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I'm not fond of the stock tubes that the PanAm comes with. I haven't found them to give particularly good bass response in some of my headphones. My comments were derived from comparison to my main solid-state system (which was designed with the intent that it have no coloration whatsoever).
By the way, "-chan" is the suffix for girl child, neither of which I am.
THanks mate. Comparing the Pan Am directly to the WA7, and leaving out the reference kit? I only ask because this is what most people would be eager to know being these amps are the closest in price and size on the market. Like a simple A, vs B same cans same song? I know its not as intense but rather than referencing from "0", referencing off each other seems to satisfy an itch.
Regarding the whole suffix thing, with more rigid and traditional 'desu' speak, yes you are correct, however in slang or street speak between friends (at least between Japanese people in Melbourne)it has no gender and is a term of endearment denoting friendship.
In rough order ( and im sure ill forget some)
sama (only samurai and otaku nerds use this)
dono (another weird text only, or very formal term)
sishu (teacher)/sensai (master)/taicho (military)/tensho (retail boss)
senpai (a colleague superior)
san (colleague or equal)
kun (masculin form of friend)
chan (from a male over 40 to anyone younger this would be weird) most relaxed form between people who have come to know each other.
My apologies if ive ballsed it up there too. In retrospect I suppose if we are going to be all Japanese about it, it should have been senpai. I was really just trying to be funny/warm though dude. Sorry all the same.
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Hey guys - Once I get mine ... I can't remember seeing many comments about this (?), but any tidbits concerning burn-in of the WA7?
The Valhalla was quite bright out of the box, but settled down quite nicely after about 50 - 100 hrs.
I havent noticed any difference so far, but then again ive been swapping tubes around a fair bit, and their probably the things that "burn in".
****super excited, my EH gold pins arrived last night, so ill have another set of tubes to play with tonight. Ill post initial thoughts, comparisons with the Sovtek and Refektor asap. And then ill likely take a longer while to listen to each again and again, then get back to you for a tube roundup/revisit. Im not expecting any MAJOR differences, but who knows? THe Reflector certainly raised a brow for me in overal tonality change (warmth, mainly on the mid and bottom end)***