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[frenchmon]

Unfortunately, the Jolida does not have preouts. It's just as well, I may off the 502 and try a Rotel amp and possibly a CJ pre or even a Jolida or Vincent. As good as the tube seduction is, I can't deny the fact that the stereo sounds shy to an extent. I need that headroom for those certain quieter and/or higher quality recordings- that 30% of my listening where the Jolida really cannot push to dynamic levels- even in a small room sadly. My main goal here is to avoid any SS edgy-ness. If I hear a hint of that hardness and glare- that artificial sheen, I will be thouroughly disappointed. It would be far more in line with the amount I should spend- plus separates are just awesome.

How was the improvement in noise floor reduction when you went from the Rotel pre to the Vincent?

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Actually My Rotel preamp was the Rotel RC-1090 and the amp is the RB 1080. Its like in the top 3 that Rotel has ever made as far as amp/preamp combinations. RGA also had the preamp and loved it aswell

ROTEL RC-1090 Preamplifiers Reviews

The noise floor only could be heard with no music playing and volume up as far as can go. And then you had to put your ear to the speaker to hear it. 0.03% THD

With the Vincent all you hear is only tube rush if you put your ear to the speaker with volume up.

I now have the Rotel preamp in my bed room system with a Rotel RB 1070 amp which is also very good at 130watts per channel and is able to be bridged to mono.

I hardly think the Jolida could push the Dyns....There is another member here who owned that same amp and was trying to drive Dyn floor speakers with unsatisfactory results. He sold the Jolida and got a Anthem integrated amp. I think the Jolida has wonderful sound from what I read of the reviews....have you thought about another set of speakers like in the 90db and up range? I betcha the Jolida would really sing then. What interconnects and speaker and power cables are you using? Look at the amps Hyfi is driving his Dyns with...im sure his is singing.

Years ago, I bought into the hype about Mono-Price cabling and decided to try them. The result on the Rotel was as you said....brightness, edgy metal like sounds. I quickly got some QUALITY cables and all is well. Iater added some quality power cables and no edginess at all. Good quality audiophile sound does not have to be expensive.