I've heard or know the Smart C2, 33609, Manley VariMu, STC-8, Drawmer 1969 - a couple of others.
The others are a little trickier, although I could probably get a hold of the Thermionics Phoneix and Pendulum ES8 through a friendly distributor, but it would probably be on the basis that I'd have to take one of them!
I'm also only about a half hour from AMS Neve, so depending how amenable they are to end-user interaction, I might be able to check out the JD. I suspect that's still the way I'll go .... that or the Phoenix ........................ or the ..........
