Schiit Freya+(Plus)

I will try different cables, but I believe I tried that but I tried so many things now I'm not sure.

I've had a Freya+ driven by monoblock vidars for about a month now.  Loving it.  In researching the Freya I heard many reviewers commenting on how if you tap the top of the pre-amp you can hear it through your speakers.  I do the same and can't hear a thing.  Anyone else experience this? 

Just tried the same to verify, and I also hear nothing. My theory is it depends on whether your tubes have been tailored to avoid microphonics. Definitely a good idea with the relatively fragile little Freya, which unlike its Rogue and Prima Luna functional equivalents, is not built like a brick s*** house. (As how could it be at the price).

There have been some posts here and there for years about the "microphony of the tubed Freya, but I've had lots of different tubes in mine and have never had a tube display microphonics (I've had microphonic tubes in guitar amps over the years and I always replace them). I prefer some tubes to others of course, but even the original Russian tubes were fine...a bit boring but fine.

Update on tube rolling of Freya+.

After using Russian 68ns made in 1978 tube for a while at gain stage, I switched to RCA gray bottle 4 days ago keeping Sylvania vt231 at buffer stage.

With RCA gray bottle at gain stage, it sound round and full almost like analog.

I enjoy " I left my heart in San Francisco" .

It remind me of my old days.

I had lived in Berkeley hill overlooking Golden Gate bridge from 1984 to 1987.

The only missing thing is that RCA gray seems to give slightly less details than 68ns.


Then about 2 days ago, I replaced Rca gray bottle with Kenrad vt231.

Wow this is an endgame combination.

It sound full and sweet with enough air.

"Cry me a river" by Diana Krall sounds so emotional that I do not need to spend more time on tube rolling on Freya+.



Kenrad vt231 at gain stage and Sylvania vt231 at buffer stage leave nothing to be desired.