That was my thought initially, especially since I need to double-dapter to use them. Talking with some other users, and they didn't have the issue (@LobalWarming I think you chimed in bout this once). After reading that Schiit Happens writeup about the Vali3 and seeing how they explained the...

The low noise floor would be probably the biggest selling point for me to upgrade my V2. IIRC, Schiit made some improvements to the internal power supply during the upgrade to the V2+. More improvements carried over to the V3. So apparently it's a bit more than just the wall wart. Some tubes...

Least the Vali doesn't take up much real estate. Heck, there are single tubes bigger than this amp

Does this mean some of your amp stash will be vanishing🧙‍♂️

Jakob Lindhagen - Reaction

I had to look it up and I don't understand why somebody decided to give a pair of speakers a name that sounds like an imaginary drug friend

Using Spinal Tap logic, the 5670W would win cause it's 16 more

So much better than that atrocity Fenestra ME

how worthy are they in the grand scheme?

6ak5? I keep thinking about trying them, but I'm a lazy, lazy man

I was just wondering if anybody had gone down the 6DJ8 road. On this point, does anybody smarter than me know what the max plate voltage for 6dj8s are? From what I remember it was only round 100v in the first place

Not to mention the fact you can get a 512GB microSD card for less than what I paid for a 128GB all them years ago

Nah, just more tubes. A couple (or 3) of those Schiit Voltwankers should do the trick. Probably need to invest in a portable AC unit if you go that route tho…

This makes me sad that my RFT broke. Even sadder when I saw how much the prices have shot up since I bought mine ~2 years ago Regardless, the 12AU7 is a good tube for the Vali - I'd totally recommend getting adapters for them

A taste from the upcoming Matti Bye album …it's classical enough for me:wink:

4 5 stars? That's 20 stars, you should be thrilled:ksc75smile:

<cue Hank Hill> "That amp ain't right" I still get a tiny bit of a pop plugging in my cans after turn on, but nowhere near as loud as if I leave them plugged in in the first place.

Not a tube issue. I think it has to do with the muting circuit disengaging before the amp fully warms up - something along those lines anyway. I talked with a guy ages ago and he suggested that I could replace one of the internal caps with a bigger value - lengthen the time it takes before the...

You have comfy looking slippers and vintage radios, what more does a person need

I don't think anybody mentioned it yet, but did Schiit finally get that gawd-awful pop when you turn the amp on sorted out? I know with my V2 I don't dare put my headphones on until after I hear the relay click - probably shouldn't even have the cans plugged in TBH

Don't feel too bad. I was going to jump on that N5005 sale except they won't ship to us dirty Canadians

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003580075316.html 261 Canadian Pesos. Probably a North American promo. Ends April 20

My V2 plays well with 12AU7s. I gotta imagine the V3 will too - probably even better considering the lower noise floor (esp. with the higher gain flavours)

https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/custom-tube-socket-adapters.11214/

Better than 3 (or would this be 6) 5670s wearing a trenchcoat?