BruuiiseesI'll kill you for this
This isn't on me ?
·2 repliesTune is a saint for putting up with my audio essays
- ·1 replyOrangutan
Tune is a saint for putting up with my audio essays
I feel like I do that too and you don't praise me for it
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I try to be involved in your interest to the best of my ability
- ·2 repliesBruuiisees
I feel like I do that too and you don't praise me for it
I appreciate your replies they're funny
I'm just saying Tune fr engages in a non-joking way
But once again I don't mind the silly replies so thank you for those
·1 replyBruuiiseesI try to be involved in your interest to the best of my ability
you should feel special @Orangutan
- ·1 replyFBG LIIIIT
you should feel special @Orangutan
I do
- Orangutan
I do
happy to hear!
- ·1 replyOrangutan
I appreciate your replies they're funny
I'm just saying Tune fr engages in a non-joking way
But once again I don't mind the silly replies so thank you for those
If I don't understand something there are two options
I can find it silly and make jokes or I can find it threatening and be mean
So you're lucky basically
- Bruuiisees
If I don't understand something there are two options
I can find it silly and make jokes or I can find it threatening and be mean
So you're lucky basically
I don't bite
Tuneout 🎨·1 replyOrangutantubes are a blast, and you don't have to go balls to wall like I did. I'm just a collector at heart, so finding and trying the rare ones is fun to me. Especially since the vast majority of good ones aren't produced anymore, so it's like finding an old bottle of wine made with extinct grapes.
Some people love tube sound, some people hate it, but I think everyone should give it a try. The Schiit Vali 3 is a good way to dip your toe in the water, simply because it's relatively affordable, there's all sorts of good, cheap tubes for it that audibly change the sound, plus it's a hybrid, which means you're not going balls deep on the tube sound, just adding a little bit of flavor, and you don't have to worry about nerd s*** like making sure the output impedance isn't gonna f*** up your headphones (hybrids usually have super low output impedance, while full tube amps either have insane output impedance, or you gotta pay a lot of money for a transformer coupled amp to make it compatible with more headphones)
tl/dr
Schiit Vali 3 to dip your toes in the water
Buy a GE 5670 5 Star, WE396A, for different flavors
If you love that, maybe go for a Bottlehead Crack kit + a pair of HD650 headphones, that's the legendary combo that's stood the test of time
or
Buy the Muse HiFi M3 Ultra (pic I posted today) if you just barely wanna dip your toes in, but be aware that it's very light tube flavoring, and you'll have to take impedance matching into account because it has a pretty gnarly output impedance
Sorry for essay I just don't want you to waste money
screenshotted ty tang!!
- Tuneout 🎨Orangutan
Tune is a saint for putting up with my audio essays
i enjoy them! you putting me onto a whole world i never knew existed that applies to my interests!!
- Tuneout 🎨
@InsanelyEvil songs are goated ty
- ·2 repliesOrangutan
I appreciate your replies they're funny
I'm just saying Tune fr engages in a non-joking way
But once again I don't mind the silly replies so thank you for those
Tuneout is better at engaging in actual conversations than me
It kinda creeps me out it's unnatural
- Tuneout 🎨Bruuiisees
Tuneout is better at engaging in actual conversations than me
It kinda creeps me out it's unnatural
- Tuneout 🎨·2 repliesBruuiisees
Tuneout is better at engaging in actual conversations than me
It kinda creeps me out it's unnatural
me and u have natural conversations for hours straight sometimes on here tho
- ·1 replyTuneout
me and u have natural conversations for hours straight sometimes on here tho
are you sure bruises are liking them though
- Tuneout 🎨·1 replyFBG LIIIIT
are you sure bruises are liking them though
yeah i think so, it helps her night shifts go by faster when im on late
- ·1 replyTuneout
yeah i think so, it helps her night shifts go by faster when im on late
you're getting used!
- Tuneout 🎨·1 replyFBG LIIIIT
you're getting used!
cant spell used without us
- Tuneout
cant spell used without us
i wanna spend money!
- ·1 replyTuneout
me and u have natural conversations for hours straight sometimes on here tho
I know and every time I'm so scared
- Tuneout 🎨Bruuiisees
I know and every time I'm so scared
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screenshotted ty tang!!
Last thing:
If you end up actually trying this and go the Schiit Vali 3 route, you'll need to buy a desktop DAC and a pair of RCA cables. DACs are like the least important part of the chain (as long as they're competent) so don't feel like you gotta do a ton of research/spend a lot of money on that.
If you wanna be matchy matchy, get a Schiit Modi 5. The chassis is the exact same as the Vali 3, so you can stack them on top of each other.
But you can get away with a much cheaper Chinese DAC like the SMSL SU-1 or Topping DX1 II or something like that. Just google "best DACs under $X in 2026" and you'll get an idea for the ones people who INSIST they can tell a difference like (they're full of s***)
