Alright, thank you. Was happy with the way things are in my setup. Might be something to look into. I know there's common distortion when I have the amp on and nothings playing but that's most likely the tubes on the amp. But I may buy the adapter. Just depends if I have any money when i decide...

I am trying to use it as a dac, not sure if it is actually bi-passing the amp. Think I need the L7 adapter for that. Wondering if buying the  $20 thing will give a worthwhile improvement to the sound quality.

A few months ago i Bought a Hifiman He 500 and a Schiit Lyr off of Ebay for a decent price. Currently for my audio setup i have a an optical lineout from my computer to a Fiio E17 which goes from an aux jack on my fiio to the RCAs on my Schiits Lyr where it goes right to my headphones other...

Hey guys, just about done building my setup for listening to music, movies, and gaming. Currently I ran an optical cable from my realtek ALC 1150 to a Fiio E17 with Lo bypass on to use it as solely a dac to a Schiit Lyr 1 with stock GE tubes to a pair of hifiman HE500 and I have to say I like...

Hey guys, was wondering if it be worth while to upgrade my Fiio E17. Currently i feed my Fiio E17 with an optical from my computer, i use the Fiio as only a DAC with the low bypass on, then i connected the E17 to my Schiit Lyr which runs my Hifiman He 500s. I was wondering if it be worthwhile to...

It's temporary for now, tried it and the noise is gone, turned the volume all the way up on the Fiio. It's the sound is quieter than with just the lyr. Plan is once I get the money to either buy a used Bifrost or a Xonar Essence D2. Bifrost with the Uber upgrade would sound exemplary but it...

Tried out doing what you said with the SPDIF and it works, would this double amp the signal however, or if i switch the lo bypass on it will be ok?

Hey guys, i used to use a Sennheiser HD 558 with a fiio e17 dac for my headphone set up but recently upgraded to a pair of Hifiman HE-500s with a Schiits Lyr, the setup sounds great but whenever i game, i hear something that sounds like a perpetual fart, and its only when the game is up in the...

Hey guys was wondering what would be a tube that would match well with the HIFIMAN HE-500s. The stock GE tubes gives me a headache when i used my Sennheisher HD558s with the lyr, on the HE-500 its harder to hear the microphonics but its still present when no sound it going through the amp and on...

Ok thanks for the patience for helping me. Unexperienced in this stuff and short of temper lol. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Would it have to be some as expensive as those valvos. Hell $250 for tubes, that's more than half what I'd paid for the amp itself. Wouldn't just new tubes other than stock get rid of the noise?

Yes, letting them warm up, and thinking about getting new tubes. Will it be a big improvement? Was looking at these tubes http://www.thetubestore.com/Tubes/6922-E88CC-Tube-Types/JAN-Philips-6922-Low-Noise   But trying to justify throwing another $60 at my equipment hoping they sound better...

I just bought an amp for the Hifiman HE-500 so i decided to go with the Schiit Lyr as i heard that it would be a good amp for HE-500. Man was i ever farther from the truth, my experience with the l yr has been total and utter ****, no pun intended. The amp constantly gives out a static feedback...

Also the $500 deal has free priority shipping while the $400 would come standard

Kinda what I'm thinking is it being 1 year and 3 months old. Would it wear out or would it not perform as well?