Well the Shangri-la is still just a four-tubes amp, with the headphones! Wondering how much better they are than say a proper DAC and Valhalla 2 with also 4 tubes? Doubt mere mortals can hear the difference! Those prices seem to me to be mere hysteria. I can barely hear the difference between...

Well we both have Arya's as our most expensive headphones, and they're pretty good! But not maybe worth the hype and expensive. Had a look at all your exotic cans! Many I had never heard of before etc.

Wow! you have a lot of posts! Been here long-time? And you have a life? Nice chatting anyway!

The Valhalla2 will give them that, really brought something out in the hd600's, now become a MUCH better pair of headphones. But very subjective, could be all in my head.

Arya Stealth sound almost identical to akg k712 on Valhalla 2. So disappointing. So not a good match. But then at least not terrible. So far best match is Senny hd600. Well not terrible by any means. But Arya Stealth do much better on Magni+. Just doing some A/B. I would say my favorite...

AKG k712 works, but not nearly as nice as hd600. Volume at around 12 o'clock. Will try Arya Stealth after. All off of Tidal (when it works! crashes on pc!). My k712 need a lot of burning in though of course.

Wow that Valhalla2 gets pretty damn toasty, wouldn't want to leave it on all night or something! No leaving that bad boy after a night on the piss!

Still don't see a need for risers or tube things yet, but possibly. Not getting that hot yet. But possibly in the future. See the reason for it. Going to swap out hd600 for akg k712 see how bad it is. But the hd600 is really great on Valhalla2.

Well learn something every day! Didn't know FiiO made cans, but found the ft5's. Still have FiiO q1 for use on mobile. Super happy with Arya's on Magni+ work very well. My best cans so far. But the hd600 are not far off on the valhalla2. Looks like you could be approaching gearitis though with...

Well I love glowing tubes just as much as anyone else!

Yes heat is not a problem for me so far. Nice pic! Love me some glowing tubes!

So Shane D, do you find that the Valhalla2 is ok for planar magnetics such as the Arya Stealth or for low-impedance cans such as AKG k712 or various Beyers? Quoting is not working for me at the moment. I was warned as an OTL amp it would be terrible. Have not found that to be the case, in...

Not so advanced that I'm rolling tubes yet. Think stock ones are fine.

And of course having glowing tubes is always cool! So there is that...But mostly a psychological thing. Anyway not had any problems with heat so far, so if you want to go there, a lot cheaper than Hifiman Shangri-La at a million dollars now. For basically the same thing, headphones and four-tube...

Having said all that, the combination of HD600 and Valhalla2 is really good! With Modi as DAC.