Apple's tuning is really spot-on to me hence why it's also successful to the masses aside from the proprietary tech. We tend to focus more on the intangibles which most people don't give a iota of care

Pilgrim Noir about to be released

Not the best DAC and amp synergy in that case. Yggdrasil is definitely a lot more forgiving of sibilance than the hyper incisive TT2 though so any sibilance will show up from Susvara in that case

Amp limitation and DAC limitation or poor synergy. Susvara on an well curated system has no glaring faults even if you put some poorly mastered pop tracks to it

SET have no strict damping factor rules, but XLR would be the best jack one for DCA cans as they're low in impedance and low in sensitivity

I think going first to maximizing the WA23 with the Taks or even Linlai Elite 2A3s best specced would be a good start before going all out on the WDSig with WDNet. Even just switching 2A3tubes can massively change the overall balance from dark to neutral perfect with additional gains in...

They all cost an arm and leg unfortunately. I've been enjoying the RCA Red Base 5692s though for preamp purposes

The nozzles are plastic, shells are PVC coated metal

2 x 6j5 tubes

Yep. This supports my opinion that you have to invest A LOT to get better filtering/regen performance, and with super clean power grind, the differences between no conditioning and a very good regen would be less than when coming from a dirtier source

No power conditioning to me. They have a negative effect on my system UNLESS you have lots of ac noise and voltage variation to your system and with that you’d have to invest A LOT to make your system sound as good as the one from a clean and stable power source without conditioning

Me here! Two watercooler threads + the Schiit Happened thread!

That metalwork on the Artha looks great! Is there a quite noticeable difference in sound from regular Artha?

Thanks! Album cover itself is an Yggdrasil tree as well perfectly suited for Schiit Yggdrasil! One of my favorite albums to get lost into music during late night sessions

Thanks! Fear Inoculum is a classic reference album indeed!

Me as well. The OS on tubes sometimes sounded too diffused and airy while NOS brings the balance back to perfection in my experience

Wow that's a deal for SGD pricing! Congrats!

Do you use the May on NOS or with HQPlayer to DSD512 with the Bliss + Susvara setup?

Yep. Not big enough to extract every little nuances of a 300B circuit :)

I forgot about the headphones too. With Hifiman headphone sound signature, I prefer the NOS presentation with SET amps as the OS does sound more "mechanical" unless the OS is DSD oversampling which I generally find more musical sounding than PCM oversampling

Those selling the Nautilus are just funding for that upcoming Red October XL I suspect

Don't forget to add some Snake River Audio Mamushi interconnects too. They matter a lot at this level as well

I also have a similar observation, but it can also be not just the implementation of the authentication, but also the quality of the storage and memory of the NAS/Fileservers. Storing music files on laptop and streaming it through Roon is at times more often than not worse sounding than Qobuz...

Sennheiser HE-1 is somewhere in between Caldera and Susvara in the tonality and even soundstage area if one is considering it. It's an incredibly musical headphone first but with effortlessness presentation