Funny that the shipping is half-again the price of the tube itself! LOL FYI - I purchased my 4th Frankie earlier this week; I think I’m good for a while!😉 -Kev

Yeah, that is other worldly kind of stuff! Whether it’s the Franken tubes that be Bcowen turned me onto or the 7A4’s that Old Deaf Donkey loves, they’re both more than enough for me; and at $10 a pop why would I spend hundreds an hundreds more?

ODD - Yes, that is the configuration. @Deyan - glad you saw this! I continue to be very happy with both this dual as well as the 7N7 adapter you did for me as well. To all that see this, Deyan is a great guy, quality adapters and both shipped out and arrived REALLY quickly! Mucho recommend...

It was this one...

As I'm still in my 1st year of ownership of my Vali, and just a newb to this entire tube rolling hobby, my opinions are to be taken with a pretty small grain of salt I suppose. I have thoroughly enjoyed researching and experimenting with the dozen or so different tubes I've purchased thus far...

Hey there, ODD - I hope you are safe and healthy where you are at! I had wanted to ask if you ever looked into the same dual adapter that I had @Deyan create for me a few weeks ago? It has been working great for me and I believe it was you who had asked about it. Same goes for @bcowen I guess...

Hello all, I have a question about how to stream the best audio from my iPhone/iPad to my Auris Blume HD wireless adapter and was hoping someone here could chime in and either solve my dilemma or let me know why I might not be able to do so - thanks in advance for any replies! :) I am...

It is one that a fellow forum member that @bcowen referred to me that originally created a direct 7N7 > 6922 adapter for the Vali. After I saw the price of the ones on the interwebz, I asked him if he could do one that directly connected the dual 7A4 tubes to it as well - and he delivered! :)...

I love it as well; glad @bcowen mentioned it! The biggest advantage in my eyes (literally) is the visible line mark to let me know the volume level. I might paint my own on my Loki equalizer as those are even more dependent on seeing where the levels are. Even in a shot this close, I can't...

Mine simply pulled straight off; wasn't anchored on at all. Just make sure you dial it all the way down and try to match the same alignment of the mark if you put a new one on. -Kev

I'm in the same boat as oakparkmusicguy above; picked up my Vali 2 amp a few months ago now and have nearly 15 or so different tubes to try out. A couple adapters for the smaller tubes and the larger 7N7/6SN7 ones as well. For a pretty small investment, it's a blast to swap them out and...

Good advice; I’ll give it a try and let you know if it does anything. As you say, for $10, there are bigger deals for sure! Sorry to hear yours was kinda cruddy too! -Kev

Well, I just experienced my first "bum" tube. Purchased a 7N7 from a guy on eBay and put it into the Vali and only one side of the headphones worked. Put in another that I have to confirm and it worked perfectly. I doubt I'll bother to return it as it only cost me about $10 (it was the one I...

And as I am doing more research on this, I "think" that the music on/from the Amazon HD music player/site, DOES indeed both play as well as download in FLAC format, but conceivably would "disappear" once you stopped your subscription. This is basically the same as Apple's Music concept (the...

I admit I could be completely wrong here; you guys know a lot more than I about this stuff. I know it says it's "playing" in lossless FLAC when I click on the little HD/UltraHD icon to indicate it's sound quality, but can't guarantee that the same holds true once it's downloaded. Apologies for...

What I could quickly find on the web... "One thing that sets Amazon apart in digital music sales is that it does not encode its music with digital rights management (DRM) protection. This means that after you purchase and download each track, you're not limited to playing it with Amazon's...

Sure thing; can't quite understand your question though?

I guess for me it is mostly the convenience and choice. I have a few albums (and adding more all the time) that I love for their warmth and analog nature and immersive listening experience. I also have quite a few CDs, but never ripped them to listen to digitally. That leaves streaming sources...

I actually have been using Amazon’s HD music as my primary streaming source; I quite like it I must say. haven’t really dabbled with Tidal, but it seems to be the one many folks use. I suppose for my gear and nearly 60-year old ears, it’s plenty good enough! -Kev

Speaking of tubes in the mail arriving; I have a set of Sylvania single octel VT-192s arriving today. These look just like the ones the ODD is keen on. Sadly, the seller on eBay that many folks use for those cool dual adapters shows that he is STILL out on Holiday (even though he indicates he...

I know there are others on this thread with a TON more experience with them that will likely weigh in as well, but I did purchase one of the WE396A tubes a few weeks ago, and like you, find it to be an extremely detailed and neutral tube for sure. I must say, and I did a few pages back, that the...

The only other one (6SN7 that is) is a Tung Sol mouse ear. I have a couple others en route, a mid-60 Foton version and a set that I will use in one of those dual adapters once the vendor is back on line. The hugest difference this 7N7 is showing to me is the absolute MASSIVE soundstage and 3D...

Yeah, I know - apologies guys! :) And I really didn't know what to expect, but this (at least it the VERY short amount of time I have been listening) tube is easily head and shoulders over the others thus far in my estimation. Whether I got lucky or these are some kind of "special sauce" deal...

Ok, I just had to type up a quick note to Bill (as well as any others that may be interested to hear); I just received my adapter from a fellow forum member referred to me by Bill allowing a direct plug in from my 7N7 tube to the Vali. I plugged my tall bottle, black plate, racetrack mica, Bad...

I did indeed (gave you deets in my last PM to you). He was great to work with!