I am currently boycotting all Russian made product therefore the Tung Sol 6SN7gtb is not my 1st choice. I agree with your observations but I plan on purchasing the EH Gold based on larchan from Passion for Sounds recommendations. Have you tried pairing the Lyr+ the Ultrasone PRO 780i or the Sylvania 6SN 7GTB before? I primarily chose this amp over Singxer SA-1 due to the more ‘real’ higher power output that is said to be 5 watts @ 50ohm so I can pair it with my Hifiman HE6 SE. At ‘high’ gain and the with the linear volume control, I set my Lyr+ to 3 o’ clock to get decent volumes with this pairing I was wondering if you or anyone could recommend a comparable single ended DAC…. I hear that the Bifrost 2/64 is better sounding as balanced.
As am I. The Lyr+. shipped with those Russian tubes. I also like the LISST modules and other non-Russian tubes. I will not buy Russian products. Theye are many great alternatives like Sylvania.
I am currently listening with the LISST modules. They are exactly between SS and tube sound. I would use British, Czech and any non-Russian tubes. I won't buy anything from Russia. As to DACs, I'm happy with the bifrost 2/64. It even has two modes. NON oversampling, which sounds more analog, where oversampling sounds more technically accurate. I've listened to Topping, denafrips, Chord, a few British Dacs, Bel canto etc. None of them made me want to get rid of the BF2/64.
Likely it is. In fact, rather than spend all the bucks trying to upgrade the Carver, I'd rather have new products with better parts to start with. Newer products tend to be voice more neutrally with better brightness.
i've had Asgard amp and it was my worst buying. the lack of bass and dominion of higher frequencies make it sound worse then my smartphone 3.5 output. but scene and details were superb for this price.
I subscribed when I discovered that you listened to some classical music with these. Almost all other reviewers use pop/rock material for evaluations.
I'm eclectic. Products should deliver the goods in any genre. They need to play Mussorgsky as well as megadeth. Al De Meola as well as EDM.
Killer review just what i wanted
great review buddy!
You didn’t like the Valhalla 2 with low impedance cans even in low impedance mode?
It wasn't quite my cup of tea. Not bad, but not what I was after.
I am currently boycotting all Russian made product therefore the Tung Sol 6SN7gtb is not my 1st choice. I agree with your observations but I plan on purchasing the EH Gold based on larchan from Passion for Sounds recommendations. Have you tried pairing the Lyr+ the Ultrasone PRO 780i or the Sylvania 6SN 7GTB before? I primarily chose this amp over Singxer SA-1 due to the more ‘real’ higher power output that is said to be 5 watts @ 50ohm so I can pair it with my Hifiman HE6 SE. At ‘high’ gain and the with the linear volume control, I set my Lyr+ to 3 o’ clock to get decent volumes with this pairing
I was wondering if you or anyone could recommend a comparable single ended DAC…. I hear that the Bifrost 2/64 is better sounding as balanced.
As am I. The Lyr+. shipped with those Russian tubes. I also like the LISST modules and other non-Russian tubes. I will not buy Russian products. Theye are many great alternatives like Sylvania.
I am currently listening with the LISST modules. They are exactly between SS and tube sound. I would use British, Czech and any non-Russian tubes. I won't buy anything from Russia.
As to DACs, I'm happy with the bifrost 2/64. It even has two modes. NON oversampling, which sounds more analog, where oversampling sounds more technically accurate.
I've listened to Topping, denafrips, Chord, a few British Dacs, Bel canto etc. None of them made me want to get rid of the BF2/64.
I"ve heard that it's a side grade from the Jotenheim2.
Likely it is. In fact, rather than spend all the bucks trying to upgrade the Carver, I'd rather have new products with better parts to start with. Newer products tend to be voice more neutrally with better brightness.
i've had Asgard amp and it was my worst buying. the lack of bass and dominion of higher frequencies make it sound worse then my smartphone 3.5 output. but scene and details were superb for this price.
Yeah, the Asgard and Valhalla weren't for me either.