McIntosh and others report that replacement of the 12BH7A tubes are unlikely to result in sonic differences. There have been a few cases reported where the included tubes (reported to be McIntosh branded JJ tubes) develop static, and the suspicion of owners is a bad batch of tubes. I replaced...

Relative to direct with Hugo 2: More weight, especially noticeable in bass regions. Better sense of singer and instrument placing in space. More euphoric in mids. Maintains both the toe-tapping nature and detail retrieval endemic in the Hugo 2. My earlier setup was a Beyerdynamic T1 (1st gen)...

Got mine from Executive Stereo.

I noted that I could see pairing the MHA200 with a headphone that leaned sibilant could potentially need a warmer tube pairing. Ultimately it appears to me that the poster was looking for the typical lushness, warmth, and smoothness from a 'tube amp'. The MHA200 isn't that, so I can understand...

I had a power tube go as well, which represented as occasional static on one side, that switched sides when swapping the power tubes. It's possible that the initial units got a run of tubes with some QC issues. Everything was back to perfect after replacing the tubes, and support from McIntosh...

The Hugo 2 that I have paired with my MHA200 and the Qutest are extremely similar. I have shared some impressions, but happy to answer any questions. Apologies that I haven't been as active on this thread as I had intended to be. Volume control is well covered here. I am very cautious with it...

You are correct; my apologies. Should have watched the video again before providing specific numbers. The general sentiment in the video Abyss - Formula S (6 minute marker) is that topology should be considered along with wattage. Back in the day, the Woo Audio WA-2 was considered an ideal...

The short answer is yes. The Qutest and Hugo 2 don't add warmth or brightness, but they are great at detail retrieval. The biggest difference for me was a musical engagement that is addictive. You find yourself lost in music and tapping your toes with the Chord DACs, an experience I haven't...

I can't comment on pairing with the Diana V2 specifically, but I would be shocked if it was underpowered. Abyss commented in a recent video about the power output of the Eleven Audio Formula S around 1W with the 1266, and being among their favorite amps for it. At the matched gain setting for...

I had my iPhone forget the Poly Bluetooth connection after the firmware update. My Poly was in my normal usage mode (Roon, connected to my home network via wifi) when I first launched GoFigure, and everything is working with the app.

Yeah, it looks like Glider is creating the reference to the file via one of the server interfaces. The problem is that when you have no network connection, this reference isn't accessible. The good news is that m3u playlists are very easy to create -- Each line should have a path to the song...

Thank you sir. Was able to obtain it from the link.

No sign of the app yet on the Canadian iTunes store.

John said Sunday (tomorrow) at 21:00 GMT.

I don't have the pocket change to interest charliex, and he's heard my gear already -- but I am happy to bring the T1's, WA2, and MDAC whenever the next meet is set for.