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Schiit Freya+(Plus)

Freya+ users:

For me, sending DAC input through tube output clearly adds warmth, bloom, punch, musicality, presence.
However, when used with analog inputs (TT, FM, cassette), the tubes (current stock JJ 6SN7 supplied with the unit) sound too lush, rather over the top, sometimes frankly bloated. I mean at equal volume (not volume SETTING).

Despite balanced output to power amp, the SS buffer stage sounds inferior to pure passive mode. So it's tubes with
DAC, passive with analog, SS buffer with nothing.

Questions: (1) does my experience sound typical?
(2) should I experiment with rolling Tung-Sols or other recommended upgrade tube?
(3) does any of this bespeak some peculiarity elsewhere in the chain?

Advance thanks for diagnoses/suggestions.

hickamore

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yyzsantabarbara
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I hear no buzzing; I use the Freya+ with a headphone-based system so if I had some buzzing, I would hear it on the phones.

I woke up around 3AM last night and heard some clicking sounds that seemed to originate from the Freya+. It had been turned off about 2 hours prior. That seemed odd. I just woke up and played some music on the headphones until 6AM. I will keep an ear open for this mysterious clicking sound.

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