My definition of "warm" has changed.

[E-Stat]

My recent encounters with more modern ARC gear has tarnished my opinion of them though.

Agreed. Gone a bit too yang.

Maybe it is simply a harmonic thing because a lot of solid state as good as it can sound still lacks something to allow you to be fooled by it's realism.

There is something magic in the midrange of the best tubes. My first lesson on that (in spades) was hearing the mighty IRS driven by a Conrad-Johnson Premier One back in '80.

E-stat have you ever heard T+A?

You mean as in "A Chorus Line" Dance Ten, Looks Three?

Sorry. No, I haven't .

rw