Once you are all settled in you can roll some tubes. It is a nice way to tweak the sound in small doses. There is a lot of info in this thread earlier. Happy Listening.

Is there any other difference in the operating of DAVE between pre amp and dac mode than volume/voltage? My amp and I prefer -13, then the volume knob on my amp has more room to move. So I use pre amp mode.

I have a busy weekend ahead of me. My family is gone, no obligations. And the past week DHL, UPS etc lined up in my street, now I have quite a pipeline of new items: First of all my Aqua LinQ streamer arrived!! Very excited about that. G73-R from Vietnam, I finally bit. New Ethernet cable and...

Does anyone have any experience with the Acoustic revive RTP 4EU Absolute? It is quite a lot more expensive.

Has anyone compared DAVE to Aqua Formula or APL DSD SR dacs? I am considering these two dacs with their respective streamers and was wondering if I’d loose out on DAVEs transients, airiness and transparency. Probably. Hmm.

Would you rather invest in a new K22, a Muon Pro ethernet cable and a Puritan 156? Or for a little more money in a K50 or Oladra second hand? M Roon server is on a Intel NUC, and my cables would be 20€ stock cables. In both cases I’d be broke :). See the rest of my chain in my sig.

Yes, I like to use Roon and don’t consider alternatives. It’s great to hear you like the K22. It seems like a sweetspot in the lineup. I will consider a home demo.

I am considering an antipodes streamer. It would replace my Auralic streamer. Roon rock runs on an Intel NUC. I would like to hear your thoughts on my mental predicament I have with owning an server/streamer all in one. I like to use ARC on holidays, and my kids use an iPad as a Roon endpoint...

Happy wife, happy life.

I would have loved to audition the Soundkaos. All reviews are really promising. Plus I find they look really great. But it wasn’t possible to demo them anywhere in my country (Germany). And restocking fees with them was quite too much. Now I am enjoying AN K Spe.

I have been considering a Muon Pro for cleaning the Ethernet, but I have also reading some crazy DIY forums on ferrites on Ethernet cables. Not sure yet if this is all a total waste of time or can be beneficial.

Quick question: does the Immamis converter box need a power supply or is it passive? I may order one one day, and I am in the process of ordering a power distributor (puritan) and need to calculate how many outlets :) haha.

Welcome to the club! Over the past two years I have questioned my DAC, streamer, server, speakers, room and HP, but never my AIC. It is just a really great amplifier. Highly recommended.

Great system congratulations. Audio Note, Cube Audio Nenuphar standmounts, Devilles, Devore, many options. Mostly anything with sensitivity over 90db should be a treat.

I am curious what you all think about organizing a library. Do you stream only, or do you buy digital albums? I use Roon and every once in a while I ask myself if I should buy the albums that I have been listening lately over streaming qobuz -> roon. But I am much less attached to albums I buy...

And tell us about your lampi experience. There seem to be quite a lot of lampi converts recently :)

Resale value may be negatively influenced, as there could be less people out there wanting to buy a modded Dave. However, it could also be even. You would have to add the extra expense of the mod on top and see how much of that you would get back once selling. It is there where you would...

I just switched back from my Mullard CV 4003 to my Tesla ECC 802 S after several month and it is quite a revelation. More transparent, brighter, airier. I didn’t remember such a contrast the last time I changed the tube. Great, it almost feels like a new amp :).

If you read the first 30 pages or so of this thread there are a ton of tube reviews. @Miller went all over board and tried tens and tens of different tubes and provided valuable reviews. Highly recommended.

Did you all order your G73-R over eBay from Vietnam? The prices seem to have dropped again? I find quite a number of them for less than 300€. I remember prices around 500€ maybe a year ago. I find it a little odd that all these tubes produced in Germany are now being sold from Vietnam. Do you...

What a beast :) I wish you lots of joy with it. This is a different territory moneywise. I look forward hearing about what you think.

What new dac is on its way? It isn’t that long ago that you switched from Chord to DCS, right?

Great thanks. When you say you like Immamis for electronica, how does it compare to 1266?

I am completely not up to date in the headphone world is my impression :). I realize from your singnature that with the Immanis there is a new kid on the block. Have you written about the differences between the V and the Immanis and could me point towards it? Thank you.

I am in Toscana at the moment enjoying the weather and listening to Enrico Pieranunzi playing Scarletti. Pretty great album.