@howiebrou, I will I will
What I want is an organic sounds, while transparent and wide bandwidth, but never lack punch and that crescendo moment. At first I thought about Rowland 925, but knowing Rowland is always polite and not explosive. Long ago I like Pass XA160.5 , but it lacked drive with Ref40, more ok with XP20, however.
I wil use Pandora with Moon, to see how it compare to Ref 40. Then I will use Ref40 to drive both Moon and Gryphon.
With 2 pres and 2 amps, there are 4 combinations possible.
Toga
How much will I save if I chose Colosseum and Atheena pre instead?