Has anyone tried viva’s direct input as power amplifier?

I was just curious. I’m using a stock one, but would like to try synergetic research purple or master fuse in the future. I changed 845 tube for linlai, next I’m going for 6n1p and 6sn7, and then fuse and powercord. So thank you for sharing your experience with tube rolling. There is no much...

IMHO the issue with tube rolling on this amp is that it is using 5u4gbeh that is different than common 5u4g, same goes for 6sn7gtb and 6n1p-ev. So common substitutes (5u4g, 6sn7, 6n1p) have slightly different specs.

Did you try to replace fuse?

Great pairing with hd800s and also he1000, because it’s not as hungry as susvara. Really 2 headphones that have a synergy with this amp.

Do you guys know if I can use 6sn7 gtb tube on ha-300 mk1, will transformers be okay? Thank you!

I recommend holo spring 3 or may. Should be good.

AFAIK Cayin is already using lbs with tubes on its ha300, so no need to change. And even if you want it’s not easily done, because you will need a totally custom ps. So I recommend don’t bother yourself. May be you can try changing tubes on lps and power cord and see if you like it. I also...

I am thinking the same. IMHO tazh1es is very good as a stand-alone unit. I don’t think it scales well with other dacs and amplifiers.

Can tazh1es be used as pure amplifier only?

Thank you! Are you referring to its headphone output or as a preamplifier?

Can you provide some details please, because I’m looking into their preamp and there is very little information?

Try to examine pwaudio cables. IMHO they have good synergy

I also have some noise issues, but with susvara it is dead silent

Hello everyone! I’ve mentioned that most of you consider usb input worse than bnc/spdif, but bnc allows you 384 max upscale, when usb 765. Is bnc worth it, assuming that you lose in max upscaling?