Lyr 3 Discussion Thread

@Elnrik Have you taken possession of the Dragon IHA1? I'm wondering if you prefer the Lyr 3 to the Dragon?

 

what happened to the signal to noise ratio in this thread?

 

Yes. The packaging single handedly resupplied all of my bubble wrap needs for the foreseeable future.

I haven't compared them head to head. The IHA-1 is my home tube amp, and I might eventually sell my Crack now that I have it. The Lyr 3 was for my office setup. I haven't even thought about how they compare. I might be able to squeeze some time in this weekend and do a comparison for you.

 

I realize I wasn't as clear as I might be with this rather quick post.

I am hoping one of those better at articulating audible differences such as @purr1n or @Torq would create the aforementioned spider chart. My skills at describing such auditory traits suck by comparison. I also have bourgeoisie tastes in headphone audio and am very happy to listen to any of the above all night when I have a Zana Deux and Liquid Crimson in the lab library to which I could listen.

 

Been listening to lyr3 for four hours (one hour or so spent for mcth though).

I've always wanted (either SS or tube) amps having jot's sonic blackness+clarity but with more macro-dynamics, plankton, a bit thicker bass, and a hint of lushness. Lyr3 is the closest answer to me to date. Schiit! Thanks Schiit!!!

Really like lcd2c+lyr3(currently TS 6sn7geb) combination. Makes me just happily listen to music for hours... (Damn.. I hate to have a research meeting tomorrow)

 

In before stock toob...

 

Has anyone tried out Lyr 3/Code-X combo?

 

@Hands might have more ear time with all four...

 

Even for the right bottle of single malt?

 

Drunk with power or just drunk?

My money's on the Tung-Sol.

 

I'm just happy to hear there's a modern production tube that sounds great. No more NOS nervosa (I get enough of that crud with vintage fountain pen inks).

 

Who is Voldemort?

 

+1 to @Lyer25

Basic tung-sol is very good enough, and easy to get (surely I can trust Schiit more than any other random ebay tube sellers...)

Curious about other well-received tubes though (e.g. Sylvania chrome top).

Btw I googled which 6sn7 was the best, and one answer was tung-sol's vt231 nos. Price was almost insane to me.

 

Some guy who has eyes that are red

 

I had to google it. I still don't get who he's referring to, or if he's just being cryptic. Don't care enough to dig deeper. Forget I asked.

 

I’m pretty sure Marv means Voldemort from the Harry Potter stories. He is the most powerful wizard who ever existed (or at least recent times - I have never been that into the series) and can read minds.

 

"Wizard" brings Bill-P to mind, but he's a level 42 while Voldemort is undoubtedly a few ranks higher than that. Also, technically a "dark wizard" which brings the dark side of the force to mind and I'm just lost now.

But wait. Level 42 . Four and two in Japanese are "shi (or yon)" and "ni", respectively. "Shini" is "death", Lord You-Know-Who was affiliated with the DEATH Eaters. Hmmmm.

GDI I'm thankful I can't afford this amp yet. Also, f**k it Marvey, chances are there will be people who'd happily roll tubes til they've gone over the price of the Lyr five times over )))

Multiple edits because auto correct hates me .

 

No, he does not mean Voldemort from HP stories. Voldemort is a nickname for a certain persona non grata who I will not mention either by name.