I have to agree with you completely on the giant-killer bargain opinion. I sold my 3500.00 Wavelength Cosecant in favor of this. I really want to give the Havana a listen too.
I leave mine on all the time and it still seems to be sounding pretty great. I've had it for more than a year. I figure the stock tube is pretty cheap and it's' nice to be able to fire the system up from the iphone so I just don't even bother turning it off. I bought 2 of the 396 tubes that everyone was raving about and I didn't really like the sound of either compared to the stock tube.
On a side note. I also picked up a Cambridge DAC magic and I have to say it sounds pretty incredible too. I still think I like the Paradisea better but the DAC magic is pretty great too.
Do you know where to get a spare stock tube from?
I leave mine on all the time and it still seems to be sounding pretty great. I've had it for more than a year. I figure the stock tube is pretty cheap and it's' nice to be able to fire the system up from the iphone so I just don't even bother turning it off. I bought 2 of the 396 tubes that everyone was raving about and I didn't really like the sound of either compared to the stock tube.
On a side note. I also picked up a Cambridge DAC magic and I have to say it sounds pretty incredible too. I still think I like the Paradisea better but the DAC magic is pretty great too.
Do you know where to get a spare stock tube from?