Do me a favor.....switch them to UL and leave them there for about a month....then switch back to Triode and report your opinion again. I'm real curious.
I have done this in fact. Last summer when new, would go a month or so triode, next month ultra and then back the next month, i did this the first few months i owned them, i did this cycle at least 3 times, so probably 6 months.
I might have exaggerated a wee bit in my original post. After a full year's ownership, i switch back and forth between triode and ultralinear depending on what i'm listening to...i love having this capability. It takes some serious hours of listening to know which mode for what music but after you do put in the hours, when you select a cut, you'll know before you start which mode you'll be in.
All that said, i probably listen the majority of time in triode. This i think is due to my music selections, which are more acoustic than in my younger years. But, if I'm in a hard hitting mood, AC/DC, Metallica, or even classic 70's rock, ultralinear, no doubt.
When i'm yearning for silky smoothness and getting goosebumps 'cause it sounds so dayum good, i'll be in triode!!
gnat out