VAC 160i, any experiences

Jim,

Thanks for the info! Have you rolled any of your input tubes yet? I rcvd my Vac 160I two weeks ago and have about 100 hours and another 100 hours to reach full break in.

It's a beautiful sounding amp with amazing body and weight to wood instruments and holographic imaging. You would think live performers are in your house.

Wig

VAC makes incredible gear. I have a VAC Renaissance Mk III plus 300.1a amp. Would love to step up to the Statement 450 Stereo amp tho. The components VAC builds are world class.

Hi Wig

No, I have been pretty satisfied with the stock tubes. Since I got the VAC about 6 months ago, I have been buying more vinyl to go with my TW Acustic source and have not felt the need to tinker further with my system for now.

I have to agree with your description of feeling like live performers are in the house with the VAC.

The VAC 160 is the heart of my system, with TW Acustic/Ortofon/Dynavector and Mac/ARC DAC8 sources, Audioquest cabling throughout and finished with Tannoy DC10T speakers.

So no remote with this integrated? Wife yells at you, you can't hit mute and yell back what? :). Also, some of us, maybe even most by now, have computer audio in our systems. Our whole music library is accessible via a smart phone remote, Itunes, music sever, ect...Instead of listening to whole albums all the way through, we are selecting songs. With this there is of course the need to adjust the volume depending on the loudness of the recording. In which case a remote is pretty much a necessity.

The Vac 160i does come with a remote, volume control only.