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...

@ highfell I’m looking forward to your review!

After 9 days the ifi SPDIF iPurifier has been playing music most of each day, but powered constantly. Maybe 8 of the 9 days total playing time. After the third day the changes occurred more slowly, but have continued.   Bass is stronger still, and the bass slam is more than I ever had before...

That's no fun.  I just checked mine.  No sign of the same problem.  The USB power plugs in firmly and feels tight when connected.  Hope that Artsexcellence can get your issues resolved quickly.

I think the difference in your opinions could be partly due to the difference in inputs as well.  @ earnmyturns has worked to improve his input chain over time.  If @ DecentLevi's input is not clean, the Bimby could seem more as he described.  I just tried an ifi SPDIF iPurifier and my bimby...

Just added an ifi SPDIF iPurifier 3 days ago. It has been connected and running for most of that time. I wanted to try it because of a bit of softness to sounds that I thought should be crisp using a Bifrost Multibit. I also thought that the imaging was a bit fuzzy. These issues had me pondering...

I don't have the comparison to better gear to help answer your questions.  My point is simply that the combination of Audio gd's DI and Schiit Bifrost works quite well with the Stax I use daily.  Is Schiit's own USB Gen2 better than the DI-V3?   I don't know. The DI-V3 is a digital-to-digital...

I listen to both, but not exactly what you are after.  My office system is in my signature and I am having a great time with the combination.  

Same thing happened when I tried.  Just so happens theres a thread for that:   http://www.head-fi.org/t/638252/audio-gd-usb-32-firmware-drivers-and-feedback-thread/360#post_10902051   Happy flashing!

No comments on sound of the DI-V3 with the new firmware yet?     My 2 cents, a clear improvement.  I don't have another good converter to compare it to, but it sounds better than it ever had.   My DI-V3 is driving an Uber Bifrost (no USB card).  I have tried both the...

    Quote:   aive,   Glad you got an answer from Kingwa.  What I really want to know is how does it sound?  purrin seems to think that upgrade is something special in your M7.   My DI-V3 is driving an Uber Bifrost.  The more that I listen to it the more that I think that the new...