I'm curious of how others approach this. Waiting on the Horizon, always had SS components. I'm an early riser, typically by 6am music is playing. I do my chores outside back in the house and I resume listening. On average 4-5 hours a day listening, unless I'm fully involved in a project. Does your listening habits change when using a Tube Dac? I understand the importance of not doing repeated on/off's. Am I over thinking this? Which is usually the case...
Transitioning From Solid State Dac To Tube
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I can honestly say that the Horizon has driven my listening habits to 90% digital. My entire system is tubes so I first came to understand Lampi when I previously owned a Pacific and loved it. I didn't believe Lukasz could make a better DAC than the Pacific but hearing is believing. Im definitely not a tube roller but after 3 hops, skips and a jump tube rolling exercise I found the tube set which lights up my ears. I have bought enough back ups of each that I feel comfortable sailing off. into "the horizon"
For me it is often difficult to find the correct adjectives to describe the Horizon without being accused of hyperbole. Suffice it to say I have personally not heard better. Now that Taiko has released an alpha version of XDMS, I find myself spending many hours at a time listening. Simply put, I have just not heard better digital
For me it is often difficult to find the correct adjectives to describe the Horizon without being accused of hyperbole. Suffice it to say I have personally not heard better. Now that Taiko has released an alpha version of XDMS, I find myself spending many hours at a time listening. Simply put, I have just not heard better digital
I should have explained more clearly: Just from an application, do you turn the DAC on and leave it on until your finished listening? I Regardless of hours on? BTW my Tube selection is very similar or same as yours. I payed attention to some of the more experienced tube guys on the forum and chose well regarded tubes.
I don't leave my Horizon on nor do I leave my equipment on. I turn it on half hour before listening and turn everything off after. Having said that, tubes have a finite life and can blow so I always have sufficient back up tubes should problems occur
John, I have have tube integrated amps in my main system and turn them on and then off once when a listening session is complete. Likewise, if I know that I will be background listening while focused on something else indoors and that's all, they get turned off after. If there is at combination of background listening and then focused listening they get turned off after the combined time has elapsed. My approach is the same with my 2nd system which has both a tube integrated and DAC. If there is an instance when I need to go outside to tend to chores for a bit while having been in the midst of listening, I will leave the equipment on if I am not going to be more than an hour
When it comes to tubes imo it is very important that once the system is powered off it shouldn’t be turned on again when the tubes are still hot. Many tubes can be blown this way
It seems as though I will have to alter my listening routine out of being prudent and sensible. If I know I'll be going out the door for a few hours or more of work, (which is usually daily fall/winter it doesn't make sense to power up the Horizon just for very casual coffee/reading a few newspapers, listening. So my listening session will start later in the day...Not really that big of a deal...Flexibility...
One phrase : Solid State RECTI
Great for warm up / back ground non critical listening . A tube recti needs about 30 mins to reach final temp to sound great
Great for warm up / back ground non critical listening . A tube recti needs about 30 mins to reach final temp to sound great
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