Willem

Yeah, but what's on the DAC output?

To me, this seems like a wasteful strategy. Measurements and controlled blind listening tests have long shown that properly designed...

Steff is absolutely solid and reliable. I've known her since she was Steve and one of the brightest engineers I've ever dealt with.

Putting aside SETs, which are just glorified table radio amps, the main things affecting sonics are source impedance and overload...

Thanks! I found that my 300 Ohm headphones sounded correct with the 250 Ohm load switch position. Also, I found no change in sound...

Darn, those are two important issues. If you aren’t buying for sound, aesthetics and ergonomics jump to the top of the list.

They (Mac) have copied (their own) Mac amplifier aesthetic... be they vacuum tube appliances... or soiled solid state appliances...

Not a chance. Overpriced and it uses outdated tubes. It makes no sense to waste money on something like this. I wouldn't use this or...

For someone seeking a connection to the past, well, yeah, tubes are a connection to the past. But it costs more to do it with tubes...

SIY is one to ask for such things for sure. One myth is because they have only 2nd and 3rd harmonic distortion which if high enough...

I like that. But we can try to explain why that is, it's not magic . Output transformers low feedback other design considerations I'm...

Sure, but we should retain the distinction between fact and opinion.

And for what a really good DAC/preamp can do, look no further than the RME AD-2 DAC.

On topic , A well made tube pre may not have any sound . Typically tube power amps have output transformers that interact with the...

It is not about sounding nicely, but about being sonically accurate. Modern solid state amplifiers are almost invariably sonically...