Chessman, 8zzD, and MC602,
Thank you all for the warm welcome and kind words. The individual who said "they are a good bunch of guys over there on AA" wasn't just whistling Dixie. Well, I guess he could have been - God knows what he could have been whistling at the time. Regardless, his comment about AA seems on-point
As an aside, I've been eyeballing a MW LS100 tube pre to inject a little more of that lovely thermionic emmisive sound into my setup. I see there's another thread here with some discussion about that pre. I may amble on over for some not-so-covert recon.
Anyway, thanks again guys. I'll be poking around a fair mount here, virtually looking over shoulders, and checking out other systems, etc.... and most definitely looking forward to interacting with you further.
Cheers, Todd