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Iam fully aware there balanced bridged. I guess when you have a low post count your assumed to know nothing.I believe Tyr and Ragnarok are, and Aegir/Vidar when running as monoblocks.
Iam fully aware there balanced bridged. I guess when you have a low post count your assumed to know nothing.I believe Tyr and Ragnarok are, and Aegir/Vidar when running as monoblocks.
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No Schiiit, it isnt the schiiit contest I expect to find here, I put them on ignore yesterday, complete derail that has gone on too long.I second that motion.
All those in favor ...
This gets back to tubes in a way, with the proper tubes I think the Freya + would be in the top three of pre-amps I have heard. If Darko heard it with stock tubes that could be one of the reasons for his statement. Please note that I am very used to listening for differences in most any 6sn7 made so I absolutely have my preferences, just as you most likely noticed a difference with other tubes in your Freya +. Part of it to me is how well it matches the power amp with which I use it, always tube type by the way.I also have a Freya+ - you helped me find some good tubes! Thank you!
On a couple recent videos John Darko referred to his Freya+ and that, when he replaced it with his Cambridge Edge Pre-Amp everything was SO MUCH BETTER. That is a much more expensive piece of kit, and I am not at all interested in that piece in particular. But, you have extensive experience in HiFi. I wonder where you would place the Freya as a pre-amp? Not just for the money, but absolutely within your experience?
Also, I know some people on this blog do not like John, but that is not the point at all.
Thanks in advance!
On a couple recent videos John Darko referred to his Freya+ and that, when he replaced it with his Cambridge Edge Pre-Amp everything was SO MUCH BETTER. That is a much more expensive piece of kit, and I am not at all interested in that piece in particular. But, you have extensive experience in HiFi. I wonder where you would place the Freya as a pre-amp? Not just for the money, but absolutely within your experience?
Popularity contests in the modern age? Inconceivable!Also, I know some people on this blog do not like John, but that is not the point at all.
The Modius would sound significantly worse but I don't know how much of an improvement the MM2 is. I do remember people thinking the original MM was better than the MM card and the MM2 is better than the MM so it should be a noticeable improvement.Maybe a shot in the dark, but any idea if the Modi multibit or Modius would sound much different than the Lyr with the multibit card?
Ahhh, yes the ridiculous 1M Pangea AC-9 power cables... I got them from Audio Advisor nearly ten years ago, on sale, for a 'song' - I think <$100 each, new? Total overkill but they were chillin' in the gear closet and turned out to be the perfect length for this set-up.Your speaker cables look like pipsqueaks compared to those firehoses you call power cables.
Received a new SYS yesterday. The button and volume knob are really off-center all the way to the bottom. Is this normal? Volume is not as smooth as I would wish and is weird when rotating. It is not sitting straight for sure. SYS seems to function as expected.
Is this normal? Does your have them the same way? Should I reach out to Schiit or this is how all of them are? Thanks.
I use the same speaker cables myself and Pangea certainly makes reasonably priced quality products.Ahhh, yes the ridiculous 1M Pangea AC-9 power cables... I got them from Audio Advisor nearly ten years ago, on sale, for a 'song' - I think <$100 each, new? Total overkill but they were chillin' in the gear closet and turned out to be the perfect length for this set-up.
Speaker cables - Canare Quad from BJC, hastily modified to work with the Vidar's output terminal spacing when I got them back in May of 2018. Again, rescued from the gear closet. Lots of historical goodness in there, for sure. Save money, buy more Schiit... that's my motto, man. <g>
You won't be disappointed when you achieve your dream, Rob. It delivers detail in droves... you'll love Aegir!I’m jealous - the Aegir is my dream amp.
I am not going to argue each point, they are certainly finite over a period of time and the cost of a powerful tube amp can be in the thousands.
That being said, there is a company in the Netherlands you may be familiar with, PrimaLuna. They do amazing things with auto-bias and tube longevity. Tubes are worth it to me, each to their own.
They are even more ridiculous when you see what they are plugged into:those. huge. power. cables. are. just. wrong. (two thumbs up)
But they can be very nice to look at. That is why I like 'em!Like I stated in my post, I hate them.
Tubes to me is:
- unwanted colouration of sound (what most call warm)
- masses of distortion, most 2nd order, but still
- microphonic (the phenomenon where a tube transforms mechanical vibrations into an undesired signal (more noise or feedback)
- recurring (large) costs for replacing tubes and having to set bias correct every X time (in power amps) to be at least near the specs.
- heat dissipation in the cabinet/room
- deterioration starting at the moment you switch things on
- uncontrolled unbalance between channels by degrading/mismatching
- all the talk and fuss about it, the prehistoric myth talk
- space needed to let them breath and not burn your house down
- tube rolling blah blah like: This tube sounds waaay better than that tube. This tube is unobtainium hence sounds incredible.
- Sky high prices for NOS tubes from brand X
- etc. etc.