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I'm looking at upgrading my stock EH tubes on my Cary pre. I've come across some Slyvania 6sn7GT tubes with yellow lettering and the Slyvania lightning bolt logo on its black base. No chrome on top but chrome flashing on the bottom third. T plates with three holes. I can't seem to find anything...

Recently changed things around..     Added a pair of ERA Design 4s     Optical out to a Benchmark DAC1.  Balanced out to a Ray Samuels SR71B, single ended to a McIntosh MAC4300V.       and balanced out to an Audeze LCD2 Rev 1.  

I know DaveBSC isn't a big fan of them, but I've got Acoustic Zens in my system.  Matrix Reference IIs and Silver Reference IIs.  I like them a lot, for what it's worth.

Whatever dude.  I'm not arguing with you.  My point is to share your wisdom with those who care. The OP doesn't, so move along.

Check out some cables from wireworld.    As for all this "placebo" talk, I find it frustrating to read posts from members who offer their opinion when none was asked.  If you don't believe in cabling, that's cool, but this is not the thread to talk about.  Respect the OP and take your...

Rega DAC is supposed to be very good.  

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Quote: The desk is by scan design.  I bought it almost 15 years ago, so regrettably I don't think they make it anymore.  As for the setup, I enjoy having the speakers where they are as they give off a nice presentation while maintaining a nice soundstage.  The monitor in the middle...

FFlickr can be a great site when looking for cool desktop pics.  I was lucky and came across this by happenstance..

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Zeus at 8 weeks...   ..and now..     And yes, he's drooling..

I'd say it's absolutely still relevant.  The real question is cost.  It will be a definite upgrade from your Fiio setup up, but at a certain price point you may be able to do better.

Quote: Thanks.  Traded the mouse in for Apple's Magic Trackpad.  Much better IMO.  

         

Thanks Red.  

At $500, Oppo makes a great bluray/SACD player, but it's probably more than you need in terms of feature set.

My bad.  I didn't realize you had a DAC already.  In that case, the Asgard would be fine and hard to top for that price. If you have an iphone, itouch or ipad, you can control your volume remotely with the Remote app. Otherwise you'll need either a long rca or optical cord. try monoprice for that.

You can use a mini to RCA connection instead.  Something like this:   http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Audio-Cable-Splitter-1-Mini/dp/B00004Z5CP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327409103&sr=8-1   The optical out also serves as an analog out if you use something like the above.  This will mean the...

How much do you want to spend?

I think you're on the right path.  To further simplify things, you may just want to get a combo headphone amp/dac.  There are plenty of options out there.  

Agreed that will work, but I question whether that DAC will offer much improvement over the iMac's. 

Would you consider buying used? And are you looking for multichannel or will two channel suffice?