This Schitt is totally refreshing in the world of high end audio!

Thanks George,

I did install the supplied tubes mostly to get a baseline to compare to the others I have. Although the tube sockets are pcb mounted, they're very solid. I couldn't detect any board deflection when installing the tubes. How'd they do that? It sounds great and I'm very happy with my purchase. My aikido is no slouch but it has a dry or ss sound to it. It will be mated to a KT-120  pp tube amp. The Freya seems at home with my OTL's. Only issue is that Neil Young's voice has a odd ring to it. Oh wait never mind. I'm using the SE out rca's atm until I can get a decent balanced cable. No hum. Seems to pull the vocals and instruments out gives them definition if that makes sense. I'll give it some break in time 
and chime in again. Thanks everyone for the recommendation. Now I need to take a look at the DACs and that turntable sounds very promising........

     Best Regards, Mark

Although the tube sockets are pcb mounted, they’re very solid. I couldn’t detect any board deflection when installing the tubes.

Yeah just watch that centre plastic pin on the supplied tubes.

Here is a place you guys have over there for good sounding new tubes, better than the Chinese supplied ones.
https://www.newsensor.com/default.aspx

Cheers George

.... I wish that they would Shiit or get off the pot and get that turntable out !

Just check the measurements of that Schitt. Schitty. 

Just check the measurements of that Schitt. Schitty.

Funny, as that goes for any tube, unless some idiot has put a schiit load of feedback around it to make it look like solid state, then it would sound like schiit.