jtaytay2000 wrote:
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> I'm interested in trying a different tube in my ART Dio. I've been
> using it for a long time, without the supplied tube, as everyone
> advises, but, I'm wondering if anyone has gone for a different approach
> and tried changing the tube for a different and perhaps better suited
> one. I'm prompted by re-reading an article in Hifi World (back in Feb
> 2006)where they tried different tubes on a Shanling CD T80 and found
> the tube type could have a dramatic impact on the sound. This set me
> wondering whether the ART Dio was just better without a tube per se, or
> was it more down to the type of tube chosen. Some of the descriptions
> of ill suited tubes, given in the HFW article, could equally apply to
> the ART Dio with its stock tube, so a different tube, just might do the
> trick.
>
> If you have tried different tubes, could you let me know.

The tube is only used for AD conversion, not for DA. So, you'd only see
(hear?) any difference if using the DIO as an AD convertor.

R.