Barry, have you compared a Entreq to a Tripoint ?
I have not heard a controlled comparison between Tripoint and Entreq.
I have heard a Tripoint on a different system from mine - Kharma speakers, EMM Labs CD, Aesthtix amp and preamp and with the highly rated Japanese preamp discussed here previously Koga?
The first listen was with the latter preamp and the sound was extremely clean and well resolved - too much so for my taste. With the Aesthetix preamp the sound was more natural to my ears and conveyed more emotion but the noise floor was higher.
Since then my two Silver Tellus have added an Atlantis box and Atlantis earth cable to both of them, the i/cs have been upgraded to Entreq Apollos with an Atlantis earth to the DCS Puccini. To me the sound from my system is substantially better than the above system,
Lloyd to my knowledge is the only member who has got close to auditioning both - I don't think he heard the full works Entreq Atlantis set up -but he went for the Tripoint and thought both were very good but that the Tripoint was a little better.
I am very happy with Entreq which I find more user friendly, no power cord needed and can be built up and upgraded in stages and earths all the components, i/cs and speaker cables to very good effect. The noise floor on my system is effectively non existent.
I have no problem with those who may prefer the Tripoint but for me the Entreq is more user friendly and cost effective. I have not seen any evidence or claims of any real superiority of the Tripoint but the new Tripoint Emperor may have changed that but at a considerably greater cost.
Hope that is helpful to you Jazzhead