Quote: I never did attach the rubber knobs to the bottom of the Asgard.  As such, it is absolutely flat on the bottom.  When I set up the Bifrost yesterday, I put the Asgard directly on top of it, providing contact across the top/bottom of the components.  The Bifrost absorbed quite a lot...

Quote: Still listening too.  I need to go to bed but cannot tear myself away from the music.  This is the way that I usually experience vinyl, but it is rare with digital.

Got mine today.  I was about the 20th order placed on Day 1.  Lest everyone start to wonder, I sent in a prepaid overnight shipping label.  You didn't get skipped.   To set the stage a bit, I have relatively limited experience with DACs.  Up to now, I have had the Dacmagic and the Cobra D10...

The 280s are pretty decent headphones for $100. There are some staunch defenders and some equally passionate detractors when it comes to these cans. I had them for years and was pretty happy. Then they broke after MUCH abuse over years of air travel. Having read tons of threads over the...

The problem is almost certainly tube noise. After swapping the tubes around, the noise went down to nearly inaudible. It is still there though if I turn the amp way up. Since such volume levels with music would be deafening, I consider the problem temporarily solved. Now I need to get a new...

Which of the tube positions is the ouptut one? I took the suggestion by randomly switching the tubes so that none are in their original position. This seems to have helped. I'll have to let the entire rig warm up properly before I can say this definitively. Never heard of tube noise until...

Hello all, I have been lurking and learning for over a year now. Nearly 9 months ago, based on rave reviews here, I bought the Singlepower MPX3. Needless to say, it is absolutely wonderful. But now I have a problem. Just in the last few days, I have started to hear static from the amp (via...