Thanks to all that replied. The dealer will swap out the Klees for other cables he's got (in trade-ins). Right now we're thinking a pair of Crystal Clear Audio Magnum Opus or Esoteric 7N-DA2100 1.0m XLR. If anyone has suggestions on which cables will play best will the NAT I'd really appreciate it. She does seem to have a mind of her own, that's for sure. It's certainly a very different design and from what I've read here and elsewhere, no two are truly the same. I've also got a bunch of NOS PY88s I'm going to try in there that I ordered from Europe (Siemens, Telefunken, MAzda, etc.).
As far as the NAT vs the PS Audio. The PS Audio is very good; dynamic, great bass response, exciting. The NAT images better, especially width of sound-stage. It's also cleaner and quieter and sounded to me more like real music. This was especially true on jazz and small vocal groups. I don't listen much to classical, but on what I did listen to I thought the NAT did a better job of capturing the recording venue than did the PS Audio. I thought I got a decent buy on the NAT. Whether or not it stays long-term, who knows. I swap stuff in and out a lot. With PS Audio cutting the price of my preamp by 35% yesterday it's good I sold it when I did. Unfortunately I'm now way underwater on my PS Audio amp which received a similar price cut.
As far as the NAT vs the PS Audio. The PS Audio is very good; dynamic, great bass response, exciting. The NAT images better, especially width of sound-stage. It's also cleaner and quieter and sounded to me more like real music. This was especially true on jazz and small vocal groups. I don't listen much to classical, but on what I did listen to I thought the NAT did a better job of capturing the recording venue than did the PS Audio. I thought I got a decent buy on the NAT. Whether or not it stays long-term, who knows. I swap stuff in and out a lot. With PS Audio cutting the price of my preamp by 35% yesterday it's good I sold it when I did. Unfortunately I'm now way underwater on my PS Audio amp which received a similar price cut.
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