My Elise has been sitting dormant for some months. I got used to using a Schiit Magni 1 which, while I know isn't as accomplished an amp, was very convenient and was a nice match for my old Arcam rDac. For some time I've been on the verge of selling the Elise. Then my rDac bit the dust, which I...

Well I don't know if I've become less judgemental in my old age, or easier to please, but I'm STILL using the Mullard 6080/smoked glass RCA VT-231 combo I was using a while ago, and still with my old HE400. I've just adopted a policy of leaving the amp switched on for a least an hour before...

Still loving my Elise. Not using any particularly fancy or weird setup - Mullard 6080 and RCA smoked glass VT-231 keeps me very happy these days. Once that combo has warmed the amp up over a couple of hours, and I've had a couple of beers, I forget about the amp and just get off on the music...

Hi @Scutey I should have said "home office".... where I work mainly. I think if I'd brought the Elise into the office in town they'd have me locked up! EL12N + RCA VT231 working well with the HE400.

Been neglecting my Elise for a long time because got a Croft Micro 25L to use as a preamp for my stereo... but recently decided to relocate the Elise to my office. And I'm glad I did - had been thinking of selling it, because as a preamp, the Croft is in a different league. But now I'm...

Yeah, totally wrong thread for this :)

PS, using the Massdrop HE4XX - a big step up from the old HE400

After a few months running Chatham 6AS7G and some Sylvania 6SN7WGT, I plugged in my Valvo EL12s as drivers and suddenly remember what the fuss was about. Really lovely. That's about it for me with tube rolling for a while. Another update in about June.

Hi @antimatter I'm sure that the ARS and its kin are wonderful pieces of equipment, but certainly for the ARS weighing in at ten times the price of the Loki mini, the price is prohibitive for me at the moment. That said, I'm genuinely impressed by the level of transparency the Schiit offers -...

....aaaaaand, it's really good. Just think it needed to warm up. Haven't twiddled with it much, nor do I imagine myself do so except for really old jazz recordings. My system is slightly forward, with slightly over-polite bass, and it's sorted both of those things out very nicely. I find I...

Mine just arrived and it's up and running. Maybe a little bit of burn-in going on, maybe my ears getting used to it. But I've also recently been using a Quad 34 preamp recently specifically for its EQ. That thing is like a bull in a china shop sonically, but I do love it. The Schiit is certainly...

Ordered! And I'd only just bought an old Quad 34 because I wanted quite precisely this kind of facility. Looks like I now either have a Quad 34 for sale, or one more component towards a 'vintage' setup.

Update. Putting my transformer between the Elise and my power amp stops this issue. But since I got the Cyrus I prefer to not use the transformer, since it does audibly degrade the sound. I've come a way since the Quad 909 days, when the transformer made the whole setup sound better. The Quad...

Hi folks, hope all's good in Eliseland. I have a question if you don't mind. Since I changed my power amp (again!) I've been using my old Chatham 6AS7G power tubes a lot, since with the Cyrus Stereo 200 they come alive in a way I'd not heard before. Full of body and plenty of 3d imaging... and...

Hi @angpsi it's hard to put an exact figure on it. I think initially they went from sounding very closed in and nasal, to being very pleasant, maybe over the course of 50 hours. I've probably got another 200-300 hours on them now. That's through 5 months of intermittent use. The improvement is...