[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

I have Yggy>Rag>LS50. I can't fathom it getting any better than that.

What do you guys hear differently with Yggy>Freya>Rag>Speakers compared to Yggy>Rag>Speakers?

Oops... I do not run a Freya.

 

[cskippy]

Freya->Vidar would be a sweeter more 3D sound with some mid bass warmth and smoother top end.

 

[wink]

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-deals-discussion-thread-read-the-first-post.692119/page-1620

More distortion.....?

 

[wink]

What do you guys hear differently with Yggy>Freya>Rag>Speakers compared to Yggy>Rag>Speakers?

More distortion....?

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

I have Yggy>Rag>LS50. I can't fathom it getting any better than that.

What do you guys hear differently with Yggy>Freya>Rag>Speakers compared to Yggy>Rag>Speakers?

I was planning on adding the Freya for the tubes only but was advised against it.

 

[nicoch46]

Could you provide a source for that? I just looked at a couple of dozen MC cart's at Needle Dr. from Ortofon, Lyra, Dynavector, Koetsu etc and found lots of carts in the 4 to 7 ohm range. !0 ohms was represented but it didn't seem common at all. Some manufacturers also gave very wide ranges for loads. It would seem that the Mani will work with a wide range of MC carts. Just not all.

47 is really low too much but ypu can use the 47k setting and put with Y rca cable resistor in // to taste or solder the right one on the rca

 

[HumanFly]

I was planning on adding the Freya for the tubes only but was advised against it.

Why?

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

It puts two pre-amps in a row.

 

[HumanFly]

aaaahhh...ok. In your scenario it would be ill advised.
Still eyeballing Freya. On the fence but not convinced.
I do wanna soften things up a little.Not always btw. Just some styles of music/recordings. Would be really nice to sweeten it a little.
On the other hand...don`t wanna get into the tube-thing because it seems like a never-ending story with ever rising prices.

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

aaaahhh...ok. In your scenario it would be ill advised.
Still eyeballing Freya. On the fence but not convinced.
I do wanna soften things up a little.Not always btw. Just some styles of music/recordings. Would be really nice to sweeten it a little.
On the other hand...don`t wanna get into the tube-thing because it seems like a never-ending story with ever rising prices.

Well, it's for the tubes I would do it.
So now I'm searching for a passive tube pre stage.
They're hard to find if you want to go all balanced.
A few weeks searching resulted in 1 Chinese and 1 3k variant.
So I'm praying one of the new toys from Schiit will be a tube thingy for use with the Ragnarok in a balanced way.
Which I know almost 100% sure will nor be the case.

 

[belgiangenius]

Well, it's for the tubes I would do it.
So now I'm searching for a passive tube pre stage.
They're hard to find if you want to go all balanced.
A few weeks searching resulted in 1 Chinese and 1 3k variant.
So I'm praying one of the new toys from Schiit will be a tube thingy for use with the Ragnarok in a balanced way.
Which I know almost 100% sure will nor be the case.

Tubes do have magic. BUT, you really need to buy some of the best NOS tubes to hear that magic. Average tubes sound no better than solid state and low end and most new production tubes sound worse than solid state.

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

Tubes do have magic. BUT, you really need to buy some of the best NOS tubes to hear that magic. Average tubes sound no better than solid state and low end and most new production tubes sound worse than solid state.

Yes. I concur.
I have lots of Tubes/Valves.

 

[liamo]

I was planning on adding the Freya for the tubes only but was advised against it.

While not ideal, I'm currently running Freya into an integrated (Cambridge CXA80) while waiting until I can get a Vidar or two and quite honestly it still sounds delicious. The Cambridge is very quiet and neutral and I enjoy changing modes on the Freya.

 

[scottbrown5271]

Hey everyone...



Please feel free to mock me for my attempt to boil the ocean via the Internet. I will take any thoughts you might have

That wouldn't be possible anyway unless you had Teela Brown with you...

 

[HumanFly]

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Don`t let it bring you down good Toad and rejoice in the fact that you are not the only misunderstood toad:

Your nick always makes me think of this.
Although I suspect you hint at the flatter variety of toad.