Yummy.

I think the Rammstein CD's come with their own amplifier encoded on the disk. :-)

I love the reversed SYS.

I've always wondered: if Line Out (analog) bypasses the amp then why is it always so much louder than when it *does* go through the amp?

Sandisk, sorry.

Just FYI, my M3 didn't recognize a 128 card. 64 worked though. Both cards are Sansa ones, the filet mignon of memory cards.

I wants the Fiio Fairy to put one under my pillow.

That's right, now you can fix that noisy fridge of yours while enjoying some music. The earbuds perhaps are not top-notch but that's not the point. You are buying the screw (of outstanding quality) with the earbuds thrown in. Brilliant...

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Hello again! Fun forum this. Currently I have my Fiio X1 hooked up to a Vali 2. Now from reading a bit it sounds like even the Fiio X1 might be a DAC you don't want to take home to meet the family. So what if I did a digital output to a Modi 2 and then that went to the Vali 2? Do you think I...

Hiya! Could you clarify something? If I'm reading this correctly it sounds (ha ha ha) like when listening *directly* from the Fiio players it's nothing to write home about. In contrast when you employ the Vali 2 the sound becomes something special. Are you feeding the Fiio signal via its...

Oh oh, and if the answer is yes do you think the Schiit Modi 2 will satisfy my wants?

That was me. I asked about it. So you think I'd be able to tell the difference between tubes if I had a better DAC than the Fiio X1?

It's about (think think think) maybe 7 months old. I'll give it one more test to make sure. Oh oh oh, I did run this test twice already: 5.5 hours at volume 60 and interestingly 5.5 hours at Line Out setting.

My Fiio X1 was able to play music for about 10 hours when I aquired it. Six months later I'm down to 5.5 hours. Both times started with a full charge. Has anyone else had a battery problem?

Does anyone know if you get "more tube sound" if you have the Vali 2 working harder? That is to say in order to get your preferred listening volume you set things up such that the Vali 2 is in high gain and the volume knob turned up to its entirety (while your DAC is turned down enough to allow...

I'm going to listen to the Telefunken for a very long time.  It will be the only way I will listen for two months.  Then I'll abruptly switch and see if I fancy any difference.  And I'll do the test again also.  So...... see you in March!

Yes.  Can you suggest any other kinds of tests I could try?  I'm newish at this.

Because we all loves very much pretty pictures.....   Below is a White Noise profile of the Solid State Fiio X1, the Vali 2 with a National 7DJ8, and finally the Vali 2 proudly holding the expensive Telefunken E88CC within its loving socket-embrace.       Here's a pic (below) when I...

Why do the spectrograms of a SS amp and a Tube amp look the same?   Hi everyone.  I love my Vali 2 !  I love the way the tube glows and it just looks so regal on my desk.  I put the amp in italics and purple (as a sign of reverence) because I like it so much!  I like the idea of changing the...

Death to the Evil LED! I have just recently entered the realm of tubes. Sorry, Tubes, it's more reverant that way. For the life of me I can't tell the difference between Tube sound and SS sound. Not yet anyway. Not being one to slowly buy $ Tubes and work my way up to $$$$$ Tubes, I'm jumping...

Does anyone think those really tall tubes tend to produce more "airy" music?