Yes I'm running the TU-8900 + Amorphous output transformers and have paired with Sen hd 800 and Hifiman he6 using a Chord Dave front end both are really superb out of the 8900 fwiw it's also one of the quietest amps I've owned tube or ss. Had the Sen 800 paired up with a hot rodded Bottlehead...

Probably the demand for such new tube offerings is going to be driven by amp manufacturers themselves to be included when they sell a new amp. They will purchase in baulk with a substantial discount from the retail price the public sees.

The warranty sucks it's crazy that you can buy a old nos tube from the 50 and 60 that was made with really old technology yet it still works and sounds great I've some that have been used for 5+ years with zero issues. Yet a modern tube made with "cutting edge engineering" gets a misery three...

I had tube fail on my valve preamp which killed one of my he6 drivers. I also had superb customer support from hifiman.

Beautiful build of the Crackatwoa it's pretty rare to see someone go the extra mile and do volume control panel as well 👏 👏

I found a internal pic it looked like 1uf which would make them to expensive as the H5 needs four. If 0.1uf it might have been a option I would guess Eufonika gets a good deal on Milflex as they are also manufactured in Poland.

Does anyone know the uf value and voltage rating of the output capacitors in the H5 the ones that are used in the milflex version. I ask as I see Milflex have released a new silver foil capacitor range. Edit found the answer

No shipping to UK probably have to buy through hifi collective with a big mark up in price 😒 was think a pair of the 0.1uf for my Elekit tu-8900

Fwiw I had some unexpected results from powering some small DIY desk top speakers directly from the mojo. This from a few years back I was messing around and hooked up the mojo direct to some small desktop speakers I had built the misses came over and sat down to listen (must be sounding nice)...

I've brought several electrical components from Ukraine eBay sellers in the past with shipping to the UK and have never had any issues. Shipping often takes longer than expected but that's probably to be expected.

Have owned a Dave for four years now I do think it's a great bit of kit but I also enjoy listening to my car radio which is definitely not hifi 😁 Striving for High fidelity is no guarantee of enjoyment and I've yet to hear a stereo system that comes close to sitting a 3 or 4 metres away from a...

Thanks for your feedback is that with the 8600 or 8900?

Any feedback out there on running the HiFi Man HE1000 V2 Stealth on a the TU-8600 or 8900?

That was pretty much what I was getting at the hd800 are enjoyable on the Crack but capable of a lot more than the Crack is able to deliver move up to Mainline and it takes the hd800 to whole different level if you have a good front end.

Just an point of view HD 800 on a Crack imo does sound nice particularly if you have a few mods and some choice tubes. The Cravat is ultimately the Crack is going to be a bottle neck and limit what the HD800 is capable of delivering particularly in soundstage and resolution.