Only at Myles where just listening to it stand alone it was impossible to judge. I would like to compare with a couple if I could.
For the record. Both Nick’s phonostage and the system have undergone significant upgrades since Ked’s visit 3 or so years ago. PeterA heard the system last fall (?) in close to its current incarnation. (The only change since Peter visited--and a worthwhile improvement—was the addition of a newly designed PC umbilical between the Doshi’s phonostage/tapestage power supply and electronics. Well I guess if you don’t count the Ensemble Fuoco integrated amplifier in house for review.)
Nick updated in the intervening time all of the phonostage’s Clarity capacitors to Clarity Caps most recent top offering as well as the new PC umbilical cord.
Among the many other changes since Ked visited:
Magico S5 Mk.1 to S5 Mk. 2 speakers with SPod feet
cj ART To cj 40Th Anniversary ART300 monoblock amplifiers
cj GAT preamplifier Series 1 to Series 2 preamplifier
Doshi V3.0 phonostage to the current offering
VPI Classic direct drive to 3 arm capable VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
VPI 12-inch 3D arm to VPI Fat Boy 12-inch dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
In addition to the Lyra Atlas SL (that had under 10 hrs of playing when Ked came over) both the Fuuga and vdh Colibri Master Signature cartridges were added to the stable.
King-Cello tapestage to Doshi V3.0 tapestage
Technics 1500/Nortronics heads to Technics 1506/low inductance Flux Magnetic heads run balanced out to electronics and some other JRF mods to the tape path.
Suffice it to say the Doshi phonostage belongs on anyone’s list shopping for a reference phonostage (in fact Mikey gave it a nice review recently in Stereophile.)