[BonGoBiLai]

Sublime

 

[Garney]

Very different flavor of Iem more of a preference thing imo .. UM and Elysian have a very different house sound

Agreed. Two complimentary tunings / presentations in my experience. For my preferences, Annihilator is a ways ahead of Mentor in all aspects except for staging. I found Mentor to be very good and agreeable with all genres I typically listen to but not nearly as engaging or enthralling as Anni.

 

[Leto Dal]

Think I will skip Mentor and go for AP or Mason / Mason FS. Very excited for Amsterdam meet up to try some of the toys and meet some of the fellow cultists in person.

 

[pkcpga]

Hiss is not one of my concerns as I mostly listen to garbage recordings and preferably through tubes anyway. Not being able to get exactly the volume level I prefer would drive me nuts though.

drftr

I’ve been using some nos Mazda 12au7’s that I’m addicted to.

 

[drftr]

I’ve been using some nos Mazda 12au7’s that I’m addicted to.

Not sure how to get 'em inside a DAP! Are those produced by Brimar originally?

drftr

 

[osocan]

I’ve been using some nos Mazda 12au7’s that I’m addicted to.

Just for that fraction of a second, thought you were talking about NOS’ed Mazda RX-7.

 

[Rockwell75]

#5500!

 

[pkcpga]

Not sure how to get 'em inside a DAP! Are those produced by Brimar originally?

drftr

No I believe Siemen out of Germany. I have a few tube amps, two work with headphones granted some IEMs are too sensitive even on low mode.

 

[pkcpga]

Just for that fraction of a second, thought you were talking about NOS’ed Mazda RX-7.

lol, nope old tubes for a tube amp.

 

[pkcpga]

Not sure how to get 'em inside a DAP! Are those produced by Brimar originally?

drftr

Man if they ever came out with a dap that you can roll tubes with, I’d buy it even if it was 10k.

 

[drftr]

Man if they ever came out with a dap that you can roll tubes with, I’d buy it even if it was 10k.

Give me a TWS with NuTubes - I'm easy...

EDIT: With VE X you wouldn't need a powerful amp anyway.

drftr

 

[HiFiHawaii808]

Man if they ever came out with a dap that you can roll tubes with, I’d buy it even if it was 10k.

Nah, the tubes wouldn't be that good. The PB5 is really really good. Much better than I expected it to be. Pairing that with 320Max, N30LE and RS6 is mind blowingly good.

Leave tube rolling to full sized tube amps so we can use 50-70 year old tubes to modify sound.

 

[osocan]

lol, nope old tubes for a tube amp.

Yup too much FF on my part, I don’t mean FatFreq here

 

[dmphile]

And you didn’t even listen to it’s best genre (imo) 2000s Indie rock. Have a listen to The Stroke’s first album “Is This It”.

I have no doubt! Even with Indie Pop, it's crazy dynamic and an exciting listen. Will have a listen to The Strokes.

I could give it a go with the P6K the next time I visit my dealer. But, if your concern is it being too polite compared to something like the Ronin, I wouldn’t worry if I were you. I reckon the VE X has more bite and livelier PRaT, while I recall the Ronin being on the softer, more laidback and more expansive side.

Agree with this assessment. Ronin is even more smooth and laid back. VE X definitely has more bite and excitement and dynamism and for the DD lovers, fulfils that craving well.

Think more bite than Ronin and Traillii but less than Rn6 and Sultan. Let me know if I'm overasking

drftr

Like you, I was trying to find something like a Ronin but with that slam and full-bodied sound supported by all the benefits of a DD. VE X has it's own flavour and distinct VE house sound, I think it would satisfy those that would want a 'Ronin like' type of tuning but with more bite, vividness, and immersion with a very well tuned DD to control the slam and rumble.

 

[thaslaya]

#5500!

Like a proud Papa watching his thread grow right before his eyes