I'm running: Bifrost 2 -> Euforia AE with Tung Sol 5998's & RCA Red Base 5692's -> Empy. It's not a cheap setup but it's just wonderful sounding. Awesome musicality and the tubes in my rig have added a level of detail and transparency while maintaining the muscle of SS. I've not listened to...

Tidal has the whole song and you're right... this is an awesome listen on the Empy!

I'm sure I'm stirring the pot with this but here goes... My post a bit higher in this thread about the mid bass bump and measurements originated from many contributors from the headphone show site. I love the site and contribute over there too but I whole heartedly disagree with their views on...

Reflecting on this I can't tell you how many times I've read reviews on the Empy that note a mid bass bump that bleeds into the mids and muddy them and there is usually a reference to a measurement. This is totally just my experience and my ears but I don't know what that comment means and I've...

Good to see the CBS 5692 getting some love. I've not tried a extensive set of NOS 6SN7's (no Ken Rad's) but I've tried the newer PSVanes and some Sylvania Chrome Domes and the 5692 are the best I've heard. In my Feliks Euforia they are dead silent, no hum at all and the soundstage and imaging...

+1 on the 5692's. I have these from Upscale Audio and they are whisper quite (and sound great). I've also noticed a very slight hum if the volume knob is at zero but if turned up just a little (with no music) the hum disappears with these. I just took delivery today of Sylvania 6SN7GTA chrome...

I'm fortunate to have, from my research, what seem to be three top performers in power tubes: TS 5998, Bendix 6080WB, and TS 7236. I bought a lot power tubes for the Euforia from a great seller that included just about everything but the TS 5998's that I already had. After many hours of...

+1 to @Bonddam reco on the Euforia. I was driving the Empy with a Lyr3 and I thought it was great. The more reviews I read about the Empy's falling a bit short on technical performance I never really understood until I got the Euforia AE. it made the Bass and low end the Empy does well even...

Sorry I meant to convey that while I have a tube amp that is sourced from a BF2 that the tubes should be fully burned it at this point to minimize that as the factor for the change in sonics I felt I observed from the BF2

I've started leaving mine all all the time too and It seems like the bass has improved to my ears. I have a Eurforia but the tubes should already have burned in. Perhaps it's just my looking for a difference.

Curious about how many leave their BF2 on all the time? I'm sure many have likely seen this: For any who've tried turning the BF2 on/off vs leaving on I'd love to hear thoughts you'd be willing to share around if and what the sonic differences may be? I won't lead the witness with my...

Curious what your source is? Mine is a Bifrost2 which has a rep of being a bit warm. I think it makes a great source for the Euforia (I have the AE).

By "forward" do you mean a bit bright? If so I found them to be yes. I just recently swapped them for a NOS part of CBS 5692's and noticed they were smoother and a bit more relaxed than the PSVanes. I fell like the soundstage and imagining may also be just slightly better. The PSVanes are...

Be confident it will work with Windows 10, and it does not require a driver which is awesome. No fuss just plug it in and it works just fine. I'm not had a single issue with mine. I also just confirmed that my Galaxy Note 10 will not power the BF2's usb card that this won't work from my phone...

Curious how you found the 5692's to stack up with some of your favorites?