While it cannot be compared with top-notch Viola Solo or Spirito, I believe that crescendo shall be worthwhile to give a try. From my experience, the sound of Viola equipment is still one of very best in the industry. You can easily find many info on their previous company, CELLO, which Paul...
The best Best Pre, which I have came across in +30 yrs in hifi would be....... Cello Suite. Since then, I tried many different brands for many years...which couldn't last for 1~2 years... Finally settled down on Viola Audio Lab Solo a few years ago. Since then... My search... ended. Well...
Sharing experience on H8000. I do have a dozen of friends using H3000, H5000 and H8000. And, none of them uses built-in SUT. Please, try their own head amp or find suitable SUTs. As for tube rolling, we were not able to settle on single ultimate rectifier or 300B. But, as other members...
I guess that you do have the same question, which asked myself a few years back when I upgraded to H5000 from H3000.
First of all, H8000 DHT or H5000 DHT is a lot better unit than H7000 or H3000. The question is if it is worth of paying extra... That will really depend on your budget or...
Waiting to see your feedback on Helix 1 MKII as a long time (or only one at least in my country) Helix 2 user... ^^
Different from my original thoughts, Helix seems to be quite sensitive table to properly tune... but efforts were worth it (at least for me..)
one of simple / widely used method in reducing hum or noise of allnic's phono & headamp is to put the distance between main unit and power unit as much as possible. They are in fact quite sensitive to each other's location. No hard & fast rule... experiment for location of placement. Putting...