[Zachik]

I was not aware that escape from that rabbit hole was even possible. Any tips?

The thing I like the most about @bcowen - everything is done in moderation!

 

[jonathan c]

I was not aware that escape from that rabbit hole was even possible. Any tips?

OW ! (oscar wilde…. “nothing succeeds like excess”)

 

[betula]

The thing I like the most about @bcowen - everything is done in moderation!

@bcowen is not a tube addict. bcowen just likes tubes.

 

[bcowen]

@bcowen is not a tube addict. bcowen just likes tubes.

Yeah, what you said. Did you catch that, @Zachik ?

I read on the internet that "there's no such thing as too many tubes" so knew it must be true.

 

[nordkapp]

That is a beautiful room. Do you have a photo of your setup as seen from the listening position? Also (unless I missed it) could you please provide a gear list?

Thanks. It's been an great adventure.

Using a Channel Islands Audio server/DAC fully balanced into a Schiit FreyaS into CIAudio amp. Speakers are Audio Physic.

 

[jonathan c]

Yeah, what you said. Did you catch that, @Zachik ?

I read on the internet that "there's no such thing as too many tubes" so knew it must be true.

And we all know that cloud servers backing the internet are tube-driven…(ultramega ENIAC)…

 

[soundofsingle]

Tonight in my bedroom...

 

[gimmeheadroom]

TH900s out of the RME are rock and roll high skool even without a separate amp...

 

[jonathan c]

The thing I like the most about @bcowen - everything is done in moderation!

…including moderation…

 

[Mr Trev]

How much value do you put in after market headphone cables? I

Just for the sheer idiocy of it… This cable (Dunu DUW 03 - stock with my SA6) is worth 5x more than the iems (Blon BL-03) it's connected to (actually, now that I think of it, the cable cost about the same as I paid for the potato of a phone I used to take the picture)

 

[RickB]

I was not aware that escape from that rabbit hole was even possible. Any tips?

Ebay?

 

[gimmeheadroom]

…including moderation…

Guy walks into a church Tuesday afternoon around 5pm.

Hello.
Hi there.
<grumbles> ah, uh, is this the meeting?
What meeting might that be?
Well you know, the meeting.
No, I don't know. Maybe you ought to say what you're looking for.
Well I thought the meeting was here.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. We can't help you if you don't tell us why you came.
Ok, my name is Ted, and I have a problem.
What sort of problem might that be?
Ok, ok, I'm a tubeaholic! There! I said it!
<laughs> Oh, those nuts are upstairs on the second floor. This is the Knights of Columbus...

 

[Strat1117]

You could always put in a Yaqin SD-CD3 tube buffer for old times’ sake……

I’ve still got a bat VK-D5 tubed CD player with diy ‘six-pak’ in my basement. Unfortunately it’s spitting up cds, and I’m too lazy to take the drive apart and clean it up.

 

[Strat1117]

I was not aware that escape from that rabbit hole was even possible. Any tips?

One day at a time, my friend. (I’ve still got stacks of tubes, mostly 6922 types - nothing like your stacks! - even with nothing to put them in).

 

[Redcarmoose]

I was not aware that escape from that rabbit hole was even possible. Any tips?

That brings me back to when SS was just beginning and as kids we would toss about that many in the street, to enjoy the pop sound they made! Well on second thought, really not THAT many, that’s a lot of tubes!