Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Mar 5, 2024 at 7:32 AM Post #142,006 of 149,598
Thank you. Both our guys, Frodo and Brodie, lived to 14. All the best to Bismarck, and thanks for the condolences!
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What a beautiful pair of Blenheims! Wonderful you got 14 years; we pray we’ll get that, or close, with Bismarck. Breed’s not as health-challenged as boxers or such like, but hitting up at 10 or above is challenging sometimes.
 
Mar 5, 2024 at 9:58 AM Post #142,008 of 149,598
Vali 3 "Prototype" ?

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Mar 5, 2024 at 10:05 AM Post #142,009 of 149,598
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Mar 5, 2024 at 11:04 AM Post #142,011 of 149,598
twas I.
Ive been wanting dual monoblocks for years. For headphones it's even more nutty.
I'll be stacking a second Flux Mentor later this summer and doing the same thing with those.
33.5w @ 32ohm is NUTS (two flux mentors).
I’m coming to think that performance on hard to drive headphones is as much a matter of topology as power. Most users find the MJ3 is ‘enough’ for almost all headphones (not the Modhouse Tungstens- 155 ohms, 78 db/mW sensitivity)- @WaveTheory’s recent review suggested that the MJ3 did best on headphones < 50 ohm impedance. The Tyrs have that enormous choke (Mj3 has choke input but much smaller), which reduces the noise that would otherwise limit its use for headphones. Haven’t yet decided if I will go down that nutty path- have a Freya+ coming in soon and want to see first how that impacts the rest of my chain.
 
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Mar 5, 2024 at 11:05 AM Post #142,012 of 149,598
Screenshot 2024-03-04 at 8.38.13 AM.pngUSB issues on Windows can be extremely frustrating. From the date on your post, I'll assume you are running windows 7 or newer.

By default, logging of USB connect/disconnect events are disabled. You can enable them, in Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe).

In the Event Viewer (local) tree, expand Applications and Services | Microsoft | Windows | DriverFrameworks-UserMode.

Select Operational, and Enable Logging. Then Create Custom View. You'll now be able to see how the O/S is interacting with your device.......

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This happened again to me yesterday at work. I went to the Device Manager and saw the one USB error in the list. Right-clicked on it and picked "Update Driver". Picked "Browse my Computer...", then "Let me pick...". Selected what was shown and let it reinstall. It's now working again...until it's not. I'm using Win10.
 
Mar 5, 2024 at 11:30 AM Post #142,014 of 149,598
LOL. Don't start. @bcowen will once again unveil his super ultra mega tube that he retrofitted into his vali amp.
Put the Vali top cover in the mill and make the 6SN7 adapter and tube more visually pleasing.
 

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Mar 5, 2024 at 12:02 PM Post #142,015 of 149,598
Put the Vali top cover in the mill and make the 6SN7 adapter and tube more visually pleasing.

I did a similar thing with my Vali 2:

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Mar 5, 2024 at 12:35 PM Post #142,016 of 149,598
Mar 5, 2024 at 1:07 PM Post #142,017 of 149,598
Perhaps a silly question: my daughter bought an electronic keyboard (musical, not computer). It has built in speakers and so (obviously) an amplifier. It has “line out” jacks as well. Could the line out jacks be routed through a Saga or Vali and then to a Vidar? I don’t want to hurt anything. This raises the obvious question, “Why?” Well…Why not?
 
Mar 5, 2024 at 1:19 PM Post #142,018 of 149,598
Perhaps a silly question: my daughter bought an electronic keyboard (musical, not computer). It has built in speakers and so (obviously) an amplifier. It has “line out” jacks as well. Could the line out jacks be routed through a Saga or Vali and then to a Vidar? I don’t want to hurt anything. This raises the obvious question, “Why?” Well…Why not?
Yes you can, just turn all of the volume controls to zero before you plug anything in and slowly turn them up, the keyboard should sound a lot better on you system and the $3 little speaker in the keyboard.
 

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