NEW Schiit Lyr 2: Impressions
Apr 16, 2015 at 4:50 PM Post #1,096 of 2,168
btw @Boogirl, would love to hear your thoughts of the lyr 2 vs your current Audio GD stuff too. Heard great things about AudioGD amplifiers in terms of performance:price, but haven't seen many direct comparisons of them against other gear. cheers!
 
Apr 16, 2015 at 6:28 PM Post #1,097 of 2,168
  btw @Boogirl, would love to hear your thoughts of the lyr 2 vs your current Audio GD stuff too. Heard great things about AudioGD amplifiers in terms of performance:price, but haven't seen many direct comparisons of them against other gear. cheers!

I'm no expert, but I'd love to try and make comparison between the two amps once I get hold of the Lyr2, although I will say in advance that I am expecting (hopefully not naively) the Lyr 2 to be a significant upgrade over the Audio GD, even with the stock tubes. Thats not to say I don't also think the Audio GD is a good dac/amp. I have both the NFB 15 and the NFB 11 because l like them so much.  
 
Apr 16, 2015 at 7:32 PM Post #1,098 of 2,168
btw @Boogirl
, would love to hear your thoughts of the lyr 2 vs your current Audio GD stuff too. Heard great things about AudioGD amplifiers in terms of performance:price, but haven't seen many direct comparisons of them against other gear. cheers!


+1 i love audio gd dacs, would like to hear more about the amp signature compared to lyr 2 in terms of bass impact, mids detail, treble detail and smoothness, soundstage width and depth, if possible :)
 
Apr 18, 2015 at 6:05 AM Post #1,099 of 2,168
+1 i love audio gd dacs, would like to hear more about the amp signature compared to lyr 2 in terms of bass impact, mids detail, treble detail and smoothness, soundstage width and depth, if possible
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Ok, look forward posting my impressions :)
 
Apr 18, 2015 at 12:37 PM Post #1,101 of 2,168
I may have gone overboard in my first month!
I'd never planned on any tubes. Amazon may have done me a favor by sending the Lyr by mistake. I tried some NOS tubes from Rb2013's and was hooked!


Sounds like their mistake was the demise of your wallet :)
 
Apr 18, 2015 at 4:39 PM Post #1,103 of 2,168
Sounds like their mistake was the demise of your wallet
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 HAHA! Yes, If you add the $358 I spent on what turned out to be a Lyr with the tubes I've bought you already match the price of a new Mjolnir. And I'm pretty sure there WILL be more. A fairly expensive "discount". 
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But it sounds sooooo good! 
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Apr 19, 2015 at 6:17 AM Post #1,105 of 2,168
It is! I'm listening to Tierney Sutton Dancing in the Dark. Piano, upright bass, drums, vocals. I listen to lots of classical as well. Mostly Rachmaninov and Mahler this week.

I was wondering what you tubes you use to listen to Classical with? I would love to be able to get some recommendations as to what tubes I could get before I purchase my own Lyr 2!
 
Apr 19, 2015 at 7:25 AM Post #1,106 of 2,168
I was wondering what you tubes you use to listen to Classical with? I would love to be able to get some recommendations as to what tubes I could get before I purchase my own Lyr 2!

Good question, normally I would recommend you contact Bob @rb2013, and get some NOS vokshods. The best tubes , for classical, that I use in my Lyr2 , are my NOS Telefunken E88CC platinum tubes . Those tubes can be extremely expensive, so I also use Telefunken TK E88CC tubes. The current production Telefunken TK Black Diamonds, after 200 hour burn time, can sound every nice with good classical and jazz. I use the Telefunken TK for everyday listening of jazz and classical. I use my NOS Telefunken tubes for special occasions. And if you can get NOS tubes, go for it, they are magical. The current production tubes like Genalex Gold Lions and Telefunken TK are very nice but are blown away by NOS tubes. I hope to get some more NOS tubes sometime soon. I say get them now, before its to late.
 
Apr 19, 2015 at 1:45 PM Post #1,108 of 2,168
  I was wondering what you tubes you use to listen to Classical with? I would love to be able to get some recommendations as to what tubes I could get before I purchase my own Lyr 2!

Hi Boogirl
My favorite (currently) are 1974 Reflektor Silver Shield Single Wire Post Getters and Siemens "Early 60's" Cca Grey Shields I bought from Rb2013
 
Apr 19, 2015 at 2:34 PM Post #1,109 of 2,168
 

Good question, normally I would recommend you contact Bob @rb2013, and get some NOS vokshods. The best tubes , for classical, that I use in my Lyr2 , are my NOS Telefunken E88CC platinum tubes . Those tubes can be extremely expensive, so I also use Telefunken TK E88CC tubes. The current production Telefunken TK Black Diamonds, after 200 hour burn time, can sound every nice with good classical and jazz. I use the Telefunken TK for everyday listening of jazz and classical. I use my NOS Telefunken tubes for special occasions. And if you can get NOS tubes, go for it, they are magical. The current production tubes like Genalex Gold Lions and Telefunken TK are very nice but are blown away by NOS tubes. I hope to get some more NOS tubes sometime soon. I say get them now, before its to late.

 
 
  Hi Boogirl
My favorite (currently) are 1974 Reflektor Silver Shield Single Wire Post Getters and Siemens "Early 60's" Cca Grey Shields I bought from Rb2013

 
Thanks guys. In your opinion, what is it about those tubes in particular that you think works so well with Classical?
 
Apr 19, 2015 at 2:57 PM Post #1,110 of 2,168
Thanks guys. In your opinion, what is it about those tubes in particular that you think works so well with Classical?

The Telefunken TK add just a touch to the bass, without bleeding into the mids. The mids become very detailed, yet remain smooth, almost lush. The highs are crisp, very revealing without any sibilance. And when you combine the textured bass and detailed lush mids, with the revealing highs, you have a very holographic soundstage. And this SOUNDSTAGE is great for classical and jazz.
Hope that helps you out.
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