How do you like the Mjolnir? I prefer tubes and have nearly run out of other choices from Schiit. Do you hear much difference when you roll tubes or have you not tried?
Update re the Brimar CV4033, early 60's blackplate from TubeMonger (topic of Valhalla 2 tube rolling): a real winner!
These were bright/brash right out of the box, but have settled and mellowed really nicely over the first 20-30 hours.
They do sound even better in Valhalla 2, but in Mjolnir 2 are entirely competent, quiet and transparent, musical without compromising detail and timbre, and without any suggestion of dynamic compression.
An expensive ($150) experiment, but work so well with Ananda and Sundara that I'm thinking I may be just about done.
Ananda has the better soundstage, but Sundara stays lush and beautiful, and either driven balanced with the CV4033 has no treble issues that I can hear, and both remain very, very fast.
Given that these bottles are nearly as old as me, color me impressed. SE, Mjolnir now opens up my HD600 & DT1990 nearly as well as Valhalla 2, and with better imaging.
Overall, I think the Brimar CV4033 can honestly be considered an upgrade for Mjolnir 2, and the combo makes Ananda an even better all-rounder than it already is. All I hear now is music.
My evaluation tracks included:
Zazen/Enlightenment-Kundalini
John Kaizan Neptune/Tokyosphere-Jungle Trail
Andy Narell/The Hammer-Brontosaurus Ballet
Fourplay/Elixer-Elixer
Lee Ritenour/Earth Run-The Sauce
Van Halen/OU812-Black and Blue
Atomship/The Crash of '47-Plastic People
Big Wreck/Albatross-You Caught My Eye
Mickey Hart/Supralingua-Umayeyo
James McMurtry/Live in Aught-Three-Red Dress
Andy McKee/Art of Motion-Keys to the Hovercar