I picked this up for pennies on eBay last week. Pleasantly surprised at the audible difference. My system isn’t the most resolving, but I instantly heard a difference; the treble seemed ever so slightly clearer and smoother. I noticed this most readily in the attack and decay of cymbals.
I’m looking forward to hearing what my other little tweaks do.
Gorgeous.
So it finally came and oh boy does it roar…more impressions to come over the long weekend but I am so looking forward to this 
Edit - it’s the F2A version. The right tube is now seated properly, guess I was too excited to have a listen.
Family source pic (we have representation from Japan, France, Romania, Slovenia, Germany, and of course USA)
Oh MY. The Siemens F2A are SOOO awesome, love them in my Lampi.
I’d be curious if the speaker taps would work well w/ headphones.
Interesting - I would love to try a Sus or 1266 but all I have is a Grado and some ZMFs anymore. This amp puts around 10W but is single ended.
Damn, that system is looking powerful.
I now need to finally look at stabilization
The rabbit hole never ceases to get deeper and deeper. lol
Do you mean…
… equipment vibration isolation?
… headphone wood resin stabilization?
… or financial stabilization…
That gave me a really good and much needed laugh Keith. I indeed meant vibration isolation stabilization but perhaps some financial stabilization too lol
We all share the same needs, and probably gear-addiction help.
Someday I hope to take on a DIY sandbox/platform project. The idea of sand spilling into my gear is a little troubling, but some folks have indicated success.
Stack AUVA isolations seem cost effective. I’d be interested in doing some of those but I’m height-space limited on many components…
You forgot to mention mental/psychological stabilization… 
I’m still recovering from my wife yelling at me…
What’s the saying… “It’s better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission”? 
Got a Wiim Amp delivered today (bought on USAM) for a 2.1 TV setup… so far setup was a breeze and I’m surprised by the amount of settings and tweaking available through the app. It is replacing a 2017 Sony AVR and connected through HDMI ARC.
I don’t really have any expectations or requirements from this system other than to work seamlessly for the rest of the house but I’ll share more impressions of living with it a little longer term as I get to use it. Might try it upstairs with my real stuff at some point too.
This might be something I could use to replace a denon receiver for tv use while using 2.1.
Still hanging out in the entry level/Mid-Fi world, I got these last Friday. They are the FiiO FT5 planar’s and I am really enjoying them.
Any comparision similarity to any of the hifimen or lower lcd? As initial impressions obviously
Ive read the 300ohm fiio released is just not on that hd600/650/r70x/dt880 600ohm level of performance i mean the classic low cost tube amp scalers
I never heard either FT3 headphone. Sound wise, the closest to this, in my collection, would be the iBasso SR2, minus the forward mids.
It has very nice bass and soft/muted treble. I like the feel, the look and the heft. Nice headphone for $599.00 in Canuck bucks.
