The buyer since I used his 'special' shipping company. Customs did not care.

When I sold my first VM-1a to a guy in France (I am in USA), the French customs drilled a hole in one of the VM-1a amps 3 big cylinders looking for cocaine. They should have tried the other 2 to find the stash. The amp had to go to Serbia for a makeover.

I see some posts with people connecting a computer directly to a DAC via USB. Only company I would trust to know how to do that properly would be Playback Designs. I say this because I owned their Stream-IF and was amazed how good they got it even via SDIF. That main guy at PBD , Andreas Koch...

I am using a Schitt Aegir with my CA-1a at the moment and it gets the job done, especially with the Schitt Yggi+ LIM DAC + Schitt Mjolnir v3 preamp. The best amp I have used with the RAAL CA and SR1a was the KRELL DUO 175XD. It was a super smooth Class A amp. However, you do not need that much...

I did not hear any noise when I demoed the Immanis with my VM-1a. My tubes are rather new.

I have a VM-1a as my reference RAAL amp amongst many options. A couple of days ago I used my Schitt Aegir 1 amp | Schitt Mjolnir 3 preamp | Schitt Yggi+ Less Is More DAC with the TI-1b and the RAAL CA-1a. In the past, I commented that the Aegir and Mjolnir with the neutral Benchmark DAC3B gets...

I wanted to go the Cost Mesa show but then thought about the traffic in Los Angeles. It is a good show if you can get to it. I have gone before. "The Show" that I am interested in is the one you guys in Colorado are going to have this month. I hope you guys post your impressions from that...

I am very interested in hearing your feedback on the MPD-8 DAC. I just sold my Playback Designs Stream-IF which can do Plink into the MPD-8.

Last night I was listening to music until my music server automatically shutdowns down at 2:30AM. I could not stop listening because the Yggi+ OG DAC was blowing my mind. I was on a ROON Radio path with Classic Rock and I was hearing things on the CA-1a and VM-1a that I never heard with any...

I have been slowly getting things in order for the day when I buy the Immanis. Sold my SR1a Bought a VM-1a Bought a Schitt Yggi+ Less Is More DAC Bought a Schitt Yggi+ OG DAC Today, I am listening to the RAAL CA-1a on the VM-1a with the Yggi+ OG and it is incredible. The best sound I have...

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For your own safety do not ask Danny about the Giles Martin remasters of the Beatles.

This post is a FYI for anyone with CD's and SACD's gathering dust. My great Sony SCD-1 (modded) died after 20+ years and I had about 300 CD's and SACD's that I no longer could play. I had some great SACD's that I could not stream from TIDAL or Qobuz. I did not want to spend too much to buy a...

Amazing. I took my VM-1a to my demo of the Magna and Immanis. I have no interest in changing the amp. I bought the VM-1a (again) specifically for the new phones and that turned out to be the correct call. There is no volume issue that I came across with the VM-1a. There was some concern that it...

Next time I am in Ventura, I should buy the Immanis. Looking for a job :gs1000smile:

I want to hear the Fisherman's Blues by the Waterboys on the Immanis. That should be incredible.

When I listened to the Holo Serene preamp, Danny said to use the 32 Ohm slot on the TI-1b. On my 2-channel amps I use the 16 Ohm slot. I cannot get into too much detail on the Serene sound since I only listened for a short time. I wanted to spend my limited time to focus on the VM.

I found the Immanis + Holo Serene preamp better than the CA + VM. I do not use the M filters though I have all of them, including some for my old Thiel CS3.7 2-channel speakers. The Immanis + my VM was the best I heard but I think the Immanis with most amps will be better than the CA + VM (my...

Are you going to keep the CA-1a?

I went from a $15k DAC to the Yggi+ LIM which I liked more. Got a great speaker with the savings. Yesterday I sold a Playback Designs Stream-IF streamer for $2250, bought it used for $2k. That streamer is the same as a new Nagra unit at $5k that is released. That streamer works on the $15k and...

Sounds like a great event. Reading the other thread of yours, I am under the impression you guys may get some new Schitt crap showing up? That would be very interesting to learn about, especially with the new RAAL phones. I think I am going to be using the Yggi+ Less Is More (LIM) DAC on the...

I liked the Immanis for everything. I got a bit of a fatigue with the Magna, but I am quick to get fatigue. I sometimes get that fatigue with the CA-1a. I never have any issue with the SR1a, and I think the same will apply to the Immanis. I do not need throbbing bass near my ear, but proper bass...

It is the sense of space that I am attributing the Immanis as being similar to the SR1a. Most of us have not really heard the 2 new phones for a long time so the focus on the obvious makes sense. BTW - with regards to the Magna and Immanis for hard rock. I have been on a classic metal bender...

I have the HPA4 now and it is not at the level of the VM-1a with my CA-1a. I have the Holo Serene preamp that I expect to use with the Immanis. Though I am considering trading or selling it to go with another Benchmark HPA4. The headphone part is secondary for the HPA4 and Serene roles. I need...

To offer a little support for 6moons. I would never have heard about RAAL years ago if not for 6moons. My wallet is not happy about that, but my ears are. 6moons is the place I go to discover new things. Getting into headphones was not even at the bottom of my audio priority list prior to...