So I discovered the issue with my C22 III and the bass output, basically the tubes it came with were worn out. I swapped the line stage tubes with the MM phono stage tubes just to see if it would make a difference and it did. Everything now sounds as it should, in fact, everything improved and am now loving the C22 III.
Because of this I have a different question which relates to buying tubes. I would like to replace all of the tubes with a new set of Gold Lions as everyone on this site seems to rave about them. The seller will match the tubes but they are matched in pairs only, is this normal? I've never purchase tubes before so I just want to make sure that I'm not settling for something.
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McIntosh MC462, C22 IV, and MR7084; Simaudio Moon 300D V2 DAC; Technics SL1200G, Mac Mini Server; Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home; and Wireworld Cables.
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