CD. I am using as reference In Rainbows from Radiohead. I found a simple solution. I "borrowed" my daughter's Dragonfly Red. Website states to turn the level of the computer and player all the way up so it will function as line level source. I may have turn both down a notch. I think...

From what little I understand, the DAC should just convert to analog and pass to the amp. Perhaps gain is an issue. The Denon's are very easy for this amp to drive. The Beyers are hard to drive. I am hearing the same artifacts from the Denon's, Focal Elear (returned), and the T1's. Once I...

Beyerdynamics T1.2, then Icon Audio HP8 Mkii, then Modi2, then PC.

Agreed. I am an engeneer not an engineer. My thoughts on external DACs (the computer already does that, and why not used it?) it should take the pure digital data and convert. Yes, on the site, to much, "Schiit no good DAC", and build quality even on amps. I still got current thru my...

Volly: I do have a recent and nice video card. I will check for an optical output. I have the basic Modi (no optical). Please go thru the site. Like I've stated, the graphs do represent what I am hearing. There is more than one testing for Schiit DAC's (and the amps, check for build...

I never thought of that solution. Very creative. My thought was that the DAC only took the data from the USB and that was all. Too me, the implementation from Schiit was very poor (to be nice). Please take a look at the links that I posted. Makes me think. Look at the other post on Schiit...

In essence, what I heard was on the graphs of the following review: https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/budget-dac-review-schiit-modi-2-99.1649/ The resolution of the T1s is that good, but distortion and jitter won't go away on me with lesser cans now. I hope the T1s are as...

Correction to "jitter"; I meant "wow and flutter". Flutter and jitter what ever. I am going back too much time. Because of what I heard on the T1's, I switched back to the Denon's, and what I've heard was there but no but not as noticeable. I also changed all the tubes, but no difference in...

Sorry, I am dork at forums and timed out. I found this: https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/budget-dac-review-schiit-modi-2-99.1649/

I'll try to be brief: When I first got Vali/Modi 2 delivered, the amp briefly made the tube glow (at times), but I never got any sound out of it. There was current flowing thru my finger when I touched the toggle switch to power it up. Schiit promptly replaced. Although I've moved from the...

I tried. Volly posted the picture with the tube.

I had only solid state amps before the Vali, and I used them for at least 3 hours per day. The stock tube starting getting grainy and weak on one channel by the time I had the big tube. My guess that I used the Vali for about 400 hours with the Shuguang tube. When I changed the tube, the...

So I figured instead of rolling tubes on the amp, roll amps on the tubes. In perfect shape, just a lot of dust in the desert.

There ya go

Too me, the Shuguang Treasure CV181-Z is the pinnacle (thanks to Volly because I could not wrap my head on implementing the Shuguang Treasure CV181-Z on the Vali).