Romulus CD player--

I forgot to mention. To owners of the Romulus or Pandora dac, tube rolling also yields nice results. I replaced the stock tubes with some nice NOS types with great results. Sylvania Gold Label and some EI NOS tubes. More air and illuminated top end were the biggest gains.

I decided on the 5751 12ax7 varient with the Sylanvia Gold label. Slightly lower gain, but that is a good thing for my system.

Had the stock Pandora without VC with ARC Ref 5 SE, rolled in some RCA and Amperex (Glen recommended Vintage Tube supply) and also have some Russian Rockets. Very pleased w sound..neutral, relaxed, big deep image. ran that two years and had factory do SIG upgrade. The SIG gets you the caps and resistors which some are focused on. But reality is both the Analog and Digital boards are new. FPGA should help future proof it a bit..ha. roll in HRS feet and I feel the upgrade represents great value..at least in my system and to my ears. The SIG does take a good bit to break in..like 300 hours...my buck fifty which is $.02 adjusted for inflation...

Thanks! for sharing- Tomic601-

the ARC Ref5 SE may very well be the finest tubed pre-amp in the market place at this time. It is also good to learn that it mates well w/ Aesthetix. Anyone else like the Romulus spinner w/ ARC gear?

Happy Listening!

I had the Romulus Signature and liked it very much. I however like the sound better when I use the PS Audio Transport to it. The difference being night and day. I sold the Romulus and bought a Pandora DAC since I wasn't using the cd player. I then upgraded the signature to eclipse. Oh my gosh a totally different player now. Much more detail, refinement. I think this is worth the upgrade. The Stealth caps need at least 400 hours. If anyone is interested in using a PS Audio transport I can recommend a digital cable that is fabulous with it.

Granny,

You still play around with those small signal tubes? It's all about DHTs and big bottles for me now. LoL

Stay far away from you old haunts as you may get hooked on Level 7 and have to dig into your pocket. Hahah

You really are missing out on DSD and DSD2x an upconversion to even higher rates, but I know you hate Computers.

Anyway, enjoy the CD collection. If it aint broke...