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Wondering if no 88 in China?

#35 Johannesburg,
South Africa

Hi, I own #008 from Singapore. Happy to chance on fellow owners of the OdA. A special shoutout to Tategoi and Jerry from Singapore! Recently noted one set of OdA on resale in SG, is that either of you?

I am very new into this forum and still navigating my way on this. Could I ask if any of you tried tube amps with your Devialet or is it even possible? Honesty, I love the OdA as a all in one system and the convenience. I stream a lot via TIDAL, but I wanted to experience more of audio via vinyl etc.... feel that I am missing out not fully experiencing it. I am toying whether a tube amp can compliment with the OdA versus having to change out entirely ie get a tube amp and preamp and DAC. That would cost quite a bit and the huge loss on the OdA. Any comments and sharing is much appreciated.

(21-Jun-2020, 06:25)eualp Wrote: [ -> ]Hi, I own #008 from Singapore. Happy to chance on fellow owners of the OdA. A special shoutout to Tategoi and Jerry from Singapore! Recently noted one set of OdA on resale in SG, is that either of you?

I am very new into this forum and still navigating my way on this. Could I ask if any of you tried tube amps with your Devialet or is it even possible? Honesty, I love the OdA as a all in one system and the convenience. I stream a lot via TIDAL, but I wanted to experience more of audio via vinyl etc.... feel that I am missing out not fully experiencing it. I am toying whether a tube amp can compliment with the OdA versus having to change out entirely ie get a tube amp and preamp and DAC. That would cost quite a bit and the huge loss on the OdA. Any comments and sharing is much appreciated.

Welcome to the forum mate,
If you want a warmer sound, you can always put a tube DAC in front of the Od'A. Some would say it's crazy do go digital to analog to digital to analog but if it sounds better to your ears, then why not? Putting your speakers a little closer to each other can have a similar effect and that you can try for free. Give it a go, you never know.

Or perhaps a tube phono stage and leave the digital side (CD, Tidal etc.) to the Od’A?

(21-Jun-2020, 07:51)Pim Wrote: [ -> ]

(21-Jun-2020, 06:25)eualp Wrote: [ -> ]Hi, I own #008 from Singapore. Happy to chance on fellow owners of the OdA. A special shoutout to Tategoi and Jerry from Singapore! Recently noted one set of OdA on resale in SG, is that either of you?

I am very new into this forum and still navigating my way on this. Could I ask if any of you tried tube amps with your Devialet or is it even possible? Honesty, I love the OdA as a all in one system and the convenience. I stream a lot via TIDAL, but I wanted to experience more of audio via vinyl etc.... feel that I am missing out not fully experiencing it. I am toying whether a tube amp can compliment with the OdA versus having to change out entirely ie get a tube amp and preamp and DAC. That would cost quite a bit and the huge loss on the OdA. Any comments and sharing is much appreciated.

Welcome to the forum mate,
If you want a warmer sound, you can always put a tube DAC in front of the Od'A. Some would say it's crazy do go digital to analog to digital to analog but if it sounds better to your ears, then why not? Putting your speakers a little closer to each other can have a similar effect and that you can try for free. Give it a go, you never know.

Thank you Pim for the welcome and suggestion. Never thought of that. Will definitely put that in consideration.

(21-Jun-2020, 10:26)Axel Wrote: [ -> ]Or perhaps a tube phono stage and leave the digital side (CD, Tidal etc.) to the Od’A?

Hi Axel, is that the same as a tube preamp? Do you have an example?

(24-Jun-2020, 01:53)eualp Wrote: [ -> ]

(21-Jun-2020, 07:51)Pim Wrote: [ -> ]

(21-Jun-2020, 06:25)eualp Wrote: [ -> ]Hi, I own #008 from Singapore. Happy to chance on fellow owners of the OdA. A special shoutout to Tategoi and Jerry from Singapore! Recently noted one set of OdA on resale in SG, is that either of you?

I am very new into this forum and still navigating my way on this. Could I ask if any of you tried tube amps with your Devialet or is it even possible? Honesty, I love the OdA as a all in one system and the convenience. I stream a lot via TIDAL, but I wanted to experience more of audio via vinyl etc.... feel that I am missing out not fully experiencing it. I am toying whether a tube amp can compliment with the OdA versus having to change out entirely ie get a tube amp and preamp and DAC. That would cost quite a bit and the huge loss on the OdA. Any comments and sharing is much appreciated.

Welcome to the forum mate,
If you want a warmer sound, you can always put a tube DAC in front of the Od'A. Some would say it's crazy do go digital to analog to digital to analog but if it sounds better to your ears, then why not? Putting your speakers a little closer to each other can have a similar effect and that you can try for free. Give it a go, you never know.

Thank you Pim for the welcome and suggestion. Never thought of that. Will definitely put that in consideration.

Plenty of people tweak with cables and re-clocker etc. I tweak with room treatment, speaker placement etc. It's amazing what you can do without changing out equipment.

Is your source digital? You might want to try a re-clocker (DDC) in front of the Devialet. The difference in sound can be pretty dramatic.

Also with cables, including the link cable between master & companion - the differences can be huge, also trying RCA-XLR vs RCA-RCA. In Singapore, I bought a handmade RCA-XLR converter from Coherence Audio at Adelphi (the shop with the MBLs). I just to test what the difference would be by using my existing RCA-RCA cable. It worked well, and I've stuck to using it ever since. Got a more 3D soundstage and more natural sounding highs.

(24-Jun-2020, 01:55)eualp Wrote: [ -> ]

(21-Jun-2020, 10:26)Axel Wrote: [ -> ]Or perhaps a tube phono stage and leave the digital side (CD, Tidal etc.) to the Od’A?

Hi Axel, is that the same as a tube preamp? Do you have an example?

There are quite a few available at different price points. 
Here are some: https://www.audioaffair.co.uk/hifi/turnt...ono-stages