Indeed sound fading gradually could be due to the power tube failure 👍

The DV produce excessive heat especially if left on for long hours. 10-12 hours daily is not a regular practice for any non industrial component especially when not well ventilated or in a hot climate.

Looks booby trapped 😍😍😍

True as the Focal Elear & Utopia with 80 Ohms pair nicely with the BHC and the DV but still not at its best, 250+ Ohms cans are your way to go. The Sennheiser HD 600 is one of the best sounding cans with tube amps.

The BHC can even be turned on without any load attached to it so it's safe to give the K712 a spin.

Probably mine too and I thought it was made in Austria :sob:

Looking forward to it 👍

True and it’s case and existing hardware dependent. At some point o was playing Flacs and DSF music from a MacBook using JRiver and the sound was astonishing but not applicable across the board from vinyl players and CD. Besides the transparency of the Lokius is phenomenal.

Agree but when you use CDs or Turntables and you want to add EQ without a PC or a Laptop using high quality balanced cables then Hardware EQ is the way to go IMHO.

I would still recommend a Lokius which will tweak any headphone to your liking, you can still change pads though :ksc75smile:

Nice job :ok_hand:

Would really appreciate the photos of the turntables once in progress. I believe it should be some heavy wood for stability.

Wow this is impressive, @bcowen is in luck being on the receiving side of your artwork (The sideway Incubus and now the rack). :xf_cool: There is some magical attraction in every well finished wood piece.

You took your carpentering skills to the next level as the rack is a serious "Schiit" woodwork :beerchug:

I would recommend the Elise (Freq response 10Hz-60Khz) if budget allows as the Echo 2 (15Hz-45Khz) sound signature is so clean and very close to Solid States

Good to hear from you after an online blackout :wink: Thought you were in some tube expedition in Ukraine :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Totally agree, Koetsu are sexy by design 😍😍

Well in fact I was so lucky to find a nice budget friendly list of cartridges to chose from, am sure most of the readers will jump on them right away. As for me I learned my lesson :sob: :sob: https://forum.psaudio.com/t/the-top-20-most-expensive-phono-cartridges-ever-made/15837

You can never go wrong with a Mcintosh but yes $100 is too much for shipping charges for the Lokius.

Get this and never look back https://www.schiit.com/products/lokius Unless you have deeper pockets for this https://www.schiit.com/products/loki-max :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :ksc75smile...

Sadly the new ones are made in China......

Took me sometime and research but by now I can highly recommend the Schiit Lokius with both balanced and unbalanced I/O if you are interested in a hardware EQ. Total transparency.

And if you want to get blown away, get an Astell & Kern music player and match it with a good Westone Mach 70 IEM :beyersmile:

That's the thing about equalizers, never start a music hearing session with them if you plan to switch to un-equalized at some point. But to be fair, pure audio will always have its magic once driven through good components.

Mine are all old records Bee Gees, Abba, Chicago, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Barclay James Harvest, Midnight Oil, Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Simon & Garfunkel, Deep Purple etc. mostly old fart's collection :ksc75smile: