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@gixxerwimp my AES is BJC! But I’ve heard from many people that coax presents differently than AES specifically for my DAC so it’s just a taste test

Thank you so much @Inoculator!!! I will def take you up on that and for your kindness—I will put up a FS ad for a pair of 6922 tubes, proceeds going to donation here!

Post here: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/fs-unmatched-pair-of-75-6n23p-6922-6dj8-rockets.13513/

Thanks again @Inoculator!

I looked into this topic once. If I were to try this I would go with Yamaha CRW-F1, burning with AAMQR quality on og TaiyoYuden CDR. But I never really tried myself, so this is just based on some research I did. Any compatibility with modern software will be a pain, I would probably invest into a cheap dedicated desktop if you already want to go this far for Cds

Yes, I pulled my piriformis muscle and it was squeezing the sciatic nerve. Took a week of steroids to be able to sit down again.

I just got back from my surgery consultation. Apparently the disc herniation in my L4/L5 was so bad it actually broke off a piece of the disc. That shits been floating around in there making things awesome. Looks like surgery for me. On the other hand pain isn't as bad as last month.

Like @ColdsnapBry I found my incidence of sciatica and back spasms greatly reduced by >10K steps per day, intentionally working to lower stress levels and listening to calming music when desperately wishing to inflict harm on those who really deserve it. In my case I can't take NSAIDs due to anti-coagulation therapy.

Aside from using an alligator clip and smoking them til you get high, I suggest The Roach Motel parked next door to the pi. Kind of like a Waffle House for the opportunistic roaches. Worked like a champ in the 12th floor studio I had in Chevy Chase about 40 yrs ago.

Oh, this worked for ants that decided to march in my door near my desk a few years ago. Ground cinnamon, google seems to agree it works on roaches. Dust a tbs or so in a teacup saucer on either side of the pi and they should be repelled. But still do the motel a bit further away to trap them. And cinnamon is not toxic to us humans!

"Don't run the time approaches
Hotels and midnight coaches
Be sure to hide the roaches"

Preferably not in your hifi gear.

My ancient standby for playlists was Beatunes. Now I rely on Roon as Quboz has the problems you cited.

one of the more clever ideas i've seen is to take 35mm film plastic canisters and poke holes in the cap for the tube pins, push the pins through the cap then pop the plastic canister over the tube.

Toilet/towel paper tube, cushioned with paper?

You can also get the tube boxes from many places. Like these. https://www.vivatubes.com/tube-boxes/

A modded Crack is pretty sweet with 600s

Nice! I like the Amperex PQ A-Frames and also Holland-made Valvos in mine!

ok - yeah, we are brotha's then - I do believe that is very close to what's in there. Too many tubes everywhere and I'm not even close to being a tube chaser.

Budget is relative. Not knocking the Crack, but it seems like the tubes cost more than a Vali+ and PortaPro :P

I used soundiiz, too, when I moved from Spotify to Qobuz. It was even smart enough split a huge playlist into two, as it seems that can’t (or couldn’t) be longer than 1000 songs on Qobuz.

Not every song was matched correctly, some random stuff was added to my favourites for songs Qobuz didn’t know, and for classical, sometimes a different recording was chosen although Qobuz had the same as Spotify. But all in all, it was good. I just created a paid subscription and cancelled it directly after the transfer and some checks, that’s not expensive.

Soundiiz and Tunemymusic are the best

Along w several albums & EPs from better-known bands. SQ is there, but catalog not. I get it now.

As it happens, I recently bought Nah und Fern on CD for this very reason.

Ah the good ol' iron lung/jelly fish PC!! There's ragin' threads of idiocy going on at A'gon & head-fi about those Neardost cables...

Yeah they're basically (literally?) unsleeved Iron Lungs/Jelly Fish! For $15 with Amazon returns, I thought it's 14 AWG, why not...

"Near-dost", omg i'm ded lmao

Hmm jelly fish cable make my Gungnir Multibit moar bettah? What about my Aegirs? Maybe I'll have my GF pee for meee

@Tchoupitoulas great beverage choice! Also, my home rig is a Holospring 3 to Kenzie Ovation to Verite Auteur or Attrium. The 3d sense of space is really special.

At a Seattle meet about 12 yrs ago, heard a HD650 off a carefully constructed, god-level ECBA setup. I think 30K dropped in total.. reel to reel, the whole 9. Just insane. Many talk about the Koss PP or Grado can, or Sennheiser 580 off a portable amp or something that got them into the rabbit hole.. it was hearing that rig at my first meet that pulled me into the hobby. I've never heard the HD650 off a better rig.

About 12 years ago, iPod 5.5G > vintage receiver > HE500. After that it'd be vintage Stax Lambdas and vintage Grados from Bay area meets about 13 years ago.

looks like @Slade01 is correct, they are legit Rockets, only the inferior late 80s version. I will out the ones @dasman66 linked to. Those are the more coveted 70s version, right?

I can't say what era the ones I linked are... and I'm not up to speed on the date codes to be able to check the ones that I have. If someone has date code info, then I can look at what I got

if i'm not mistaken—all the tubes i've looked at aren't coded, they have two numbers (for the month, i'm guessing), then the year, so 04 75 for april 1975

Best way I can put the diff is the Gungnir Multibit A1 felt like recording in digital, always wary of hitting the red (the red being its upper-mid hotness/bite) and wincing, but the SFD-1 mkII is like recording to analog, you can go as high as you want (no point in the FR sticks out) without repercussions

Glad it matched your taste, these are fabulous when that happens. :)

What do you change for 45 tubes?

Not sure, but think you can just ask BH

Qobuz!

Tidal Hifi is $5/mo if you subscribe to Third Man Records quarterly vinyl releases ($75/qtr).

I've trialed both at least twice and now use Tidal. Tidal for breadth, Qobuz for sound, Tidal for stability.

I know nothing about 45 tubes, but the 307a sounds fantastic and is rare in an amp. I assume some of this is due to the small amount that were ever made - the old stock is not out there to justify designing a lot of amps and that’s lead to no demand for new tubes. At least this is what I assume for the 307a.

About 35 eBay listings for 45 tubes and about 19 listings for 307a tubes right now. 45 seem hard to pick for an amp from those listings. Better amp pickings from the 307a listings.

Over 300 listings for 2a3 tubes on eBay. A lot of these are new production and even old tube listing volumes is probably driven by demand rather than availability to some extent.

Unfortunately Glenn doesn’t make the amps anymore. I was on the waiting list for 3+ years and finally got refunded the deposit a few month ago. abut if you can get a used one, it seems to be a very capable amp, with almost unlimited tube rolling options.

I seem to remember @zach915m liking the Glenn OTL with his ZMFs. You might search for posts by him.

I heard Zach's a number of times at his place. But I'm pretty sure his was a custom job. His amp is warm-sounding, but it isn't too thick, and I don't recall its being blurry at all. I enjoyed it even though it's not what I prefer. Just email Zach directly and ask him.

neither have shipped yet :(

also a big thank you to @Clear Water for the sfd-1! —dealing with him has been an absolute pleasure.

Clear is an awesome guy.

The SFD-1 is always a good idea. :-D