hickamore
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| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Forgot to ask: how many Freya rollers are using different 6SN7s for gain and buffer stages? For those doing so, does it matter, and how so? | |
| Aurender N10 What a system, what an experience, what a passion, what expertise. What a deep and informative read! | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) And to @phcollie for ratifying One. Soldiering on thanks to you guys. | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Kudos to @wolf_garcia for three things.One, for sharing the experience of dealing with Freya tube heat and for keeping Freya in his system when so many fancy alternatives have been out there beckoning for so long. Thanks to his encouragement, repl... | |
| Aurender N10 @latik, never heard of that one, will have a look and thanks for the links! | |
| Aurender N10 Many thanks. I will check out this budget Bricasti right away. Sounds right up the alley. | |
| Aurender N10 Ah, thanks. You certainly did answer my original question and I'm grateful for it. latik, I was thinking of the Schiit Yggdrasil or something non-upsampling under $5k. hgeifman, if a less esoteric DAC and cables will allow the Nten (this kb has lo... | |
| Aurender N10 Thanks, everyone! So many variables. Sadly, DACs like the DA2 are well beyond my budget. Some of the cables mentioned are rather daunting in themselves. If the N10 can't be properly appreciated without $5K cables and $25K DACs, I'll need to lower ... | |
| Aurender N10 Thank you mikemeeks. I watched/heard on my #2 system a YouTube video comparing AES/EBU with SP/DIF coax. The Brit reviewer opened with the premise that both are superior to USB. Like you, he was using Levinson amp and both test cables were Audioqu... | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Definitely oldhvy got a defective unit. Though Schiit does warn rather prominently that these run HOT. Knowing that upfront, you wonder whether the four nicely separated 12AU7s in Rogue RP-7, running cooler but also taking 45 seconds to warm up, w... | |
| Wireless vs. USB Hi Erik,Maybe I should rephrase the question.My specific thought is replacing Macbook Pro + Cambridge 851N with Aurender X100L player ($3500) + Schiit Yggdrasil DAC ($2500). The former has only USB out. In that budget range, what if anything would... | |
| Rogue RP-7 vs. PrimaLuna Dialogue Tube Preamps I have not yet tried any tube rolling in Freya but will get around to it and follow these suggestions from you veterans. Thanks for sharing. I feel sure the JJs which came with mine do not reveal the device's ultimate sonic potential. Just establi... | |
| Rogue RP-7 vs. PrimaLuna Dialogue Tube Preamps The Dialogue has been discontinued. Current version with balanced in/out is the EVO 400 which I am still considering along with Rogue and Raven. Also like the Linear MicroZOTL, but this comes only in black and I am done with black buttons on a bla... | |
| Will Subwoofer Help? "The events of the past, through lapse of time, have fought their way, past credence, into the country of myth." -- Thucydides | |
| Will Subwoofer Help? hombre, thank you. Was just hoping for someone to confirm that. Free expert consultation is grand resource. Now I can quit chasing phantoms & go do some detail gardening or rearrange wine bottles. Like maybe everyone, too much dead time on my ... |