Some sound warm, some dry, some fast, some slow. Again, the same cap regardless of type will sound great in some rooms and less than ideal in others. We think of it as an insurance policy that the unit will become your reference preamp for life. This was done to eliminate the internal wire and fidelity loss associated with rotary switchers at a price. This method yields the same sonic results.
Plans are in the future to produce the more expensive unit.
The unit comes stock with ALPs pots which have a wonderful sounding taper and well suited for moderately priced sources. However, to reach it's potential - serious audiophiles will want to use our GoldPoint stepped attenuators with sealed Swiss ELMA movements. In the anode mode it delivers high enough gain to drive even the most demanding power amp. In the cathode mode, it delivers controlled attenuation without squashing micro dynamics like a passive preamp. The figures above are measured with a 2 volt sine wave to closely match that of most CD players and DACs.