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I recently bought a used Masseto. Judging by the faceplate and style of knobs, I'm guessing that its around 15 years old. It sounded great and I thought I had plenty of years left on the tubes. I...

I eventually found some EI tubes with the KM4 code. They do sound the same as the originals which is great. The surprise so far is the influence of the 6AW8a.
I replaced them with Phillips (label...

Exactly the tubes that are in mine. Ken Shindo had the street cred to use any tube he wanted...why choose a fake? So now the quest is to find more rebranded Yugo tubes? Was it just that version of...

I bought the amp on the second hand market. I don't think its fair to pepper Johnathan with questions.

I know its a long shot. I bought an older Montille (serial #39) and it seems like the "Mullard" el84's are
really Yugo tubes with fake silkscreens.
I would like to hear what Ken Shindo had in mind...

As someone who will always be more or less a bottom feeder in the Shindo world I was delighted to read such a positive review of a "lower" priced product.
Its reinforced my feeling that its ok to ...

Same here. I use a streamer to connect to my dac via spdif. It would be an easy temporary solution. Although yet another (small) box and power supply.

I imagine Roon will be very familiar coming from Sooloos. Its done more for my musical discovery and enjoyment than any other purchase in the last 30 years. For simplicity take a look at Innuos...

Frustrating right? I have been eyeing better switches...
I do have a battery supply ready for the gigafoil....just waiting on the correct cable..no idea if it will make a difference

Yes it is the Extreme. Ethernet from the modem to Airport Extreme and ethernet back to the switch. Good idea on the Jameco..see if it makes a difference before going hog wild on pricey LPS's. The one...

Thats exactly how mine is set up...sorry if my nomenclature was bad )I forgot it was called a modem!)

Thanks Peter. The NAS that sounds so good goes thru the same switch. I'm thinking that I start at the cable box and work my way back. Its funny that we now have "improved" routers, switches, etc. but...

Thanks for your help and I apologize if I appear slow on the uptake here.
When I first set all of this up I went form the cable box output to the switch. I went ethernet from switch to Apple router...

The Gigafoil is right before the streamer in my set up. If you read the Totaldac streamer review on TM, the manufacturer suggested placing the gigafoil after Roon Core (assumingly because the...

Yes Allo is the streamer. The I2S to Spdif board on the Allo is already electrically isolated form the Pi, and runs off a battery (that specific board)....so for all intents and purposes can't be...

coax cable into a Cisco "convertor" >ethernet to > Airport Extreme>Trendnet switch
The rest of these are hooked up to the router: Sonic Transporter running Roon-Synology NAS-Allo digione signature....

Didn't expect this.
I put a Gigafoil into my Roon chain and was not just unimpressed, I thought it was a step backward. Music now seemed more "digital". More hi-fi-ish and just not enjoyable. I...

Thanks Dale. I actually retrieved my pair from BC a few weeks ago. My daughter goes to school at Western so I'm in the hood quite a bit. I will take you up on your offer.

Sorry, I did't mean your post. I've talked to Matt and agree. Funny, but I haven't been to northern ca in a long time...I'm headed to Italy for the summer and haven't made one plan to visit a...

I know I'm new here, but I asked a simple question. And now we are onto LaTour? Doesn't this discussion belong on an Altec forum? Or maybe with the goofballs at wine spectator.com?

Thanks I guess. So you don't live near Portland or Seattle and listen to Shindo?

No I have my own, but thats the first winery "job" I ever had...Fall of 2002 I think.

Great!! Buy more and I can get the Shindo gear sooner.

Hi everyone,
Taking my new to me Altec Valencias home and the more I think and read, the more I want to try Shindo.
I can't get to LA anytime soon, so I'm wondering if anyone in the PNW might be...