[Paladin79]

Hey all,

The time flies by. Too many things to do right now!

Sooooo, a quick update, before I go into Weekend Documentation Hell (long story, you'll read about it this year):

1. You may see Kraken as early as next week. Think "media capability, music quality." Not giant power. I've been using one for about a year. It's a great little amp, but if you're looking for a 7x300W monster, this isn't for you.
2. Getting close on being able to let you know where the new Schiit is going to be. As soon as the building has closed and the foundation repair guys are on site, I'll let you know. It's in a cool area of San Antonio, that much I can say. Corpus Christi stays as it is now...making smaller products.
3. Other stuff I've mentioned is slugging its way to production (Stjarna, Gungnir 2, etc.) but don't be surprised if these are delayed a bit, mainly due to, well, everything. You move a company, do the dev work on a Very Big Idea, develop new products, etc, and see how it works out. We're concentrating on making sure there's as little disruption in current operations as possible. And that alone is a very big job.

All the best,
Jason

I am looking forward to hearing the capabilities of the Kraken, I am due for a change provided my speakers match well.

 

[Ripper2860]

Any chance if there ever being a brushed aluminum case for Rekkr? It would look sweet in a silver Vali 3, MMB2, Loki stack.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

Any chance if there ever being a brushed aluminum case for Rekkr? It would look sweet in a silver Vali 3, MMB2, Loki stack.

Maybe. But not the highest priority, I'm afraid.

 

[Ripper2860]

Understood. Just glad it's a future possibility.

Thanks.

** Or maybe be could order a black case for my Vali 3 and Loki and just order a black MMB2.


SOMEONE STOP ME!

** Thankfully, that silly urge has passed (for now).

 

[mjstealey]

Now that's a bedside stack! Kudos once again, @Paladin79

Damn fine looking resin/stabilzed Atrium you've got there!
Listening to Folkvangr work it's magic on a pair of stabilized Maple Atrium's as I type this

 

[corndog71]

Any chance if there ever being a brushed aluminum case for Rekkr? It would look sweet in a silver Vali 3, MMB2, Loki stack.

They had them… for a bit.

 

[bcowen]

Damn fine looking resin/stabilzed Atrium you've got there!
Listening to Folkvangr work it's magic on a pair of stabilized Maple Atrium's as I type this

I'm listening from the cheap seats with the Atticus, but they are a great pairing with Folkvangr. Pretty cool how one amp can make 300 ohm cans sing, and with the flip of a switch make 13 ohm cans sing too.

 

[bcschmerker4]

EAST BOUND AND DOWN — "SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT" / JERRY REED
( Richard Dean Feller / Jerry Reed Hubbard ) Universal Music — Duchess / Vector Music Corp., BMI

I presume?

 

[Ripper2860]

They had them… for a bit.

That looks like the silver painted case to me.

 

[Orange5o]

Damn fine looking resin/stabilzed Atrium you've got there!
Listening to Folkvangr work it's magic on a pair of stabilized Maple Atrium's as I type this

Atrium with Folkvangr is the pinnacle of what I've ever heard, it's like they were made for each other.

Love my AO set

 

[Orange5o]

I'm listening from the cheap seats with the Atticus, but they are a great pairing with Folkvangr. Pretty cool how one amp can make 300 ohm cans sing, and with the flip of a switch make 13 ohm cans sing too.

Atticus needs tubes! It gets a lot of time with my Fv as well... debating trying Aeolus next

 

[corndog71]

That looks like the silver painted case to me.

Ok, it’s not brushed but still looks good.

 

[michael2v]

This might make me a heretic for even asking, but does anyone have any thoughts on new production tubes that work well with the Vali 3?

 

[Paladin79]

This might make me a heretic for even asking, but does anyone have any thoughts on new production tubes that work well with the Vali 3?

I will know more when adapters get here but there are new production 12AU7’s and 6SN7’s but otherwise NOS can be reasonable in price, especially GE. I have not tried the Fotons but Bill should be able to comment on those.

 

[RickB]

https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=148150.0

This source opines that the GE JAN 5670W can easily last 100,000 hours if conservatively run. That's about 17 years if you have the amp on 16 hours a day. Anybody have any idea how accurate that is?