It’s all about tubes for me. Solid state that I can afford has never satisfied me.
I do have one solid state amplification I like on hand in one system: a PS Audio GCHA. I have a modded DSD Mk1 and a Bottlehead Foreplay III in front of it right now and it is perfect for the ZMF Ori I use it with.
Link?
I deleted my post as I realized that Tony’s is an updated connection.
Yep. I’ve read that some have said the new circular connectored umbilical used by Pass is way better than the old DB-25, and shouldn’t show any improvement with an upgrade, but I figured I’d have one on hand and give it a try.
Please let me know what you hear.
Will do. It’ll be a while, maybe a few weeks. I still have a couple more days of cooking the ‘22 before I even put it in my system, and then it will be with the stock cable.
My P15 is totally full. With the newly ordered RJ45/F.O. converter that requires another power plug, every receptacle of the P15 will be occupied. I never thought this would happen, but here I am.
I cannot have another device that needs power without adding a conditioner or getting a P20 upgrade. I do not even have any analog gear in the system.
I can still do cable upgrade I guess. 
There is a lot of tube “porn” out there, some lesser know manufacturers that partner with Emission Labs, so a lot of SET amps
Best,
-JP
I don’t know, John. Using the word “porn” and then “emission” in the same post may be considered going over some kind of line. 
I really should be more carful 
Okay the Ali express Silver 5N Cat8 1.5m arrived I placed it between router/switch.and the bacch4 mac Audiophile in place of Inakustik Referenz Ethernet
Tone and Timbre is promising but depth and separation of voice’s and Instruments not to caliber of the Inakustik Cat7 Referenz but it is zero hours I will let it run in some knowing what it takes for a silver digital cable to develop.
If it doesn’t better I will trial it between the router and streamer server. It did sound better than the BJC cat 6A i also had available
You are not comparing it to the Inakustik Cat. 7 silver cable right? I have the same Cat7 Referenz cable in the system and I like the 5N silver cable a lot better. In a day or two it should improve quite a bit in SQ.
The picture did not suffer to the monitor sunce it gets ethernet digital feed then a WWPS7 HDMI out of Bacch4mac.
The pure silver reference USB is in sameplace. Comparing it to equivalent priced Inakustik Referenz ethernet that is copper plated silver and cotton dielectric.
I forgot that you have the USB, not ethernet. So we have the same Inakustik Ref. ethernet cable. Let me know in a couple of days which one you like better then.
I run USB from BACCH4MACt ti DS Mk2. Ethernet chain elsewhere in streaming. Router switch to SGC i5 sonictransporter router/switch to Bacch4mac is ethernet too.
There is a weight penalty moving to “no tubes”. Al’s integrated amp weighs 475 lbs.; but it does sounds perfect.
I just installed a pair of Schiit Audio Tyr monoblocks in my system with Purple fuses pulled from my Primaluna “winter amps.”
Very powerful and dynamic, voices are great. I’m hoping for a little more depth to the stage as they run-in, but overall I am very happy with them.
At 55 lbs. they were a bit of a chore to unbox and install, but not too bad even for a senior citizen like me!
Our setup is entirely different, and I do not have BACCH (yet). So, I really have no idea how this 5N silver will work in your system. But I hope it is a worthy one 
If it doesn’t open up I will try it between router and switch. Music moves twice on that ethernet cable once both directions. The Ali expres silver cable shows it is directional with arrows. Did you notice that?