See if you can audition a Puritan from a dealer. It is a nice step up in dynamics from the Niagara 1200. That is one side and perhaps someone knows both sides of your question.

Great minds...

After months of listening to the stock pads, I put on the thick pads and am suffering from sleep deprivation because I cannot stop listening. I prefer the thick with my set up with the Envy and MU2.

I asked the audio dealer I have worked with recently about transformer hum. He replied with the following: "Transformer hum can be caused by a number of issues. Transformer laminate saturation from voltage or current levels that are above the TFR's idesign spec. It is like a car's engine...

Yes, the PSM 156 is a big step up from the Niagara 1200, which I now use with a TV, and where it improved the image quality substantially.

Not exactly a straightforward comparison but I tried removing my PSM156 from my chain and plugging the Envy, Grimm MU2, and Innuos PhoenixNet all into the Yeti Acoustics power conditioner. The sound quality clearly worsened. So I went back to the original configuration: MU2 into the Yeti and...

I just thanked Western Electric. One of my new WE300B tubes had a slight staticky ticking that stubbornly remained after at least 10 hours of burn in. The tube otherwise sounded the same as the matching one. An RMA was emailed from WE and one week after sending the tube back the company sent me...

I am not promoting any vendor but did get notice today that Tube Depot was having a NOS tube sale. Maybe someone here might find a goodie. I need to stay away from these sales and instead learn how to cook better. https://tubedepot.com/t/tubedepot-sale

This is like a tube supermarket in here.

WE website notes nine hour pretest. A NOTE ON FILAMENT BURN-IN The filament of a Western Electric 300B is aged or “burned-in” for nine hours following strict procedures established by Bell Laboratories engineers. While this initial duration is sufficient to meet quality control standards, a...

I wanted to mention, besides the quality of Elrog and the Western Electric tubes, the online response from these two companies is within hours and informative. How rare is that?

I finally opened up the cherry box with the WE300b pair I purchased in November, installed them, and turned on the Envy 15 minutes ago. Earlier, I noted that I am 4.5 months late sending in the warranty card. It is a long story, but I did not have a working audio chain for 3.5 months while...

Correct: https://headphones.com/products/feliks-audio-envy-25th-anniversary-edition?_pos=2&_sid=764ddc31e&_ss=r

Well, we are a very private group...

Has anyone noted the venting in this picture?