Dude you have a wood engraving / laser etching machine? This is serious. 🤯

Nice! Didn't know CV181 is the equivalent to 6SN7, there's too many alternatives of the same tubes. 🤣 Thanks for the tip! And I also have a Lyr 3, so in actuality I find Lyr 3 runs 6SN7 and 6J5 tubes a little better than Solstice. BUT when running 12SN7 and 12J5 Solstice can be up there...

From my experience working in film/animation industry and hobbies in mechanical keyboard and headphones. What I realized is that artistic people are terrible at reading. 🤣

My amp technically can use any of the following: 12AU7-AT 12AT7-AT 12AX7-AT 12BH7-AT 6SN7-AT But not to be too greedy I can take just 1 x 6SN7-AT. :relaxed: Good luck everyone! EDIT1: In the updated picture in the original post, now I don't see 6SN7-AT as an option anymore, not sure if it's...

That's..... kind of the point..... :sweat_smile:

Eh..... Might just be the finish on the cup, can confirm if you look at the inside it's definitely wood lol. Also congrats on your purchase!

Ah Audeze pads are stick on right? They should've made with a mounting system so you can swap back and forth. :grimacing: Lol nice I've always wanted to try LCD-2 one day, it's legendary like the first HD800. I wouldn't sweat over it, generally speaking the same pads made by different brand...

LOL who else remember the good old days when Monoprice try to make their own LCD-2 (aka M1060). And the best pad was the Audeze Vegan pad, so Audeze put a restriction on it so that only LCD owners can buy them. I'm not sure who is the biggest target audience these days but nice to see they are...

lol I did have it at one point! But I had a very weird observation....... If you're talking about strictly tonal balance, it's super musical! Really happy with it! But I had this weird problem where it sounded very flat, as in no soundstage and no layering. I was asking around in the Mojo 2...

Yes agree with the "hybrid" aspect, so it will always be half solid state sounding, that being said, the stock JJ tube and stock Tung Sol tube are pretty neutral. So yes getting some NOS tube will help. :relaxed:

LOLLLLL sorry to laugh at your misery but this is too funny. I don't know, this just reminds me those classic movies where the protagonist must endure a certain "test" to obtain power, but failure will result in death. Something like that. 🤣 Though I currently holds Lyr 3, do I need to...

Crap I just realized I completely forgot about Diablo X, but that's story for another day. :sweat_smile: iDSD (Silver) iDSD Black Label (Black) iDSD Signature (Blue) iDSD Signature Finale (Black) Diablo (Red) Diablo X (Black/Red) Diablo II (Red) iFi need to stop pushing out a million products...

lol gotcha, but yeah for Denon/Fostex headphones, usually earpad with bigger holes will result in recessed mids, though better layering. And if the ear pad is thick it will also make vocal recessed. That being said if you're enjoying the headphone then I'd not worry about it lol. Otherwise it...

Which ear pad did you end up using on your Lawton D5000? I find Lawton mod change sound a lot depending on earpad used. But I agree with you that Lawton put a lot of damping in the wood cup so might explain why R9 seem like it does not have as much damping. Though from what you said it seems...

Ah yes the classical business men vs engineers. A problem that existed since beginning of time. Do it cheap vs do it right. :joy: So what it sounds like it's basically going to be a 50/50 chance lottery then. Maybe I'll start with the cheaper, secondhand black label first to see how it...

This explains the sound difference between the diablo line and the rest of the line up. So when they say say Finale it really is the final one eh? :sweat_smile: At least assuming if we want the more rich sound signature. EDIT: I'm contemplating between Black Label and Finale, I could get...

LOL oh yeah I mean I knew Rupert Neve Design was always meant for studio gear. And I knew about the price hike just didn't make the connection as to why. So this is the reason eh? I guess the Fidelice line was just the nail to the coffin. That's interesting to know. But luckily when I...

lol I have a sensitive headphone so I have this exact same issue when I tried my friend's iDSD Silver. Like I barely have enough usable volume range. Which I've read is fixed in the Finale, would be nice if anyone can confirm this. As far as I know it goes like this: iDSD (Silver) iDSD...

Ehhhh......? I don't follow the company enough to know the gossip side of things, what happened? Yeah that's what I read too, sounds like it has an unique sound signature so some people keep it around for that. This is my other concern, I generally like the "fun" sound. And I already have...

For BT, I think depending on application. For example when I use my headphone on my computer I find it much easier to just use USB to DAC so it output all sound to my DAC then onto amp and onto headphone. Though for driving, oh yeah totally much easier to use BT connect to car, and in the...

I think it's a bit half and half. One as you said this hybrid tube amp so inherently it will just be not as tubey. Another thing is that I noticed you've tried mostly new production tubes, I find most new production tubes more or less sound the same character wise. You should look into NOS...

Luckily I don't need BT, so this should be no problem at all! And thank you for you indepth explanation on the power system. :relaxed: I don't know about the stock cable length, but really any usb a to usb a extension cable will work. I use this cable with 6 feet length. But they offer...

I think for MMB2 I prefer mega combo burrito filter ever so slightly, but for Bifrost 2 OG definitely like NOS better. Bifrost 2/64 is a wash, I didn't find a huge difference between the two, maybe mega combo burrito slightly better. So yes definitely recommend everyone to try both modes at...

Are you using a banana holder? :laughing: But glad to hear you're enjoying it. I keep reading it's too warm but glad to see some people find it just right.

Wait Diablo 1 is able to power entirely just from the seperate power source?!?!?! (Assuming powerful enough charger) 🤯 That's surprising to know. To be honest I like the sound of the iDSD line but just generally not fond of battery since I really only need it for desktop usage. So I was...