Saga, having a gain of 1 / 0dB / buffer stage only, and no gain stage, the sound is likely to be less impacted by tube rolling. If you want more of a tube sound, consider a Vali 2 (the prev gen without the added transistor driver stage) running on high gain, with a stack of tube savers, and an adapter to use your larger octals (e.g. 6SN7).
Lots of options, start looking for 6SN7s. New production and some NOS Russians are good tovery good for not much…
I'm in Vancouver Canada, the customs BS is too much of a hassle. I appreciate your kindness and generosity, but I can just pick something up.
Yup, adapters open up a whole new universe of tube rolling. Just scratching the surface of possibilities, but here's the Vali 2 with a 7N7 (which is a 6SN7 electrically but with a different base):
Saga's were used in a 6sn7 shootout I helped Jason with but they are the only Schiit tube product I have not owned. Jason warned me at the time it was a buffer stage so you are very accurate in your assessment. I can hear a little tube difference in Lyr 3 but not on the level with which @bcowen can differentiate between tubes using said amp. I have done plenty of listening with the Vali 2 and various tubes and adapters and it can be a lot of fun for little money and 6sn7's do run safely in that amp with a proper adapter, or two.
Saga's were used in a 6sn7 shootout I helped Jason with but they are the only Schiit tube product I have not owned. Jason warned me at the time it was a buffer stage so you are very accurate in your assessment. I can hear a little tube difference in Lyr 3 but not on the level with which @bcowen can differentiate between tubes using said amp. I have done plenty of listening with the Vali 2 and various tubes and adapters and it can be a lot of fun for little money and 6sn7's do run safely in that amp with a proper adapter, or two.
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The only limitation is your imagination (and knowing how to read a tube spec sheet):
It's a shame you poured all that scotch down the drain just trying to get the bottle. Reminds me of dumping all the cereal out of the box just trying to get the toy (for those of us old enough to remember those days).A few of us here built Schiit Coaster amps (Vali mini) and while I never succeeded in mounting one inside a scotch bottle, it was fun trying to find the perfect sized bottle for said use.
The magic eight ball was a much better fit, perfect in fact.
Wait are you saying you can drink the stuff? Please note I can get by with the 17 year old but if you ever send me a bottle, make it the 21 year old.It's a shame you poured all that scotch down the drain just trying to get the bottle. Reminds me of dumping all the cereal out of the box just trying to get the toy (for those of us old enough to remember those days).
Ripper sent me a fine bottle of cognac so you have to outdo him right?
I've sent you several bottles way older than that already. They just didn't have liquor in them.Wait are you saying you can drink the stuff? Please note I can get by with the 17 year old but if you ever send me a bottle, make it the 21 year old.
There are tubes on the Coaster, it is a hybrid amp but they are kind of tiny. I was also trying to make an Escher sphere with a coaster in it, thus the mold of my right hand.Finally, a proper tube image!
There are tubes on the Coaster, it is a hybrid amp but they are kind of tiny. I was also trying to make an Escher sphere with a coaster in it, thus the mold of my right hand.
Good catch, and you are most certainly sinistral.Now that's a truly interesting picture. Your thumb is on the wrong side for your right hand, yet your left hand is on your knee? Unless you have two left hands like me.
Actually, no, the picture is correct. Try standing in front of your bathroom mirror and raising your right hand...Now that's a truly interesting picture. Your thumb is on the wrong side for your right hand, yet your left hand is on your knee? Unless you have two left hands like me.
