Nice Mark. I hope you love your MKIV and it will be great to hear your comparisons of the V, especially after burnin! Fun coming.

I think there may be a recent thread looking at that comparison briefly, and one poster saying similar. But looking at the design refinements of the MKV as it came along, it looked to me like the MKV fully modified would be better by my standards anyway. But not having heard it, can't say. Sort of relative too, what is as good and better for different folks and systems and rooms. Then, and then, and then....  my MKIV is modified to the gills, each modification having to be an overall improvement before going on, so I strongly imagine it is on another level from both.

Finally, so many things effecting everything, even when starting really good, I find refinements can mean a lot... but then maybe not for others, depending on what we want and need.

I was looking for the MKV development thread for a bit the other day and could not find it... any tips?

Also, not postive, but I am pretty sure Groovysauce has used both.

Welcome Markfisher, I joined Decware right when Steve was designing the MK5 and posting about it as he went along with the new build. It was fascinating. I ended buying one and I love everything about it.

Will, the development thread is located on page 5 of General Discussions and Support.

https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1626054622

Markfisher, if you haven't read it, it is so worth it.

Chris

Thanks for the encouragement, all. Good vibes here 😎. I ordered my MkV with both the standard upgrades (level 2 anniversary mods and XLR inputs).  After I settle into my MkIV (a heavy black pelican case arrived today 😊) I’ll probably roll a lot of tubes to see what’s what. Also considering testing a pre-amp in front of the Torii. I should be fairly well seasoned and a few years wiser when I get my production email from Decware.

markfisher702 welcome to the forum! I feel like the community is half the fun... being able to chat with folks in real time AND having decades worth of adventurer's tales to draw from in such a specific niche is an awesome benefit. The mark IV and V are both amazing units, real tanks with the firepower to back them up and precision to do so spectacularly. It is awesome that you have found a stand-in for the wait period.

Are you new to tubes?

What is your signal chain like?

...it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance!