There are plenty of adapters to use 6N3 type tubes in the original Vali2. I bought one from eBay, G1217 makes them (most likely way better quality than the Chinese eBay variety). I'd have to imagine there are adapters to go the other way around too. From what I've read, save your money and just get adaptered if you want to use the different tubes
Think I will stick with two different sets of tube families one for the vali 2 + and the other for the vali 2 + +.
I do have and use a 6SN7 adapter with the vali 2 + but so far the existing 6BZ7's are jst as good here for my ears.
I have a 6CG7 on its way to see how this works...
Maybe one of those $170 WE396A's for the new vali 2 ++ ????
OMG....
Yup its absolutely super ridiculous and "not gonna" do it!
If you ever want to get rid on a WE 396 please contact me!
With my 401K now a 201K I will have to ponder taking out a loan to pay for it!
Yup its absolutely super ridiculous and "not gonna" do it!
If you ever want to get rid on a WE 396 please contact me!
With my 401K now a 201K I will have to ponder taking out a loan to pay for it!
ROFL! After factoring in current inflation, I think mine is now closer to a 150k.
The 396A sounded very good in both the Lyr 3 and Incubus amps, but there are other tubes I prefer over it in both amps. Both amps use a 6SN7 natively, so the 396A is not being run at its optimal parameters in those amps either. For some reason, I don't remember trying the 396A in my (OG) Vali 2. I suppose I should do that.
In February 2021 I bought 2 tubes from thetubestore.com in Canada. After the shipping charges and the import charges and taxes I maybe spent 90 Euros or so on these tubes. They were for the Vali2+. This was « the original plan », later other « plans » arrived, and I ended up getting an Asgard 3, and then later a Lyr 3. I said to myself that I would eventually get a Vali2+ when it became available on the schiit-Europe site. There was no rush, but I had a real curiosity about the Vali2+, and I wanted to hear those tubes that I bought in February 2021.
I maybe hesitated for 8 or 9 hours, last week, when I saw in this forum that the Vali2+ was going to be replaced, and the new one would use different tubes. I could have just thrown the 2 tubes away, that would have been the cheapest solution. But I really wanted to hear them.
Happily I had the good sense to order a Vali2+ from the Schiit U.S. site, and FedEx brought it to me today, in France. I think that I got one of the last ones, maybe. This is my first « black finish » Schiit product. After a few hours I think that I can already hear that I like the Lyr 3 better, but the Vali2+ is no slouch, and probably the best deal of all. Even if I like the Lyr 3 better.
In any case, I am happy to see « the original plan » finally completed, and I will spend the next few weeks listening to my Vali2+, Bifrost 2, and Sennheiser HD660s. This is nice. Something good for the arrival of cooler weather.
My birthday is at the end of the month. I wanted to get a Vali 2+ but there was a 3–5-week delay. So, my wife ordered last Saturday to be able to get it on time and it came today. However, it wasn't the Vali 2+ but the 2++! Thumbs up to Schiit for the fast shipping. I won't be able to try it until later this month but I'm looking forward to what all of you have to say about the new version.
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…….any ECG tube 
