I'm now using the 009s (happily) with my Stax 007t/ii amp, but audio nervosa has me curious about the Cavalli LL,
and my question is, for someone who really values tube sound magic, would the LL be satisfying?
I actually DO get that great tube bloom/mist/sweetness-in-the-highs that I crave from the Stax amp on the 009s,
and I'd miss it if was gone. Are any of the Cavalli users here tube fans also and have this pro-tube prejudiced mindset as I do?
I am attracted by the promises of solid/controlled/detailed bass of the Cavalli (athough the Stax bass, while a little understated, is very high quality).
Quick micro review off the top of my head from recent listening in anyone is interested...
Just to note here, I've been plowing thru my Beatles in Mono box set (which I very highly recommend to Beatles fans, as the Mono tracks are great with lots of insight but
there are also whole-albums' worth of unbelievably good Stereo mixes that are warm, clear and refined). Rubber Soul and Help have stereo mixes that have tonality that I never thought possible.
With the Stax amp/009 combo,
the vocals are about as gorgeous and full of character and bloom and nuance and fatigue-free as any Beatles sound I've heard ever in decades of Beatles heavy-listening
(and for that matter so are the guitars, resonant piano, and percussion). And the overall sound is full of glorious musical-entity separation with new insight into the sound of all the instrumentation
(and the mixing process, for better or worse). I just can't stop listening to this box set on the Staxes.
Thanks in advance.
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