Yea, not sure Jason (or many of us) would agree with that; the 'other types...over all sounds better' part. Many of us believe there are sonic benefits for SE Class A. This article by Nelson Pass touches on a few of them: Single-Ended Class A

There are a fairly large number of MJ3's in the wild; if it was a design issue, the failure percentage would likely be high enough that we'd hear about more of them. Also, impacted units seem to be isolated to first batch. Under-specced caps are a rookie mistake; not something Jason / team would...

I have a Susv, and alternate driving it with either an 8W 300B tube amp, or MJ3. The two amps trade a slight edge in various areas, but I can say the additional wattage does not make for absolute performance vs. MJ3 [EDIT] The 300B amp is a highly modified TU-8900 - silver coupling caps, high...

I'm curious if anyone has received a recent shipping notice on a black MJ3; seems most / all of those shipping are silver?

Nod. At the least, it's a bad batch of connectors. I'm ok with that explanation, because clearly this isn't impacting everyone.

The fix seems to be (if I understand the issue correctly), Schiit removing the connector and soldering the power leads directly to the mezzanine board. After 2 returns they did this to mine, and it's rock solid.

I was wondering if anyone knows - does the Bliss have any sort of low/med/high gain switch or internal setting?

I find the Meze 109 Pro to have very good synergy with FV

It plays very well with Elite (low impedance, no multiplier).

Depth is good, with a nice layer presentation. Width, good but not EC amp wide. Treble is good, not harsh or brittle.

Just gonna drop these here. These are custom builds from Trevor. I'll share more re: sonics soon. This is a Vykari Copper 17.3awg cable, 16wires. Can't imagine terminating any larger gauge, or more wires.

Reach out to http://www.ecpaudio.com, there's a contact page available.

I have a WA8 that drives Empyrean wonderfully. I use I for my extended stay travel.