[thaddeusflowe]

I did a search in this thread on "Valhalla 3" and found nothing solid about it. Yet.

ORT

Valhalla 2 is in last call now unless that’s a mistake it seems pretty imminent

 

[Adam Balm]

Coming soon, NSD (NewSpeakerDay). All I'll say, for now, is that the Tyr monos will love them.

 

[Verde And Black]

Suntory?

Edit: The Ao release? I need to try it.

Yeah. Quite enjoyed it and fair at MSRP. It’s not allocated, so should be easy to track down.

 

[566854]

I am thankful to have an ear for both SS and tube gain. Tubes can bring an aura to the music that I am happy to perceive. I went for almost a year in SS on my Freya (N) before I really discovered the tube side of the equation. I still mainly run SS but when I really want to relax and take in the music, it is tube time.

 

[r2muchstuff]

Valhalla 2 is in last call now unless that’s a mistake it seems pretty imminent

It has been there for a while now.

 

[rkw]

I'm a few pages behind and don't know if this has been answered or not but it's not heat that's the issue here but magnetics.

Magnetics could be a separate issue. The comment in the manual about not stacking Tyrs was referring to heat.

 

[Adam Balm]

Love tubes in the front end, solid state driving speakers.

That's just me

 

[Adam Balm]

Magnetics could be a separate issue. The comment in the manual about not stacking Tyrs was referring to heat.

Thermal equilibrium is important when setting up mono amps. Separate those Tyrs.

 

[Roy G. Biv]

A few weeks ago I was silently laughing at @dstrimbu for getting so far behind.
Tonight after I go to an early dinner I find that I'm now 7 pages behind. Hard to keep up!

 

[docBliny]

Yggdrasil MIB->Kara->2xTyr->Magnepan 1.7i

 

[Plautus001]

A few weeks ago I was silently laughing at @dstrimbu for getting so far behind.
Tonight after I go to an early dinner I find that I'm now 7 pages behind. Hard to keep up!

the struggle is real, thankfully cat and dog pics make it easier... oh and the occasional post from Jason...

 

[bcowen]

Like with a lot of our subjective impressions, sounds like it would be really hard to draw "definitive" conclusions from another's experience with any particular tube variant? Let alone accounting for the human variation in the manufacture of each specific tube...

I guess, if someone were to say, "This Melz 1578 sounds really good in the Vali2++ with my HD650" that's the level of "reporting" necessary...?

Yes. The more info on what accompanies that tube the better, at least if you're trying to describe it to others. But the thing still missing from even that level of detail is personal preference. That combo may be the cat's meow to you but leave me uninspired (or vice versa). I think there are general 'characters' for a lot of the more popular tubes out there that can be applied across many different components and transducers, but at the end it's still going to be a matter of whether a particular tube nails it for you personally or not. And the only way to know is to try. Expensive? Sure can be, but doesn't have to be as there are a lot of very good sounding tubes out there that don't cost a fortune.

 

[JanMc]

Try an MMB2 and I'll buy it from you once you decide it sux or you need an Yggy.

I wish it were easier to find live unamplified music in the wild. Symphonies and opera seem to be about it these days....

I believe that you aren't looking very hard. Most of the music I listen to is acoustic and unplugged. And damn little of it is classical, and none of it is jazz.

Am I the only one here tha just doesn't like JAZZ? I've never figured out why, I love atonal and percussive classical, but just dislike almost all jazz.

 

[Bowmoreman]

Catacombs… epic

Midleton-worthy

 

[docBliny]

Am I the only one here tha just doesn't like JAZZ? I've never figured out why, I love atonal and percussive classical, but just dislike almost all jazz.

I find that there's way too much (breadth) that's categorized as "jazz". There's a lot of atonal screeching to my ears that I just can't take yet is highly celebrated, but then there's another whole section that I find super relaxing. And no, I'm not talking about smooth jazz.