Apples and oranges.. one is full transformer-coupled tube amp, fhe other is hybrid tube/class A solid state. They are also in entirely different price brackets (the AIC is nearly x6 the cost of Aegis). But, substantively, the question for me is always about synergies and, therefore, the answer...

I do recommend a warm source with them. Enjoy!

I can't recommend it enough. The best amp I ever had or heard to date. AIC+Susvara is just so special.

I just posted my impressions on using the Riviera AIC10 amplifier to drive the Annihilator, which I've been messing around with this evening. I put it in the Watercoolr Headphone Edition thread as it came in context of discussing amps, but it is a bit of a cross-over post so sharing here the...

This is so interesting to me timing wise as, by pure chance, I've been having a unqiue Amp + IEM experience myself this evening (wasn't planning to post it quite yet, but this now seems very apropo). I visited MusicTeck this week, and bought the Elysian Annihilator. I posted my impressions of...

I had the OG V281, which is essentially the same amp. It's a very powerful yet warm amp, with heft and tonal density. Would be fun to read fresh impressions 🙏

Enjoying the weekend with some electrostatic headphone listening :beerchug: The Stax SR-007mk1 is an unusually textured and warn estat. It has a great synergy with the Mjölnir Carbon amp, which is powerful and "grippy", presenting a tight center image with forward mids. This combo shines...

Thanks for confirming appreciate your knowledge 🙏 Do you find the G73R’s qualities transfer well tomorrow a 6v gain stage? (I stocked up on quite a few of those so may play around with it as well)

Any time, my friend. That was a wonderful day, beginning to end. Nothing like sharing our experiences with each other 🙏🤗

Any time, my friend. That was a wonderful day, beginning to end. Nothing like sharing our experiences with each other 🙏🤗

Yes I believe so. Best to confirm with Decware.

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I’ll let the more electrically knowledgeable folks opine on this, but my layman knowledge is that 12au7 types (like the G73-R tube) use 12.6V heater voltage, while the 6DJ8 gain tube types of this OTL use 6.3V heater voltage, so there is an operating point mismatch. The tube pinout is also...

What does it do? (I'm not a 1266 user, so just curious if this accessory has use elsewhere and for what..)

It does look like modern tube manufacturers are expanding their lineups and introducing more tubes. I recently recently got large package of tubes for review from an Asian manufacturer of a new line they are releasing next month with a wide variety of tubes. It is still very concentrated though...

I picked up the Elysian Annihilator this week during a visit to @MusicTeck . It was a lovely day, spent in great companionship with @RTodd , Andrew, and Leo. After spending a few hours demoing several IEMs, this one grabbed my attention from first listen. I really didn’t know anything nothing...

Wow, that’s a big compliment! Have you tried the Rognir (planar)?

Sorry to shift course in middle of this great power/cable convo (feel free to pick it back up), but listening to this great CD right now made me reflect on one of the reasons i buy CD... sometimes great music goes off streaming for licensing reasons and, when I can’t continue to listen to it, I...

Respectfully I disagree. But I think it’s cool if one doesn’t want to pay attention to this (as many don’t). You gotta pick your battles in this hobby and have fun 😉🤷‍♂️ One comment though that made me reply, for the benefit of all - it’s not a good idea to ever roll cables together, can result...

I don’t have insight about these cables specifically, but good shielding can certainly impact noise, especially when snaked across many other power cables and amplifiers or in RF/EMI rich environment. While rolling power cables is a big part of the 2ch wolrd, it’s not as common with headphone...

Also NuPrime out of Taiwan My perception, until seeing the graph above, was that CDs had a recent resurgence, like what vinyl had a few year ago. I do wonder about it.. To us all. What a wonderful community we’ve built here ❤️

You went for it… I’m really curious how you’ll find this mod. I may do it with my HD800S to breath some new life into it. Curious to see your impressions! Couple years ago it looks like there was some resurgence, but alas it was short lived. I think the 10-20 CDs/yese I buy help prop the...

just added a headphone to the cart on their website and got to payment page (was just curious). obviously did'n try to process it, but at least the page loaded up. I wonder if politics are preventing this transaction and so, when the provenance is filled in, they simply don't let it through 😟

ok thanks for clarifying. got it. one thing that I find interesting if I read this correctly, and I don't know for sure if the AIC is same as Levante shown here, is that in speaker taps there is more 3rd order harmonics which aren't present in the headphone out. that would definitely explain a...

thanks 🙏 (and so happy to hear that)