[bosiemoncrieff]

If you need MQA you can always go dragonfly black/red then connect to the amp. Works good with me. I use the vali 1 though.

If you need MQA, you have too much audio nervosa for anything by Schiit. Get your 90k select diamond dac from MSB and hook it up to the orpheus successor and then worry for the next thirty years that maybe your power supply is too noisy

 

[coolcrew23]

If you need MQA, you have too much audio nervosa for anything by Schiit. Get your 90k select diamond dac from MSB and hook it up to the orpheus successor and then worry for the next thirty years that maybe your power supply is too noisy

Actually love my schiit vali 1 for my headphones. Just hard to get them where i'm from, been wanting to upgrade even just to the vali 2

Just find it cool my dragonfly can play mqa and i do think it sounds better than usual. I'm not really an audiophile but heck as long as i hear something better wuhoo to my ears haha!

 

[Nanskie]

probably you guys discussed this already but cant find the proper link, but I know im with the best people to get info with my newly purchased Vali 2. after setting up and burning it in almost 24 hrs, I finally plug in my source (LG V20/ CD player) and headphones (sennheiser HD598).
my question is... how come when I plug in my sennheiser, the sound seems all separated. sounds like toe vocals are I am in a tunnel...echoes and appear or sounds far but the instruments are working fine. then when I plug in my grado sr80e, everything sounds all balanced or proper. what did I do wrong???

 

[rnros]

probably you guys discussed this already but cant find the proper link, but I know im with the best people to get info with my newly purchased Vali 2. after setting up and burning it in almost 24 hrs, I finally plug in my source (LG V20/ CD player) and headphones (sennheiser HD598).
my question is... how come when I plug in my sennheiser, the sound seems all separated. sounds like toe vocals are I am in a tunnel...echoes and appear or sounds far but the instruments are working fine. then when I plug in my grado sr80e, everything sounds all balanced or proper. what did I do wrong???

Well, if the Grado is OK then good chance it's not the amp. Check the earcup connections on the Senn and cable connection to amp. Could also be something internal with the Senn. If you have another cable for the Senn, try that also.

 

[chef8489]

Well my vali 2 shipped today and will be here tomorrow. Thursday paying for a pair of k7xx from a member and hopefully will be here next week. Untill then i will use my k533 pro. I also ordered a golden lion tube for it and it should be here friday or saturday. This should be a good start for desktop listening with my multibit.

 

[JediMa70]

Whatever I tried, replacing the original tube with few different ones, it doesn't sound tubey at atll... I'm planning to replace it

 

[Nanskie]

Well, if the Grado is OK then good chance it's not the amp. Check the earcup connections on the Senn and cable connection to amp. Could also be something internal with the Senn. If you have another cable for the Senn, try that also.

Well, if the Grado is OK then good chance it's not the amp. Check the earcup connections on the Senn and cable connection to amp. Could also be something internal with the Senn. If you have another cable for the Senn, try that also.

that's what I thought, but I also plugged my sennheiser to my oppo ha2 (forgot to mention) with no issues at all plus its way off, it doesn't sound right unlike when I heard my friend's vali2, so far Schiit did not contact me yet. will send back item in 24hrs if they don't contact me I guess...bummer

 

[chef8489]

Thought I would check interest inf I started a vali 2 tube pass and tuibe swap thread. If I got enough interest it would work like this. I would take a list of people interested. I would send an amount of tubes, probably 14 or so and you would keep them and the adapters for 7 days and try them out swapping the then you would pay priority mail and insurance to the next person on the list. and so forth till they came back to me. People could also post tubes they had in the thread and tubes they wanted to try and people could swap tubes. some groups of tubes I would include in the package are so let me know if you would be interested and if so I will get everything ready and start a thread shortly.
Preliminary Tube List

6DJ8 Group
'59 Amperex Bugle Boy ECC88/6DJ8 'D' Getter
'61 Amperex/Hewlett Packard ECC88/6DJ8 Large 'O' Getter
'67 Amperex/USA Orange Globe 6DJ8/ECC88
'69 Siemens 6922/E88CC Silver Shield
'73 Philips SQ Heerlen 6922/E88CC
'73 Reflektor 6N23P DPGP ('68 and/or?)
'74 Reflektor 6N23P SS SWGP
'75 Voskhod 6N23P Gray Shield Plate Post
'78/79 ANOD 6N1P-EV
?'60's 6N1P Triple Mica Box Plate
? 6N5P

5670 Group
GE 5670
'69 or '70 Western Electric 396A
'75 & '83 or '86 Reflector 6N3P-E

6SN7 Group
'50s Sylvania 6SN7GTB
'50s Allen/Sylvania 6SN7GTB
?'50s Raytheon 6SN7GTB
'58/59 FOTON 6N8S
'50s MELZ 6N9S

? 6CG7
? 6SL7
? 6C8G
? Other Euro E88CC
? National 7DJ8
? Philips PCC88
? 6N26P

 

[DomieMic65]

Guys does anyone have ground loop problems with it's Vali 2?

 

[chef8489]

Guys does anyone have ground loop problems with it's Vali 2?

Nope no issues with my vali 2

 

[RickB]

Guys does anyone have ground loop problems with it's Vali 2?

One of the advantages of the Vali 2 is the two prong wall wart, much less (no?) chance of getting a ground loop.

 

[chef8489]

Those with the hd650 or hd6xx are you using high or low gain?

 

[RickB]

Those with the hd650 or hd6xx are you using high or low gain?

I'm on low gain. I find that I listen at around 9 o'clock on the volume pot. High gain would be about 7 o'clock if I used it.

 

[chef8489]

https://www.head-fi.org/f/threads/vali-2-tube-pass-of-2017.855165/

 

[DomieMic65]

One of the advantages of the Vali 2 is the two prong wall wart, much less (no?) chance of getting a ground loop.

So any idea what might be the buzz I get from the amp?
Regardless of tubes ..