The rattle had me worried when I unpacked the Modi 2 Uber. Felt like cheap chinese stuff which I know it isn't (been reading the Schiit stories). But fortunately it does not hinder the modi in it's performance.

The gbp 95 I saw earlier is not there anymore. Just wanted to pledge on that. The 130 is too much. 

To be honest I have read the excellent thread\review on among others the HG Reflektors. Really really good stuff and at first I though HG was a brand or specific type. Took me a couple of minutes before I realized HG is Holy Grail, best of the best, unobtanium like. Also through the other...

It gets warm, but hot is an overstatement. Am able to put my hand on it even after running it for hours. Would not touch the tubes since they are running warmer and bare touching of tubes reduces life expectancy anyway. Also putting the lyr in a closed cabinet would not be a good plan.   As...

Where did you get the HGs? I'm looking for a reliable source for tubes in Europe. From what I've read most Russian and Ukranian ebay sellers are not reliable. And Kevin decided not to ship to Europe anymore. Any tips here or via pm are much appreciated.

The Lyr is a very nice amp for the price. I love mine and think you will like yours. Enjoy it!   In my experience the Tubemonger socket saver work great. Sometimes you pull them out together with the tube, but it saves fiddling to get the tubes out. And they help in getting the pins straight...

The Vali will give you tubes like the crack does. And the opportunity to start rolling tubes.

Might also join if time and date fit my schedule.

My Lyr 2 with Amperex OG is coming in on Monday. I am sooooooo excited!

I hate the fact that we need to turn off driver signing before we can use a Fiio device with a PC. Driver signing is one of the protection mechanisms against malware and system abuse. What is the issue with getting some signed drivers from Fiio? Other vendors supply signed drivers. Why...

Good to hear that is has low noise level. According to Schiit the noise on the first Vali was too high for IEMs. Apparently that was fixed for the second iteration of the Vali.   Now I have to really think hard and count my pennies. Buy a new Vali 2. Or opt for a good 2nd hand Lyr 2 at 1.5...

I want to start investigating tubes and the Vali 2 is on top of my wishlist. Since I mostly own IEMs, is the Vali 2 usable with IEMs?

The Mee can hardly be beat at their price level. I love mine for on the go and sports. The ma750 are much more bassy and quite heavy im comparison.

I settled for Volumio, a hifiberry expansion board and a wireless NIC for streaming webradio and Flac from my NAS through the Pi.   Started out with a pi only and kept adding stuff until it sounded right to me. Without the expansion board and the wireless nic I could not get transparant high...