Another new DAC: Audio Mirror

I have the Schitt Yaggy and agree with Audio123's description of it.
My maxed out AM 3 should be arriving in a few days.Looking forward to it.

@1markr 

according to this review
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0419/Audio_Mirror_Tubadour_III_Review.htm

" Tubes used in the DAC are two 5977 sub miniature triodes, a pair in each channel. They use a special tube adapter, which is plugged into a regular 9 pin tube socket. You could unplug the adapter, which would then allow you to do some tube rolling. So you could substitute tubes like, 6DJ8, ECC88, 6N1P, 6922 and the Soviet 6H23 P. After experimenting with many tubes the AM team found that the 5977 were the best sounding tubes for this application. Second best sounding tubes are the 6N1P."

Have about 24 hours on my maxed out AM 3 and I'm enjoying it immensely.As for my frame of reference and in my system of course, I preferred the Yaggy over the Border Patrol and now the AM3 over the Yaggy,Does it really get better with use?

Well done, Vlad

@audio123

for $750, Vlad will use Dueland caps and Z-foil resistors in the DAC
He highly recommended these when I asked if any upgrades were available.
I'm sure they can be retrofitted to existing AM 3s

Re: SR fuse

can some please provide the fuse value or link to it?

is the fuse located internally?

Much appreciated

Thank you, gentleman

What more can I say about this DAC that hasn’t been already said?
Its a keeper and yes, it did get better over time.
Better than my Yggdrasil in my system. If you have a warmish sounding system, the Yaggy may be for you IMHO
I’m running Volti horns and 300B Quicksilver amp . Horns can be brutal if not done correctly. The edginess I was experiencing with the Yaggy is now gone. So was the "in your face" presentation. The AM is one, smooth operator. Smooth with detail. Not warmish. No obscuring of detail. Its all there in a musical presentation . If anything, the Yaggy had the edge on bass reproduction. Went a bit lower and tighter. Theta Dacs were famous for that and it shows in the Schitt.

For what it’s worth.........

Give Vlad’s dac a shot if you’re in the market. All you have to lose is the return shipping.

Gonna give the SR fuse a shot in a few months

audio123

" had Vlad jump out the Fuse(big inprovement)"

Do you mean he removed it?