Lyr 3 - The new Coherence™ and Continuity™ hybrid amplifier from Schiit - Impression & discussion thread

[ProfFalkin]

Different rooms and different uses! In my library/listening room, I have my turntable and I sit close to both the Lyr and the 'table, so I can use either headphones or speakers. That was actually a big reason for getting it, because it fits what I wanted to do pretty perfectly: have a preamp with line in (for my DAC), phono stage, and headamp!

The setup in my living room is different, there I never use the headphone amp in the integrated amp I currently have, and neither do I use most of its other features (or power), so I'm replacing it with a Saga and a little Parasound power amp.

That makes total sense, thanks!

 

[alphanumerix1]

weird disconnect between the timbre of the upper mids/treble and the lower mids/bass.

Thoughts?

 

[ProfFalkin]

weird disconnect between the timbre of the upper mids/treble and the lower mids/bass.

Thoughts?

Thought was "which tube?". Need info.

 

[JohnBal]

Well, mine is out for delivery. The waitin is the hardest part...

 

[EagleWings]

weird disconnect between the timbre of the upper mids/treble and the lower mids/bass.

Thoughts?

I am not the best person to offer feedback on this, as I am fairly new to desktop gear and this is my first discrete amp and I don't have other amps to compare Lyr 3 with. But let me just add my 2 cents.

Switching the Gain to HG makes the upper-mids brighter and adds a bit of hardness in the treble, which might be partially responsible. Or are you observing that in LG itself? The DAC could have an influence too. I am using a Hugo 2 which is slightly mid-centric, i.e. it has very good presence in the center mids that bridge the lower-mids and upper-mids. Because of which I don't feel the disjoint. Let me try using my Lotoo Paw Gold as source and get back to you.

Source: Hugo 2
Tube: Tung-Sol 6SN7, Module: No Module
HPs: HD800S, Audeze LCD-i4

 

[junki]

weird disconnect between the timbre of the upper mids/treble and the lower mids/bass.

Thoughts?

You're not the first to hear that in the Lyr 3.

 

[ModMax]

FedEx just dropped a big box of Schiit at my doorstep!

 

[Wildcatsare1]

Well, a sad tale, I installed a NOS Sylvania “Bad Boy” and I was greated by a puff of white smoke! I immediately unplugged the Amp, pulled the offending tube out, and let it cool off for a bit.

Then out of curiosity, I installed a tube I know and it’s playing like nothing happened, has anyone experienced anything like this?

 

[bcowen]

Well, a sad tale, I installed a NOS Sylvania “Bad Boy” and I was greated by a puff of white smoke! I immediately unplugged the Amp, pulled the offending tube out, and let it cool off for a bit.

Then out of curiosity, I installed a tube I know and it’s playing like nothing happened, has anyone experienced anything like this?

A puff of white smoke from the amp? Or the tube? I've never seen a tube go up in smoke, although I've seen a couple go nuclear.

 

[roshambo]

A puff of white smoke from the amp? Or the tube? I've never seen a tube go up in smoke, although I've seen a couple go nuclear.

Nuclear? Like what did you see? I've heard tubes can implode

 

[Wildcatsare1]

A puff of white smoke from the amp? Or the tube? I've never seen a tube go up in smoke, although I've seen a couple go nuclear.

It was out of the amp, I couldn’t find any breaks in the tubes glass. Though I wonder a break in the base could be the issue.

 

[ProfFalkin]

I'd be on the emergency phone line with Schiit.

"MY BABY! OMG, MY BABY IS ON FIRE!!!! OMG SOMEONE HELP OMG!!!" <insert hysterical crying>

 

[quimbo]

new to tubes, found this thread https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-reference-6sn7-thread.117677/

 

[Motocrossman24]

Yea it’s a pretty detailed thread

 

[Wildcatsare1]

I'd be on the emergency phone line with Schiit.

"MY BABY! OMG, MY BABY IS ON FIRE!!!! OMG SOMEONE HELP OMG!!!" <insert hysterical crying>

How did you know, did the Schiit Line Operator tattle on me !