Vali 2 is such a fun little amp, it has to be one of the coolest things Schiit makes. It may not sound like a big boy amp, but it's def. a friendly/easy listen- not just killer value but stupidly cute.
@Kattefjaes Ha! Yeah, with HD650 I've found such a beautiful match, and as you can see there's some weird tube rolling possible. It's potentially also the only tube amp one would ever need. Maybe not with HD800 but on the other hand, when having spent thousands of dollars on a more exotic tube amp, one might realize HD800 is not ones cup of tea anyway.
If you a/b it with other amps, you'll hear that it's lacking a bit of extension, and that it's more.. hrm.. "congested" on busy material, of course. No amount of tube swapping will fix that. However, for the size and cost? Brilliant. I still think it's a way better starter amp than any of the Magnis, for instance..
..and if you don't A/B, you can still lose a whole evening, listening to it :)
I decided not to buy more tubes for my Vali2, but I've got a "bag of tubes" recently from a friend, so... I've been listening to the Vali2 with a 1940's Ken Rad 6SN7 in the past 2 weeks and it is a perfect complement for the Jotunheim with it's sweet highs and mids and big soundstage.
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