Now replace that russian 12ax7 with an NOS GE,Sylvania, Telefunken or anything else and you will be completely blown away.

Sounds to me that you think something is missing. I had the same reaction after upgrading from SR325. Excellent lows and mids. But really noticed cymbals were muddy and hard to hear. Just no clarity on the high end for me. Sent them back and bought the RS2e. Noticed an immediate difference in...

So more similar to the SR325 than the RS2?

I just returned a pair. Was very disappointed. Put about 50 hours on them waiting for to open up, never did. Everything you read about the muffled treble is true. RS2e's arrived Friday. Liked them much better right out of the box. They are keepers.

If the Quality was as bad aS YOU SAY...THEY WOULD Man...give it a rest. 3 days? GDS on full display.

To take it a little further...just like a fine guitar top...as the mahogany cups age, the sound should change. For the better, like a fine wine.

Congrats! But you can get rid of the lamp now. The glow of the tubes is all you need.

Thank you. But I have to give credit to Dr Lloyd. He suggested the color scheme. Maybe a Blue jays thing going on.

Just using an Integra DPS 8.3. I listen to a lot of SACD. NOS tube will take 8-16 hrs to sound decent in my experience. First couple NOS tubes I bought sounded so lifeless out of the box that I thought I had been shipped counterfeits.

Coming up on my 1 year anniversary.

 I have the SR80I & SR325e so it sounds like I'm not missing anything and saved a few bucks to boot. Thank you!

So how does it compare to the Ear+HD? Specifically with Grados. Similar sound or a noticeable improvement. I love my Ear+ but was considering the Sugarmaple. 

Finally pulled the plug and upgraded from my SR80s to the 325. I was a little bit leery because I was completely happy with the sr80s. But wow, what a difference right out of the box. Madman Across the Water SACD played thru my MAD EAR+HD with the legendary Sylvania triple mica black plate is...