I'm at a loss on this one. Still in audio shock.

Just got back from a visit with Morgan, a fellow Torii owner. We played with our Torii's at his place this afternoon doing some comparisons and wanting to know if that strange deal with bass is purely an interaction with my speakers.

We got to roll some tubes, listen to his new speakers, check out his Eastern Electric DAC against the Oppo BDP95 and generally have a great time. A lot was learned. I had to laugh on the way home because I never really pushed my bass control to see if the distortion was present in his system. What a dumb ass I am. Regardless, my Torii sounded great so I figured all is well. Maybe it was.

I got home home, changed the rectifier tubes a we noted the ones in my Torii weren't the greatest and I had better.

I turned it on and went into the kitchen while it warmed up.

It warmed up alright.

Noting a terrible smell and walked back into the room.

Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get an image into this site. The left main transformer burned. The white base around this transformer is now yellow.  :-[  :'(

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You have every right to be distraught. Get it fixed and move on.

My humble advice is to learn what caused the TORII to melt down and do whatever it takes to prevent that from happening again.

Perhaps you have offended the Gods of Audio and they are visiting divine audio retribution against you. Probably not. Just an unlucky cluster of events that will not repeat.

After a painfully long wait, the Torii had returned, a little worse for wear.

With the V-Cap upgrade, we've waited for the caps to settle in. Some days it's OK, some days it's good, and some days it's spectacular. We are at ~222 hour point.

My 2 year old discovered tube rolling - only in a different form that we audiophiles perceive it. So I replaced the broken 6922 with the 7DJ8's.

This change was anything but subtle. Wholly Gosh (never used that word) talk about different. Transparent, detailed, seeing deep into the recording with great clarity. I had to crank up the bass because that was largely stripped. And I have Super V's with 4 servo controlled subs powered by separate amplification!

It will take a few days to know whether I really can live with this sound, as interesting as it is sometimes changes like this are too much of a good thing. There is a bit of hardness or sibilance at the very top. But that could be an artifact of these darn V-Caps pulling their Cybil act. I'm using the Shuguang Treasures in place of the JJ's. We were really groovin with the Shuguangs. I'm sure more tube rolling is in order. Just wanted to comment on the 7DJ8's from Cyroset.

Also have a SF Bay Area gathering at my home in the south bay. Many folks will be coming to hear the Super V's. Should be interesting and great fun. desalvo55@gmail.com if interested.