Gaspasser

They don’t pair well with Vidar(s) though, which is odd. That is why Neal is selling his.

I have a couple vintage Yamahas too, and you and @Neal say its a great pairing...

His Yamaha has a more mid-focused and more intimate presentation which seemed to mesh well with the BMRs. The Vidar(s) ironically were weaker in the bass/slam department on these speakers comparatively. I think the BMRs love class A power.

Don't know the answer. But I'd like to say materials do deteriorate over time. And 10 years is a looong time.

Especially if you intend to keep it for another 10.

also Mj2 gives you some versatility. i had a Mj2 when i was almost exclusively using a planar headphone but it sounded totally fine with utopias and sennheisers too. some weird treble fuckery on the Mj, and not quite at the T3 level for dymamic headphones imo.

I’ve only heard one MJ2 and it was at schitr and it didn’t sound very clean. Sounded grainy. Maybe it’s the stock Tubes. The T3 just sounds more refined.

In my humble acquainted-but-ain't-friend opinion, T3 are more of a sidegrade against Mjo2, since you have WE396A tube. As @brencho said, while T3 is more dynamic, the WE396A in Mjo2 gives you much needed soundstage depth

When music can sound that good I understand why...

It’s good work for those who get it. Besides, just think of all the records you can buy with attending $$$.

I tried just now and couldn't get it to work through the Files app. That was with the FLAC files located in Dropbox and the 3rd party Documents app

All my music is ALAC, but one thing I have noticed is that I can sync across 24/96 songs from iTunes now, whereas before it used to pop up a dialog saying it couldn’t

Thanks everyone! That’s what I thought. I guess I will just keep waiting for Spotify to go CD quality and convert to ALAC.

Glad you made the upgrade. It's crazy how much work that little thing is putting in. I can't stop listening to vinyl now!

Getting to listen to RSA Nighthawk F117 through 2 channel now. This is where this thing shows its true muscle. Going into Freya tube buffer is like PB&J, nice solid state-tube synergy!

Hell yes. F117 on speakers is MILES ahead of headphones. That center image is just mindblowing!

I found a deal on Fleabay oddly enough. Hopefully it works out.

Osnap! I wish you the best. I could never find one on eBay in the past.

It didn’t show up on my Hifishark alert, I assume that is why it was sitting for a week. I started looking again after your review!

Wat'cha get?

Not sure if it's Freya or the general state of NOS 6SN7 tubes but Freya was a real pig to get non-microphonic. Yes, which tubes did you go for @Gaspasser? Settled on chrome top Sylvanias here.

I had a good experience with EH tubes with Vali2 and Valhalla2, so I bought a quad to try before spending any more $ on NOS tubes. I’m just happy to not hear any popping, cracking, clicking or echoing anymore. I’m hoping to get in some time with Vidar this weekend so I can start posting some comments about everything with Elac B6’s.

Ah, well, I aim to please.

I sold the Saga to fund other purchases. Then decided to go 2 channel again. I got Freya, but if you already have Saga, I would keep it.

Out of curiosity, on tube gain, where is the volume knob for Freya?

About 12-2 o'clock. The tube gain and Vidar really help the B6's, but you were right @Pyruvate the highs are the weak area for the B6's

That is beyond cool, I have a Gen 5 board coming in the mail so this will help. thanks for sharing

Tony is the man! Loved reading that chapter how Mike introduced him to Jason.

@k4rstar my Gen 5 board is on its way too! Hopefully I will get to it next week!

I'm going to see how hard Vidar smacks around Elac B6's. I hope to do a write up and compare it to the Vincent SP-331

ATTABOY!

Hey @Gaspasser - did you ever end up doing that comparison?

The funny thing is, the "W" word has a completely different meaning here. Its just a funny sounding way of referring to someone that likes a slightly warmer/less fatiguing sound signature. It goes against the "neutral head" accepted norm here at SBAF. At least I thought...

Or maybe @OJneg was trolling us all along. Is "Playnar" "Chi-fi" or #teamdynamic offensive too?

I'm not that easily offended, but if I don't understand the true meaning or hidden intention, I don't just use the phrase to sound cool.

Because I am. And I don't give a shit.

It requires no additional energy to use a term that isn't loaded with violent history instead.

We are probably better off without it. The reason I did not find it offensive is that the two words don't naturally go together as insults. Whereas I did find the term "Head-Fag" (for HF) offensive as it was intended to express contempt for an obviously bad state of affairs.

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@Kunlun that makes what i had done very unfortunate. I seem to have jolted half of sbaf...

@Kunlun it is true what you are saying, I do feel somewhat sodomized by Hifiman with the multiple negative experiences I had with their products. I vowed not to purchase another Hifiman HP and I almost gave in with the Massdrop version but came to my senses.