New Schiit Freya or used Conrad Johnson PV-10AL/BL, or?
Thanks again for all the great input. Its very helpful. The Mapletree piece looks like a really great option - thanks for the suggestion, but . I’d consider that over a Freya assuming that the build/wait time is not outrageously long. axememan, the Mapletree L2C does appear to have two outputs. Did you mean Freya allows you to select the output and L2C doesn't? |
Axememan, the stand out ones for me were Belles 20A and the Cary/AES units I have owned along with the Mapletree. Those would be SLP-88, AES AE-3 DJH and a modded AE-3. I did not like SLP-308 or the AE-3 MkII as much as the others. In stock form the AE-3 DJH is a giant killer with the right 6sn7s. The ones I did not like at all were Audible Illusions 2D, AVA T8 and a Chinese one, Antique Sound lab or something like that. The rest were fine, probably just a system match thing. |
PS: to those thinking about the $699 Freya. That don’t need balanced. There’s also the Schiit Saga at half the price $349!!!, single ended (no balanced), 5x inputs, 2 x outputs, active tube or passive outputs (no s/s) output. It still has a remote control, and again relay controlled 64 positions volume control 1db increments, which is plenty I use 48 with no problems. http://schiit.com/products/saga Cheers George |
