[Hutnicks]

  True,
 
I also posted a HYPE TRAIN CHUGA CHUGA WOOT WOOT, Vali post on the DT 880 thread <3 if the Vali sounds BAD... I'm going to anti-Hype that crap to death!
 
But if it sounds good... me gusta 

The sound of the Vali raises little question for me, the longevity on the other hand.........................................................................

 

[billybob_jcv]

The tubes on the Vali are not replaceable, correct? That worries me...

 

[Makiah S]

The tubes on the Vali are not replaceable, correct? That worries me...

Wrong, dude they are TOTALLY replaceable. Schiit sells a replacement service for about $20, not bad
 
and yea the sound... I am unsure about but the BUILD... the Schiit customer service alone is worth the $137 I spent on the vali! Come hell or high water,  expect Schiit to honor that Warrenty, and I have no doubts they will :3

 

[nick n]

and shipping.

 

[Makiah S]

  and shipping.

actually it was $137 with shipping :3

 

[nick n]

I mean the repair service.

 

[Makiah S]

  I mean the repair service.

Oh yea, I expect no more than like $30 total. Now that's assuming you've ran your tubes the full voltage limit. If they are defective, this early they will cover everything.  few users have already gotten fully paid for replacements 

 

[billybob_jcv]

Shipping is not a big deal for me - Schitt is located only about an hour from me.

OK - so anything is "replaceable" if you send it back to the factory. Good grief - the tubes aren't even socketed! If you need to get out a soldering iron, that's cheating! I suppose I meant "user replaceable", when the user is a ham-fisted orangutan (like me)...

 

[Makiah S]

Shipping is not a big deal for me - Schitt is located only about an hour from me.

OK - so anything is "replaceable" if you send it back to the factory. Good grief - the tubes aren't even socketed! If you need to get out a soldering iron, that's cheating!

I suppose I meant "user replaceable", when the user is a ham-fisted orangutan (like me)...

yea man this is a $100 Hybrid Tube lol, although I hope Schiit does find a way to socket those bad bois, as they 
1) become erect :O
and 
2) are pretty noisy without sockets! From what I hear 

 

[Hutnicks]

Shipping is not a big deal for me - Schitt is located only about an hour from me.

OK - so anything is "replaceable" if you send it back to the factory. Good grief - the tubes aren't even socketed! If you need to get out a soldering iron, that's cheating!

I suppose I meant "user replaceable", when the user is a ham-fisted orangutan (like me)...

 
I really wish folks would do the homework and find out why tube sockets were used in the first place. Easy replacement was not the sole criteria for using a socket.

 

[billybob_jcv]

I really wish folks would do the homework and find out why tube sockets were used in the first place. Easy replacement was not the sole criteria for using a socket.

Wasn't it sort of similar to the CPU sockets we use today? The different bases represented specific standards? Although, I thought that even if a tube will fit in a base, that doesn't *always* guarantee a specific tube is compatible with the circuit.

Am I close?

 

[Hutnicks]

Wasn't it sort of similar to the CPU sockets we use today? The different bases represented specific standards? Although, I thought that even if a tube will fit in a base, that doesn't *always* guarantee a specific tube is compatible with the circuit.

Am I close?

There was a lot to do with resonance and microphonics.

 

[Makiah S]

 
There was a lot to do with resonance and microphonics.

so what, using a tube socket would create more resonace and mircophonics with these tubes.... that's a little scary 

 

[Hutnicks]

  so what, using a tube socket would create more resonace and mircophonics with these tubes.... that's a little scary 

You're 180 degrees out on that. The socket forms a great insulator against resonances. Bear in mind tubes were created long before PCB's were when P2P wiring was king.

 

[nick n]

P2P meaning point-to-point direct wirings for everything. Nothing routed through embedded circuit board traces in other words. Lots of wires.