Nope, that said ive been looking into them now that bridge 2 has come out with few upgrades from the original.

Ebay seller atop auction informed me the psvane kt88 I bought from him have a 1 year warranty, hopefully I will have a new pair soon

It seemed like a bit of an ass covering excuse given Grant Fidelitys posts you can find on other forums where they have to defend high failure rates for psvane tubes/capacitors.

I'm actually thinking it could have been caused by handling with bare hands? At least thats what Grant Fidelity site says. Either way my Mullard el34 are still going strong.

See you all at RMAF! My Elekit is still working, it was just the kt88 that got destroyed. I definitely can't recommend PSVane anymore. Anyway I may pass the 8200 along to fund the purchase of an 8300, as I'm not using headphones (worthy of that level of amping) anymore.

I havent cracked the amp open yet to assess its condition, I just swapped in the backup amp for now. I will say the right side tube, the one that blew, has always lit up more dimly than the left side regardless of the set of tubes

One of my psvane kt88 just blew up! Well it didn't explode, but it died with a flash and a crackle to the speakers. Unfortunate they were a solid 4/5 for sound but for reliability, this puts them at a 1 or 2/5 for me.

Adds the nice warmth and fat tone of a gas combustion engine?

^tell that to the guys on AVS who spend $2k+ on speakers without hearing them, only based on hype :)

what info do you want? Which DACs they were?

So you will judge whether you made a good purchase based on someone else's tests rather than just enjoying the muaic...

If you have $10k invested and cant hear the difference between gear, thats a personal problem. I cant imagine what would satisfy you in this argument other than coming to our houses and watching us pass an abx test. Why dont you stop worrying so much, sell your gear, and maybe take some cooking...

Could you first tell me which devices you've used/compared/ABXd?

How is only having one tube to roll a plus? I dont get it. If you want tube sound, you get a fully tubed amp. If you want a tube dac section with a chip amp, you can buy the Aune. if you ever upgrade your dac and use the Aune as an amp, the tube willl be worthless

Norton is more of a virus than anything. If it's already on your PC you're screwed, just make sure your next one doesn't have it.

Class a tube amps and esp. Kt88s will put out quite a lot of heat.

The PSVane EL34 does look very interesting. I've been meaning to try it out. I do have some paypal credit... Maybe we could get a tube swap going also? So once I get the el34 someone can try the kt88 without shelling out $150

This thread is making me friggin horny

I doubt youll find an NOS tube with a return policy, youd probably have to sell privately. Theyre definitely worth the risk though IME. PSVane Premium MKII are a good bet for high-end new production tubes. There is also a company out of Ukraine I believe, cant remember the name, making ultra...

Little dot mkiii is an amp only, nfb and aune are combo doggies. Mkiii amp section will blow away the other two but you'll want to get a dac like a modi later down the line

You have good enough headphones I would get the best amp you can afford and wait til you have money for a dac later. at least for hd600 I think magni/modi would leave you unsatisfied. Look into something like a little dot mkiii, then a Modi or bifrost later when you have the dough

If they're the guys from the mountain west/southwest, yes. there is a way to check seller rating on amazon as well.

Lucid, if you love the tube sound, id suggest grabbing some NOS tubes as well... to me, the PSVane KT88 setup sounds like a good SS amp with an extra drop of honey. That is to say they colored the sound less than other tubes I tried.

I recently compared dacs costing $35, $175, $500, and $1500. There was a clear difference between all of them I think all of this "all dacs sound the same" talk has only been around a couple years and probably comes frm the younger generation who has less cash to spend and therefore wants to...

That's a lot of dough given the top of the line RS1e is only $50 more. This just seems like another Grado hipster marketing stunt