I bought the dac 1 from wyred 4 sound on friday hoked up on sat and it quit working on sun now this is only a warning.

The wyred 4 sound dac 1 1000$ and it is amazing! Sabre dac  w/ 32/192

grokits right ignore me COMPLETELY I missunderstood! sorry!

do you have a rca adapter to plug it into your stereo?

Hey Grokit what tubes are you using? And what do you think about them? Alot of new tubes are poping up everywhere as replacements for the EF2 I guess due to popularity of the Yaqin CD2 buffer on Ebay. Supply and demand gotta love it!

That is cool didnt know that! I will have to remember that.Thanks I am glad you looked into it.

OK Ill say this and get out I use tubes more for getting rid of digital harshness in my rig and not for the "tube" sound. I like my solid state but most sources in digital domain have extremely accurate top end esppecially when you start getting to 192 sample rates or more so when you have a...

I agree I NEVER even accept an EQ as an option in ant of my setups. Oh BTW sound check if I am not mistaken is a compressor and completely kills any attempt at dynamics. Its just like listening to the radio so its your choice but I dont recommend sound check for any serious listening but for...

I dont think so I have used european equipment before but i steped it down from 220 to 120 you want to do the opposite so i really dont know for sure but in any case if money is the issue and that is your only option then go with it worst case senerio you will just have to get the adapter plus...

Quote: Yea but they lack in soooo many other areas but you could use them in a overly warm/dark setup but I would recommend a good set of siemens before I would recommend stock chinese tubes but its your ears so if thats what you like then thats what you like right?

Quote: If you need an EQ then you have an issue somewhere in the system first you need to find out what the problem is whether it is a lack of bass to much bass harsh mids harsh highs and after that is done then figure out which component is the culprit like try your cd,I pod thru the pre...

in truth the mullards are going to sound better regardless over a stock chinese tube unless your rig has too much detail depth and imaging and you need to tone it down but I could also win the lottery but I seriously doubt either of those will EVER happen LOL!!! But that is a good idea and I...

Quote: Yes and basically think of tube rolling like op-amps they all have a signature sound but some people just dont hear it and thats fine if the other post I put up ever comes up youll see how I am really jealous I wish I didnt hear the diffrence!

Oh yeah and just wait untill we get into how some namebrand power cord sounds better than the stock power cord

Quote: LOL!!! Its OK man some people just dont hear any diffrence in fact I wish I didnt! Do you have any idea how much happier I would be If I didnt think "maybe this tube will sound or maybe this cable will sound....."every time I sat down to my rig.Sometimes I have to just enjoy not...

TOTALLY AGREE!!! But if you only ate rice and someone gave you mac & cheese that then be your favorite food EVER!!! See what im saying? The best part of tube stuff is the ability to roll and change or think of it this way each tube is a diffrent EQ setting so one may sound good with country...

No just wipe them down and you should be fine and the cv4010,s are GREAT TUBES! I love mine! Mullards especially NOS are expensive but are worth it just because they dont really lack in any one department. they just give a nice full tone not to brite not to warm kinda like goldielocks ya...

no just wipe them off and they should be fine they wont burn out immediately but its just good practice. And I have several tubes like my fist 2a3 and my ts 6550,s that have severe burns from skin oil so I speak from trial and error not what i have been told however since micro tubes dont reach...

mullard are very reliable but dont be rough wiyh them and NEVER touch them with bare skin get some latex gloves or soft cotton gloves that will make them last longer oil from skin gets in the glass and expands as the tube heats and over time can cause premature failure letting gas in just like...

forgot to say siemens tubes have a very smooth midrange voices smooth out so if thats your issue these will help

Oh by the way I have ALOT of these tubes and they are for sale so I would be more than happy to help you find the right brand/sound you need and/or lead you in the right direction if you want to buy somewhere else I am not a company just have more tubes than any one man needs. I have rolled...

also that metal silver stuff is when they seal the tubes to make them air tight they put getters in the tube and the getters are made of barium I believe and the fire the getters at flash tempertures which will asorb or burn off any left over gas (oxygen) and the silver is pure barium which...

No you should break in your mullards with your amp! Theres no reason to go through burn in twice and I have extensive knowledge with the 5654-6ak5-4010-and the tung-sols are the warmest. If you want less mids and highs go with the tun-sols the rca tubes are very tuby(generic) tube sound while...