OK, new topic here. Is an Aegir (1 or 2) overkill in a desktop system? Driving a pair of ADS 300s I’ve owned for 35+ years. Within its power limitations, which honestly I will never reach. Would a Gjallarhorn sound just as good? I’ve been using tube amps in that spot, but I worry about lugging...

So, big question, do the Chord DACs support UAC2? Don't kick me out of the forum, I also own a Freya N, yeah one of those, and some other bits.

Tell me more. I've still got the original tubes in mine and ready to experiment. I knew you could use 6DJ8s and 6922s, which are really the same things. I didn't realize you could use a range of preamp tubes. How do you determine which are appropriate and in which setting, gain or follower?

Have not tried tube-rolling yet. With the stock tubes I think it actually sounds best in active buffer mode, i.e. solid state. I will invest in some good 6DJ8s soon and see how they do.

So much for the resale value of the Freya N I bought couple months ago.

It was Ken Kreisel at Jonas Miller who first played the Quads for me! We listened to the first Poco album. 

It all starts with Quads, doesn't it? I first heard them when I was 16 and they blew my mind. I've owned my pair since 1986, had them rebuilt by Wayne Piquet a few years ago, and drove them for years with the GSI-mod ST70, more recently with a diytube ST35, which is even better, and soon with a...