A good amp will sound good even with cheap stock tubes, but will improve and sound great with a great pair of tubes

The profile picture ist still my old Performance Edition, stock with Fullmusic tubes ;) Didn't change it yet. Something for the ToDo list

Cynical people, like me, would assume that the "leaks" of their review, had a controversial take on it. And after they realized that next to nobody shares that opinion and if they were to release a review like that, they'd lose all credibility as reviewer. Now they needed a reason for a 180 in...

Well they compare to other amps with the same tubes, therefore they certainly tried to switch tubes in order to eliminate the differences between them. Actual device burn in is nearly non existent. Most of it is brain burn in and "being used to a sound" Transducers or other moving parts might...

I call bull on that. No amp "completely changes" with burn in.

I love the transparency and how Cayin interacts with the community during development

I wonder the same, for both questions

These are at least as expensive as TM-300B. Not sure if we want to go up that price ladder

Norne Audio, just write him an email with your requirements

We all do 😅

What is your favourite filter? Did you ever try Wandla -> He1 instead of the internal DAC? Did you use it with Hypsos or without? Do you think it has only better price/performance ratio than e.g.dCS Lina or even higher performance overall?

Seeing @Nomax rave about it has me intrigued. Now I need to check where I can arrange for an in home audition

Obviously. Nobody of us would ever keep a device in stand by when it's equipped with Western Electric Tubes

I love how the DAC weighs 160KG. You certainly get quite the mass for your money

Same whenever I roll tubes I switch off at the back. That power "button" is very sensitive