Enter the modern hifi world. Try this test.

@tomic601  

Bias current and Plate voltage together perfectly explain why (at least on the surface) how you arrive at "tube sound" 

It's really fascinating. 

Even certain types of transistors in amplifiers can color the sound in different, sometimes enjoyable ways.

Who is Kenjit?

I've got Grandchildren off the age where they are now listening to music through their phones with earbuds. It is easy for me to buy into the HiBy FC1, under the guise that I can improve the listening experience for the G'kids.

I don't see buying something like this as a waste; I see it as a purchase that will be an item I investigate prior to my passing it to G'kids, to see how it works with the listening experiences created.

I have just purchased a SS DAC, as my first SS DAC owned. My system's DAC is a Valve DAC. I am keen to listen to a full SS digital system bypassing any Valve equipment I own. A hybrid system will also be trialled as well.

Curiosity is a two-edged sword, and in this case, when the SS DAC is fully assessed, I would really enjoy learning how a very affordable device offering a near equivalent fundamental function compares. Why Not?  

Obviously, If a purchase is made of a HiBy FC1, I would really like to see it be a reasonable description of the OP's experience. 

A friend who owned extremely expensive headphones and also built headphones that surpassed expensive branded models, ventured into a period of trials of very affordable headphones, where the price was not above £50. Using user reviews and their own knowledge, they discovered by chance a headphone they claimed to be exceptional value for money and capable of creating a very positive impression. A headphone they were willing to recommend.  Why can't this be the case with a Digital conversion? 

@tomic601 ...HO, not kenjits' style of posting.  He'd PM on occasion, and I'd attempt to be sympathetic to his messianic ranting; at least he'd calm down a tad. *G*  'Ell, the gathered here have for the most part have dealt with my 'off-topic' 'tude to varied degrees, which I've appreciated....

"Just another day @ the orifice..." ;) 

Frank....just chill....

"If there be self-made hells, we all must live in them."  Spock was either blurring C.S. Lewis. Willy Nelson, and too many others commenting on the human condition.  

Spouse and self are approaching 50 years of 'togetherness mess', not totally hell nor heavenly blissed fog.  We're just happy to have found each other, stayed childless, and not screwed up anyones' elses' life.

She turns 70 the 11th; I hit 3/4s' of a century the 29th.

My 'birthday gift' 7/6 is a right hip total replacement, both appreciated and concerned over the pain, the bed immobility, and the physical therapy follow-on.

We're moving lock, stock, and audio to a new domicile while trying to sell our business where we've had an vaguely upstyled 'bikers' pad' within without the motorcycles. (We used to ride....too fragile of late, but still missing the thrill of it all....*sigh*).

I helped her through therapy for depression and tending bi-polar; she now supports me thru depression and a body that certainly ain't what it used to be if ever.

There was a concern and debate 'twixt my ortho surgeon, my 2 cardios', and my GP whether or not I'd wake from anesthesia

 I 'got lost' for a moment when I received my TAVR surgery for a 2-flap aortic one.

I don't dream during anesthesia, wondering if I'll 'wake Elsewhere'.
Imagine my surprise....

Move over, Mona.  I can 'smile' like you have for all these years...

...just another day in the life of a lifeform in a quantum universe we don't understand and may never fully 'get'.

Be well; be Good; get on with it.  Get over it.  'Ciao, J.

Musical Interlude Moment

...been in this and these places 'n spaces for awhile of late...

...and like the 'name' of the artist. *chuckle*  Seems a play or a pun, either fun. ;)

We are what we is and were...still moving thru the now....

This whole thread is an utter waste of space and time