I could hear the dishwasher through one of my 6SN7’s once because the vibrations carried from the kitchen counter through the floor and walls to the living room and up the shelf that the amp (a Lyr3) was stood on.. it might have been harmless but sure was annoying.. :unamused::laughing:

Tubes must be just like wine… they have good years and bad years, they improve with their age (at least it is perceived), and the price always goes up with age regardless of type 😄 Oh, and as soon you open the bottle, the value quickly declines 🤣

Page 10100 and 10101.. solidly into binary here! So we’re really only at pages 24 and 25? 😝😜🤪

That would be cool, but I think the name Stjarna (star), being a phono pre, follows from their turntable Sol (sun, which is also a star, “our” star). The Sol is unfortunately out of production but hopefully Stjarna will be around for a long time!

Enjoying the music is indeed the most important thing - if one does not, what is the point of all the gear?

The reason for it illudes me, but apparently shorting the inputs when off/standby is a thing that some amps do. Seems somewhat counter productive to me, as it could potentially wreak havoc on the rest of the system, but there might be a good reason for it some scenario I don’t know about. I’m...

That is probably due to individual differences in the manufacturing, where the filament is more visible (sticks out longer) in some tubes than others. I have one tube where the top glow isn’t even visible, but it works great nonetheless, so most likely, no worries :L3000:

Neither have I, except with Modi which in older models have a non-Unison USB built in so not really comparable as it’s a completely different DAC to Gungnir. On the other hand, I have noted USB cables making a difference to my ears in my system, so to me it feels logical that USB to Eitr in via...

It’s been nice reading the recent comments about programming languages some of you all been into, made me think of what ones I’ve dealt with over the years. I started out on the Commodore 64 as a kid (somewhat disclosing my age here) and dabbled in the built-in BASIC, followed tutorials in the...

I’m sorry to hear that, I was looking forward to VH3’s summer release to renew my office setup (and, because I’m cheap, piggy-back an extra Freya remote on top to save on postage :smile:). I hope you find a solution to make it work even if it seems hopeless now, but hey what would life be...

That looks almost brickwalled at 16.5 kHz with some things getting through up to 17 kHz but then it’s empty. I’m no expert on Hi-Rez, but that is not what I would expect. For a 48 kHz sample rate I would expect things there at 20 kHz and beyond, even if only as noise, but definitely something.

I havent’t employed directional audio cables myself, I just try to apply some “medium-to-better” quality cables in my system just to be sure (i.e. tame my nervosa) - but AFAIK there is some merit in the shielding extending from the source component and not being connected to the next component...

There still are a few available in the closeout section, just sayin’ :ksc75smile: It’s the only dedicated preamp I’ve had, but I love it in the chain with GS2+ and OG Aegir, usually in 4x gain for a little more oomph:smiley:

They probably are, but they are usually quicker than that. You should in any event almost immediately have gotten an automated response that your inquiry was received in their system.

Altough not directly mentioned on the site, I think Schiit can rewire it for you. Ask them at info@schiit.com, I think they’ll be happy to help.