So the tale continues to conclusion. The WE396A that I sent to Tom was part of a six tube purchase (I like to make things worth the while). The two 396s came in plain vanilla packages but each had the Western Electric logo. The one I sent Tom said 396A, etc., you’ve all seen the photo. The...

The WE396A that I sent to @Paladin79 was from Dale. They have a static website (long story) that doesn't reflect current pricing. I bought tow of the 396s for $75.00 each. Price seemed OK to me and both tubes arrived bearing all the right logos and seals, etc. Tom has one in his Vali 3 now...

Mom always said there was joy in giving and she was right. Great fun to make a material contribution for the good of the forum. Tom is such a great member and resource.

OK, so looked up Treehouse. It's in Woodstock, maybe an hour north of me. More fun is that when I looked it up they have a bunch of locations including one right next to the Cape Cod Canal in Sandwich, MA. My wife and I take our sailboat to Maine regularly and often overnight in the little...

Not so far fetched. Your loco says New York - but there’s a lot of square miles in that piece of real esate. I’m in Stonington, CT. Little fishing village just about on the Rhode Island border. It might be fun to put together a Schiit aficianado event. I’m president of my boat owners’ group...

Treehouse. I have never been there. A guy I do business with says he goes there with his wife to get beer and they both love it. Now I shall have to look into it more seriously.

On my way to obtaining full forum Schiitizenship: Accumulate Schiit stack going back to 2018 - MB Bifrost OG, Valhalla, Vali 2, Lyr 3, Mani, Magni 3+, Yggy, MJ3, etc. ✓ Purchase Vali 3 and buy so many tubes that UPS guy is threatening to go on strike unless I consolidate deliveries of these...

Happy Monday. Freely admiitted, I’m one of those hated Northeastern elites who lives in the New York - Boston - D.C. reality distortion bubble. Haven’t really gotten around much, geographically. I see photos of horrible flooding in what is being described as “Texas Hill Country.” Does any of...

Thx

I have a looong way to go compared to the OG here (on all counts) but FWIW I hit 52 years last July. Like @Paladin79 I married not long after college. Sometimes a long hard road but I honestly think she kept me out of prison. (And bless her, she doesn’t give a Schiit about what I buy for audio)

Does your Wiim Pro get fed its signal from WiFi or Ethernet hard wire? Thinking of the Wiim Pro.

Thanks. My nearst Total Wines (with your brown goods in stock according to the web) is about 60 miles away. I’m working on an excuse to go BiB hunting. Soon.

Looks really good. Your recipe??

I’ve always been partial to those Browning wine lockers myself.

You guys are.killing.me. I just get the Bendix, the Raytheon with the umbrella getter, the GE 5 Star, and the WE 396A and then it turns out I need an adapter and English 12AU7s. Followed up by Davidoff cigars - and I looove good cigars. Ah well, grab credit card and back to the internet.

Plus 1 on Qobuz. Only listening for some months, not years, but love the sound and the price is competitive.

Can't resist saying that I'm doing both. Reading this and listening to the Vali 3 with a WE396 in it. Yesterday's (?) recco - Ghost-Note Mustard n' Onions Joy.

The work begins. Using the advice of the masters here I purchased three new tubes to try with the Vali 3: WE 396A, a Bendix 5670, and based on a discussion with Dale Rogalski at vacuumtubes.net, a Raytheon umbrella getter CK5670. The current winner (after VERY limited listening) is the...

One of the “benefits” of being old now was being young then. I was in college in upstate NY from 66-71 and used to go to The Glen in summer for SCCA races and then F1 in the fall. It was motorsports Woodstock. The bog, indeed. Open fires burning all night, like camping in a sort of frat...

Thunder rumbles from the mountain top and the quest begins!

All this with the stock tube?

Listened to this last night at bedtime. Beautiful. And then listened to more Garbarek. Gorgeous on my Fiio M17>Vali 2> Meze Empy IIs. Can’t wait to hear how it sounds with Vali 3 (on the way).

Lazenby story: In 1969 my uncle, a professional model and aspiring actor, was living/working in London. His sister, my mom, and my dad decide to make the big trip over the big pond to see London and brother. The day they are to arrive at Heathrow uncle has a modeling job so he asks his buddy...

You cannot knock a true “put your money where your mouth is” obsession.