Of course I always have it completely off with the WEs in. I was only referring to the Elrogs 😉 100%

I always leave it in stand by qhen bit in use. If its not glowing and no electricity is passing through I really doubt it will affect the lifespan of the tubes within. I only turn it off at the back to swap tubes.

It blew me away. I had MU1 + Bartok. It was really good. Lovely and meaty sounding. Plenty of detail. Tested MU1 with Dave as well. Amazing transients and seperation as Dave has. The MU1 shows you the beauty of your DAC but eliminated any annoying traits you might hear with some tracks like...

Haha no arrows from me and I love the Melz. They are still my most used tubes. Will finally get my Grimm MU2 on Friday. Been 4 weeks without my Envy in action! Can't wait to try out the Ked Rads and the Sylvania Tall bottles once I fire it up.

😬 May have to be Epoxy Resin.

Haha no. I have too many things to do for those pursuits nowadays 😃

They are a rare breed I think. My wife prefers to buy lot's of plants.... At least it's not show obsession or anything more expensive than that. I need our family money for tubes.

They are open back so yes they will leak sound. On the other hand if she makes a lot on noise you may hear that too. Should be OK if she's in a different room though I would have thought. Maybe get some closed backs for her and she wont hear a thing. 🙂

They are from Latvia. Forza ones are also meant to be very good. I guess there must be quite a few cores in it if it's heavy. As mentioned to others I was only looking at selling as it's terminated as XLR and I don't use the Empyreans on the Envy any more. Susvara has displaced them in that...

Yeah it's one of these which is full silver yes: https://www.lavricables.com/cables/grand-silver-meze-empyrean-upgrade-cable/ Sounded awesome with the Empy and also the Elite's. Definately a recommended cable.

I may sell my Lavricables Grand XLR which is why I asked 🤔 Yes the Meze Silver Plated are good alternatives but can be a little tight on the headphone side. The one I had was. I think they have a coating on them (headphone side). No such issue with the Meze Copper though.

Best to use a dedicated mini-xlr cables on the headphone side IMO. What is the termination you need on the Amp side?

They look quite comfy those Immanis but also very bulky. Can you guys confirm they are comfortable (or not)? Of course you won't be able to determine how comfortable they might be for long sessions. The Susvara has been king for such a long time. Will be nice to see another option but that...

Impeccable timing thank you. I bought these last week and I was a little concerned about the missing plastic guide. I purchased some Woo 8-pin socket savers. My thought was the tubes could remain permanently placed within those. I have now ordered a set of these as well. Much appreciated.

I can add that the Grimm MU1 sounds wonderful with the Bartók clocking via AES.

Yes I have seen but I'm looking for the "long bottle" which I assume are the better variants.

I'm still really tempted by these tubes but one tube is missing the central stem. I'm sure it's fine as it's just a plastic stem to assist mounting the tube correctly. With that issue though and and still having a premium price makes me feel like its a bit of a con. Who knows though, maybe...

You were only sharing information you thought might be interesting so honestly don't worry about that 😉 It's always interesting to hear more impressions. I'll see if I can get some more tubes to him.

Good Morning 🫡 I think he lives relatively near to me (South East England) judging by a few things he has said and his accent and so maybe ask him to PM me. I can drop my MOs and Melz over to him for a few weeks while I wait for my MU2. His impression may change a little as the Envy is quite...

Thanks Yes I can't find the tall bottle versions only these but the price is a little quite high. I've bought from that seller before though and the tubes have always been in excellent condition and well packaged. Price + import tax is a bit much.

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Do you have a link to the Sylvanias? There seem to be a few variants. I have some Ked Rad Black Beauty incoming as well although I can't listen to them yet as I sold my DAC. Soon though.

Excellent news

I would avoid the older ones with the golden base. I bought some and was advised (here) about the unreliability and to simply not to use them. I sent them back to the eBay seller and they did refund me but then also comment they work perfectly so I was worried about nothing. Still; it might be...

Enjoy it. After listening to Tambaqui and Dave the Bartók was my clear favourite of the 3. I miss it already but I'm very hopeful the MU2 will fill that void. I guess I'll unfollow the thread....maybe later 😜