Hey Odin, and others using the Psvane tubes, which tube are you folks using? According the the web site (http://en.psvane.com) there are two tubes in the Hi-Fi series that are 6SN7. There are also two CV181 tubes in the T series that Psvane says can replace the 6SN7GT tubes.

Everyone's comments on this thread were a great resource for me, so I though I should contribute to the cause. :o2smile:

Getting back to the subject of this thread, I have three tubes that I am listening to alternately. After reading this thread I'm sure the tube choices will be familiar to other readers. My goal for the tubes was to add a bit more mid-range meat to the sound of my headphones, and add more...

Oh, and just in case it was not obvious, this is my first tube based bit of audio gear. So yes, I am a tube noob!

Thanks Synergist969. I am still puzzling over the difference and think that your #1, our perception, is possibly the cause of the difference. The acoustic part of the effect looks like it is described by the head-related transfer function. The difference I am hearing could be HRTF and an...

I bought a Saga several weeks ago and have been rolling a few tubes through it. The Saga sounds great, and sounds clearly better than the Alps pot in my headphone amp. One tube vs. passive difference that I thought was odd: tubes make less difference compared to passive based on my...

@MothAudio,    Has your iFi SPDF broken in yet?  I am curious what your opinion of it is once broken in.

Hi Mike, A couple of quick questions. 1. Does your plan for exposure include demoing the Manhattan in Manhattan (http://www.head-fi.org/t/820039/canjam-nyc-2017-february-4-5-2017) 2. Has the CDC been advised of your plan to expose the population of NYC? 3. Are there recommended inoculations...

I hope he didn't try to roll in it.

Hi PoorAudiophile,   I use a 1 meter Toslink cable out from a 2011 Mac Mini.  That feeds into the ifi, and the ifi is plugged directly into the SPDIF coax input of my Bifrost MB.     Earlier this week I decided to try an upgraded toslink cable.  I had used the inexpensive Monoprice plastic...

@PoorAudiophile,  I agree with @railrus; after three weeks of constant use mine settled and has been very enjoyable since.  

  Good points @earnmyturns.  I neglected the galvanic isolation feature in the IFI SPDIF.  That could be a benefit to a Yggy user using a coax SPDIF connection as @RoundRound stated.     In my case I am reflecting on the improvements made to a Bimby using the IFI SPDIF fed via Toslink, so...

I am using the IFI SPDIF with a Bimby and love it.  Very nice improvement.  Now that the Bimby is fed with a very good SPDIF input, I can understand a little more of what Mike (@Baldr) has said about the Bimby being satisfying to him.     As mentioned by @Defiant00 the Yggy already...

Looks like you were hopeful on the third day.  If it has consistently been too harsh, then I think you are right.  The issue could be synergy or the unit itself.     Mine was harsh initially, but clearly on the right path by the third day.  The fatiguing high frequencies last week sounded more...

Using the system in my signature the ifi SPDIF iPurifier has been breaking in for over three weeks now. The sound has continued to shift over that time frame. The bass heaviness heard at the ninth day wore off after another 2 days. Most recently, at about the 3 week mark, the high frequency (I...