Hi All, I’m brand new to the hobby and this forum. As a bit of background, I used to enjoy a modest stereo setup in the loft of my apartment (had a Wadia PowerDAC and later a Hegel H95 powering a pair of Dynaudio X12’s up there - I do miss that setup). Fast forward to now, and unfortunately I...

Hello, I am trying to dive deeper than the T1' s I have from Beyerdynamic, and someone I know said they'd lend me the Elites with a silver braided cable for a couple of weeks to test them. I have tried them, on a SS and I have to confess, to my ears they sounded too clinical and nothing that...

The EZ80 is a full wave rectifier that is popular in several tube amps, including the Woo Audio WA2 and Trafomatic Head One. I have some experience tube rolling them and I wanted to share some of my findings here. There are two schools of thoughts when it comes to tube rectifiers: No effect on...

Tube rolling thread | UItraSonic Studios (for amplifiers with tube rolling add-on and different custom features) (Infinity with tube rolling add-on | UltraSonic Studios, picture taken from here, all credits to @SonicTrance, specs at point 1) below) Version: 15.04.2023 - 2.1 - added remark...

I just picked up some Focal Utopias and plan on using my Schiit Lyr 2 amp for a while, so I'm looking to upgrade my stock tubes in there until I have enough to upgrade to my next amp. I know there are some Lyr 2 tube comparison threads out there, which I have read, but it seems like those focus...

This fantastic amp deserves a dedicated thread so we can exchange impressions and tips… The Company – Riviera Audio Labs Riviera Audio Labs is an Italian high-end company, founded in 2017 and specialized in amplifiers (headphones, line amps, power amps). Riviera may be fairly new, but the...

Hi, i am new here and I'd like to know if someone could teach me a little bit about tube rolling, because im thinking about buying a Little Dot Mk 2, but I've heard that the stock tubes are not good enough. - Thanks in advance.

decided I wanted to test a tube amp and see what my jubilees sound like. Jumped in on the dark voice that’s a few months off from massdrop. I watched a zeos review of tubes and really enjoyed the sound of the ken rad and a mysterious 1954 tube. Does anyone have any more info on them or can...

Testing was done on Soundmagic HE400i headphones, carefully EQ'd to be roughly linear. I used an HRT Music Streamer Soundmagic II for this test. Tubes: 6JI tubes (one of which burned out after 56 hours): Stiff, dry and congested in the centre-mids, and ran hot in the upper-mids/lower treble...

Hi all, Just picked up a Little Dot, and some matched GE 5654W's for it, and kinda like them, but found that, while the stock 6JI's are too forward in treble and upper mids (among other faults), I did find the 5654's a bit too laid back in comparison. I found the amp to be a bit veiled...

Hello, I wasn't exactly sure where I should post this thread, so I posted it in a few different subforums to get the most views and, hopefully, the most diverse range of answers. I was wondering what manufacturers are out there making new tubes that are high quality. I know that most users here...