[Pirakaphile]

Damnit I just bought a 15 foot extension cable because of this :mad:

And 5 feet is written as 5' by the way

You'll be cool dude, just make a little gizmo for it so you can strap it on your back an' walk around the house with it.

 

[Wildcatsare1]

Sorry, 5 feet....

 

[sling5s]

thanks everyone

 

[Wildcatsare1]

You'll be cool dude, just make a little gizmo for it so you can strap it on your back an' walk around the house with it.

Headphone Cable extension, Grado makes a nice 15", er...15' one.......

 

[reddog]

My Alpha Prime's sound so bloody good with the Telefunken E88CC platinum tubes. I was listening to Republican , on Frank Zappa's Guitar, and the instrumentation is lush and detailed and the bass is ever so nice. Overall these tubes make the soundstage very three-dimensional/ holographic. The lyr 2 is a fantastic hybrid amp, that is perfect for driving orthodynamic cans. I now understand why people search for that best tube like synergy, that makes the music come alive..

 

[Guidostrunk]

Lol

Damnit I just bought a 15 foot extension cable because of this :mad:

And 5 feet is written as 5' by the way

 

[toolio]

Lol

Where i come from it's written as 1.52 meters

 

[TeddyShot]

I tried to cancel the extension cable form Monoprice.com but they have the worst Custumer service I've seen in a while. I emailed them immedietly after making the order and they never cancalled it. Apparently you can only cancel items if they are purchased during custumer service hours, but the item hasn't even shipped yet! Oh well now I have to pay $11 for a cable that I don't need, next time I'm purchasing directly from Amazon.

 

[meusickfrek]

If you are on the fence about buying a Lyr 2, the preamp function is definitely something to take into consideration.  I have a set of monitor audio Silver 6 speakers with 120 RMS watts per speaker and 91 db sensitivity powered by a Denon 1910 receiver with 90 watts RMS/channel.  Yes a modest system but decent speakers, with this system the sound was pretty good, I was recently thinking of an amp upgrade until I bought the Lyr 2 with Uber Bitfrost.  I now have a completely different system, the Silver 6s have come alive, I mean an extreme difference, the bass and sound stage are much improved so definitely something to think about. I will have to use low gain and evaluate the performance, I was using high gain at 12 o'clock.

 

[ToddRaymond]

Good to know, meusickfrek. Thanks for that. Just to clarify, are you still using the Denon to power those speakers? I gather you're now using the preamp-in on it.... (I'm rather sleepy.) Thanks.

 

[Wildcatsare1]

I am also using my Lyr 2 pre-amp out to a speaker amp, wired for my 560's, but as a straight amp for my Alpha Dogs. It is phenomenal in both applications.

 

[meusickfrek]

Yes, I am still going through the Denon amp.  I have yet to use the Lyr preamp in low gain mode as some have suggested to increase the sound quality. Also, I bought the Lyr 2 and used it with the trusty little Pico DAC with a moderate increase in sound quality, it wasn't until I got the Bitfrost Uber that the Lyr 2 really shined.  I think the addition of the bitfrost was the largest improvement in sound quality, my original amp was a Purity Audio Kicas Caliente.  The increase form a $500 system to a $1000 system was far more than double using HD 600s, just my 2 cents. 

 

[scizzro]

Anyone have experience with the cheap black socket savers you can find on ebay? I.E.:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-PIN-SOCKET-SAVER-Ships-from-USA-12AX7-12AT7-12AU7-EL84-12BH7-/391019128520?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item5b0a8e66c8
 
I saw some people earlier in the thread talking about the white ones that go for $50 a pair, j/w if anyone has tried the cheaper ones

 

[sfo1972]

Anyone have experience with the cheap black socket savers you can find on ebay? I.E.:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-PIN-SOCKET-SAVER-Ships-from-USA-12AX7-12AT7-12AU7-EL84-12BH7-/391019128520?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item5b0a8e66c8

I saw some people earlier in the thread talking about the white ones that go for $50 a pair, j/w if anyone has tried the cheaper ones

Yes, I have them and posted some info here:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/673709/schiit-lyr-tube-rollers/4380#post_11181917

They are really good. I got 8 off them for 23 bucks

 

[scizzro]

Yes, I have them and posted some info here:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/673709/schiit-lyr-tube-rollers/4380#post_11181917

They are really good. I got 8 off them for 23 bucks

Sweet. Just picked up a pair from tubedepot. They had them the cheapest I could find, $7.30 shipped if anyone else is interested. And they ship from the USA, not China.
 
https://tubedepot.com/products/9-pin-socket-saver