The standard tubes (Philips JAN 6DJ8 USA) did sound little bit "too aggressive" to me. I was looking for soft tube kind of sound. The mid range was good, the bass was fast and tight, the sound was not too thin, but just little bit too aggressive (too ROCK, I like softer). So I did order the JJ...

My NM24 arrived few days ago. The tube-output is amazing even on standard tubes. The soundstage is HUGE. The solid state output is little boring. In my speaker setup the standard tubes are little bit too bright, so which tubes I should choose? JJ E88CC or Ei 6DJ8?

Which are the best tubes for New M24? Is the front panel always black in this new version? Is it possible to change it, if I get other front panel?

Quote: Originally Posted by wower What's so good about the Monarchy M24 to put it in the same league as the Stello??? I don't know yet is it even on same league with Stello, but even used Stello's are out of my budget (>1900$ in here). Friend of mine did say it sounds realistic...

Any new comments?

The Monarchy M24 did cost total less then a $1300 (including shipping and all the customs fees). So I'm testing it first. Thanks.

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk I really like the apogee minidac w/ the sigma11 power supply as a great sounding, flexible dac. Ok, it looks too much tekno http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/com...inidac-291801/

I got PM from this Ori guy. Is his dac good?

Used Lavry will cost more here then new one in your country. I have decided to order the Monarchy M24.

Any other good tube-dacs?

Quote: Originally Posted by Gradofan2 No doubt that would be it (depending upon one's preferences in SQ). You might be able to find a "demo" unit at Monarchy for around $800+, or perhaps they'd "cut you a deal," since the shipping and taxes are so great. But... even at that... it's...

Quote: Originally Posted by bhjazz rajani - have you heard any of these DACs? I would highly recommend finding someplace in Finland where you can listen to them before spending your money. It will alleviate bad feelings if you don't like it! At first I can change other tubes and...

The Monarchy Audio did gave me a better offer: Monarchy M24 (2007) ...$1080 (direct from factory) Shipping ... $160 + plus customs fees and taxes Total $1500-$1600. The regular price is $1590. I want it to be silver color. One more input would be nice, mut is this a good...

Thanks, If anybody knows any shop has cheap offer of Monarchy M24, because I have to pay $500 shipping and taxes, if I order it. I found the old tread... Monarchy M24 http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f7/mon...ot-one-235688/

Hello everybody, I'm new in here...can you recommend a very good sounding DAC. I mean tube-like warm sound. I don't like typical "machine" sound (ie. RME ADI-2 or Benchmark DAC1). Budget is $2000 and the USB-input is a big plus. I have laptop, cd, dvd, tv, so at least 2-3 inputs are...