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Mountain View/Sunnyvale/San Jose/Palo Alto/Stanford meetups
Definitely interested as well. I'm in North Oakland. I don't own a car but often rent a Zipcar if need be. What I can bring to the party includes a Schiit Valhalla 2, Bifrost 4490 (soon to be upgraded to Multibit), Senn 580 Cardas, Senn 600 Blue Dragon, Grado RS1i Black Dragon, and Audeze iSINE20.- Brad Maestas
- Post #52
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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Schiit Valhalla Tube Rolling thread.
These are exactly what I got but your preamp tubes are from 1973, not 1976 like mine. Seems like Schiit is sitting on a healthy supply of nice NOS tubes to ship out with their Valhallas. Makes me feel good about buying into the brand. Seemingly against the typical tide they are shipping better...- Brad Maestas
- Post #588
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
Das Keyboard 4C Ultimate, Greetech Brown switches. I love it! I have their full-size 4 Ultimate with Cherry Browns at the office.- Brad Maestas
- Post #21,478
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Schiit Valhalla Tube Rolling thread.
I've used TubeDepot and TheTubeStore over the years for my music gear. I've rolled a ton of tubes new and NOS through my James Demeter VTBP-201s bass preamp and I liked the JJ gold pins (7025) in there. The Sovtek LPS was also a nice one. The set that's in there now are from RAM Labs which are...- Brad Maestas
- Post #575
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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What Are You Listening To Right Now?
- Brad Maestas
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- Forum: Music
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Schiit Valhalla Tube Rolling thread.
That's what I thought! I did my due diligence researching these particular Russian tubes that I didn't know much about and here I got a decent set from them to start with. Thank you Schiit Audio. Their value is not lost on me. Still gonna get some gold JJs and some 6N23P Reflectors.- Brad Maestas
- Post #565
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Valhalla Tube Rolling thread.
Tube vendors aside... I just received my Valhalla 2 (and Bifrost/HD 600/Blue Dragon V3) earlier this week and have been putting some hours on them. I'm not sure what used to come with the Valhalla 2 but what I just received are mid-70s NOS Russian. Preamp tubes are Voshkod Rocket 6N1P...- Brad Maestas
- Post #557
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Valhalla Tube Rolling thread.
Well there's your problem right there. Nothing against the brave souls that work retail (like I used to) but GC is the last place I would go for tubes.- Brad Maestas
- Post #556
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
Here's my current head-fi station as of a few minutes ago. Still breaking in a new Bifrost, Valhalla 2, HD 600, and a Blue Dragon V3 cable! Interconnect is Tara Labs RSC Prime and power cable on Valhalla is Tara Labs Prism AC Special (found I like it there the best). All running off a Furman...- Brad Maestas
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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What Are You Listening To Right Now?
Newly-arrived Dirty Loops CD ripped ALAC and a re-buy on an album that was lost long ago and only survived in my collection in 320 MP3, also re-ripped in ALAC, that features my heroes Anthony Jackson on contrabass guitar and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums.- Brad Maestas
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- Forum: Music
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What Are You Listening To Right Now?
Just got a new Bifrost and Valhalla 2 and am burning them in and putting them through their paces with some dense selections at Redbook and above.- Brad Maestas
- Post #70,880
- Forum: Music
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Sennheiser HD 600 Impressions Thread
I wanted to chime in and give my love for the 600s. For nearly 20 years I used 580s as my reference recording and playback headphone, eventually upgrading to a Cardas Fat Pipe. Wanting to get another Senn HD in rotation about five years ago, I auditioned both the 600 and 650 and chose the 600s...- Brad Maestas
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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What Are You Listening To Right Now?
Checking out organs and amazing acoustic spaces with the new SR80s.- Brad Maestas
- Post #61,972
- Forum: Music
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What Are You Listening To Right Now?
Breaking in my new Grado SR80e's with, among other things, some Steve Tibbetts "Exploded View" at 24/96 through Audirvana+ and an Audioengine D1. Trying the S and L pads and with both, they sound fantastic! Way more sensitive than my modded HD580s and expectedly, way more up front!- Brad Maestas
- Post #61,927
- Forum: Music