Changeling

Keeping it simple. Nice! Looking forward to your impressions on the RME unit -after midsummer of course.

Happy Summer my friend.

@Poleepkwa after midsummer that's right :)
First we get drunk and dance around the giant green leafed pole :D

Yggys still work with solid state amps you know... :)

@pedalhead hehe, shoot me a PM if interested , and we might work out a good deal.

@zonto they do but....

What if I were to inform you that with just a simple adapter the Vali 2 can also take 2A3 tubes?

I already bought the Vali 2. If @Changeling's tube picks prove to be pleasing I shall enter the path of many more tubes.

For now my wallet needs to be spared...

@Garns I would not listen...........

The toob boob is going solid state?!

I bet Rag 2 will be out by then.

To all:

Even the sluttiest of sluts must work hard to evolve as a proper audio Buddha.
I don't know enough about solid state and the work induced break from intense listening allows me to plan for this step. Do I dare to say Violectric and SPL here?

Thanks for all "friendly" comments :-D

I think it is okay to say SPL here Still prefer the tube amps I have. It is a bit more dry and solid state sounding obviously than any tube amp but it has great balance and good treble extension without emphasising the treble.

@Kattefjaes Aaaaww, heartwarming :)

Nice dude. How do they compare to the ubiquitous we396a in the MJ?

@brencho the effect of tube rolling when running atomicbobs IVS is less obvious than without it, and MJ2 has never been too sensitive for tube in my opinion. That said though, they sound very nice. Very nice.

What you got tube boss

@brencho not much left. I'm saving a fifties CCa pair and a pair of Telefunken E188CC still in plastic wrapping, one pair of Saratov 1969/70 and two pair of Ultrons. That's it. Rest is going.

That's what I'm using and they sound great.

@Rotijon Interesting. I think I will get me a loaner to compare to Mjolnir2. Not really in the market for amp change for another year or so, but didn't hear it with Yggdrasil the last time.

It's spacious, well behaved, and soft and polite to the point it can be boring. Better than Rag? Different at best.

@Hands Not really time for me to change yet, but trying to understand the solid state options a bit better. Rag and 430HA are both interesting...

@brencho I believe they're all good, but frickin' expensive and not even close to worth the money - at least not for me. I've finally come across a pair for a very reasonable cost. The last pair I heard was not better than any of the few pairs I've got left - but it might have been the scary price tag. I'm just hoping that I can be amazed by it now that it didn't break the bank.

Grey shields or silver shields?

@Thenewerguy009 If you with "shields" mean plates, the pair I just bought has grey plates.

Damn socialists! Hobbling firms with costly regulations like this... I mean the nerve!

This is how you do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXEZ6g2WLoM

(Actually, pretty cool. :) Enjoy!!)

can I get away with this without having a kid?

Actually HF is becoming more SBAF-like day by day.

@landroni ...by hobbling you mean paying +33% income tax and by firm you mean government? ;)

Hehe, that's a price worth paying, I wager. :)

I also put on my summer tires. Ice be gone!