Glad to see a full review on Head-Fi regarding the Vali 2 +. A comprehensive review on a great little tube hybrid.

Thanks!

Thank you.
This amp is very versatile and enjoyable.

Thank you for the review!!! I've been having trouble finding information with this amp since it's somewhat new.

Though one question I had is that you mentioned it's linear sounding no matter what tube used, then at the bottom you mentioned tube rolling to add flavor. Does the sound gets effected by the tube much or not really?

For example right now I have Project Polaris, would trying to acquire this for a tube flavor redundant? (Since it's not really tube sounding?)

Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks!

Thank you.
You can add a little flavor and spice here and there with different tubes but the changes are not huge.
And above all the amp will still retain excellent technical performance with all the tubes used.
The tubes don't add peaks or dips.
They mostly affect harmonics and maybe extension to both ends.
So don't expect huge difference and I like it that way.
Mind you that I have tested only the mentioned tubes.

Ahhhh I previously read that Vali 1 gets a bit more affected by the tube but doesn't measure well, where as Vali 2 made no difference no matter what tube used but measures better. So Vali 2+ is said to be best of both worlds, but it sounds like it still doesn't get affected by tube too much (sound signature wise) it seems.

But thanks for clarification though!

The Vali 1 was with fixed tubes!
Vali 2 was tube rollable.
Now as a matter of fact all Schiit tube amps are not much affected by tubes in a way that frequency response doesn't get messed up.
And that is a plus in my handbook.

Ah didn't know about that about Schiit tube amps, it's something to keep in mind then. So would you say Schiit amps have their "house tube sound" then after that the tubes only scales harmonics and extension so it's a "more" but not "different" sound.

Cool good to know, thanks!