[Solan]

On the topic of Tube vs Solid State ... some of us haven't quite gotten to that totl amp yet, but giving up smoking, or pretending we're starting smoking just we put the money in a jar ... or just use the old swearing jar; that fills up quickly! ... anyway, let us say a friend of yours has a Mid-Fi set-up of Toppings D70+A90 and wonders where to go next. He incidentally also has 1266, and so the question is SS vs Tube in that direction. What would you recommend as (for instance) a tube pre-amp to give a sufficient flavour of tubes to make that decision easier? Something in --say-- the $300 range so as not to provoke unnecessary swearing over the emptying of the wearing jar.

 

[Pashmeister]

On the topic of Tube vs Solid State ... some of us haven't quite gotten to that totl amp yet, but giving up smoking, or pretending we're starting smoking just we put the money in a jar ... or just use the old swearing jar; that fills up quickly! ... anyway, let us say a friend of yours has a Mid-Fi set-up of Toppings D70+A90 and wonders where to go next. He incidentally also has 1266, and so the question is SS vs Tube in that direction. What would you recommend as (for instance) a tube pre-amp to give a sufficient flavour of tubes to make that decision easier? Something in --say-- the $300 range so as not to provoke unnecessary swearing over the emptying of the wearing jar.

Probably an iFI iTube2. It's discontinued but there's a few in the used market for sure

 

[PortableAudioLover]

On the topic of Tube vs Solid State ... some of us haven't quite gotten to that totl amp yet, but giving up smoking, or pretending we're starting smoking just we put the money in a jar ... or just use the old swearing jar; that fills up quickly! ... anyway, let us say a friend of yours has a Mid-Fi set-up of Toppings D70+A90 and wonders where to go next. He incidentally also has 1266, and so the question is SS vs Tube in that direction. What would you recommend as (for instance) a tube pre-amp to give a sufficient flavour of tubes to make that decision easier? Something in --say-- the $300 range so as not to provoke unnecessary swearing over the emptying of the wearing jar.

I’d say go solid state first because for tubes you’d need to tweak more which means a heavier investment.

 

[Slim1970]

Probably an iFI iTube2. It's discontinued but there's a few in the used market for sure

I have one an it's by far one of my favorite devices. Having this tube buffer inline with my TT2 and Luxman really adds some flavor to the sound. I mainly use it for the bass boost while keeping it in classic tube mode. Works like a charm.

 

[Pashmeister]

Wanna share my recent DIY Abyss Rack Hack. Just simple L brackets screwed into wooden omega headphone stands. Then some stick-on felt pads cut to size

 

[Roasty]

Wanna share my recent DIY Abyss Rack Hack. Just simple L brackets screwed into wooden omega headphone stands. Then some stick-on felt pads cut to size

i give you A for effort and also for producing a frankenstein stand to match the abyss.

 

[Solan]

180 pages until we reach page 1266. Will we get there before summer? And how will we celebrate?

 

[Litlgi74]

I don't think they'll be much of a celebration if the back orders don't get filled very, very soon.

 

[cangle]

I don't think they'll be much of a celebration if the back orders don't get filled very, very soon.

They keep posting manufacturing videos of the 1266 on their Instagram so I'm hopeful that they are making progress towards this.

 

[Solan]

I have one an it's by far one of my favorite devices. Having this tube buffer inline with my TT2 and Luxman really adds some flavor to the sound. I mainly use it for the bass boost while keeping it in classic tube mode. Works like a charm.

It is out of production, but it seems that if enough of us want it, we can have them make it again at Drop.

As for the 1266 production and shipping, I heard that the bottleneck is opened very soon. Fingers crossed!

 

[DJJEZ]

I don't think they'll be much of a celebration if the back orders don't get filled very, very soon.

In 2 days I hit 3 months/12 weeks of waiting for mine

 

[Bonddam]

I'd like to have a back up pair again and just keep it in a display case.

 

[Gadget67]

In 2 days I hit 3 months/12 weeks of waiting for mine

Likewise, but my dealer tells me it’s “imminent”, and that was one week ago. Fingers crossed…I understand it may be because they are waiting for a big shipment of the wood boxes they are shipped in.

 

[mammal]

Likewise, but my dealer tells me it’s “imminent”, and that was one week ago. Fingers crossed…I understand it may be because they are waiting for a big shipment of the wood boxes they are shipped in.

Crazy how a TOTL headphone is held back by a wooden box. Feels like a hypercar in a traffic jam.

 

[Gadget67]

Crazy how a TOTL headphone is held back by a wooden box. Feels like a hypercar in a traffic jam.

I appreciate that they don’t want to send their premium headphones out in shrink wrap and then have to ship the wooden boxes at a later date. The extra cost and time would be a non starter for me if I was in their shoes. I’ll be patient and wait but it’s definitely getting tedious and, frankly, hurts their image.