found such an international consense at the toppest level.

But let's see how I'll feel about it in a months time.