When used with my LCD-Xes, which are not difficult to drive, with their balanced cables, I seldom go higher than 9/10 o'clock or so when using High gain. If I wanted to use more of the volume pot I could switch to Low gain but to my ears, High gain sounds a bit better. When used as a preamp to...

Brought in the New Year by turning the lights off and listening to Tool - Fear Inoculum, with the Jot 2 feeding my LCD-Xes via the balanced output (High gain), a religious experience to say the least. Love the new preamp output switching...very handy. Terrific sounding amp! Happy New Year!

I've had the Jot 2 for a week now and I'm very impressed with it. Any headphone amp I use in my office system has to pull double duty as a preamp and I primarily listen to speakers. This thing sounds better as a balanced preamp than any $400 device has a right to. I'm feeding it from the...

My Bifrost 2 arrived yesterday, it's the first multibit DAC I've had since my Monarchy 22A back in the '90s. It's very impressive. Schiit obviously put a lot of thought and work into Unison USB, have they made any statements regarding what you should have your Sound/Speaker Properties set to...

I have the Gen 5 USB board for my Gungnir and a Jotunheim (amp only) coming in today. With the Gen 5 USB in place should I remove my Wyrd from the chain (never had any USB issues) or just leave it in place? Thanks.

I've used Pangea USB cables that use a silver coating and liked them but I've not seen if any of their regular digital cables come with BNC's or not. I use solid-core silver interconnects that I think very highly of but I've not compared them to the exact same cable in copper to tell you if...

You should give Bluejeanscable.com a try, I've used their digital cables in the past and have always been pleased with the results. In the dropdown menu, you can select BNC's. https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/digital-audio/index.htm

I haven't had a receiver in a very long time but I'm guessing it has Tape Out (outputs). Run the cables from your Tape Out on the receiver to your Valhalla. I hope this helps. Or... as Finisher said, you can also use Preamp outputs to the headphone amp. Good luck!

  The problem is everyone would simply turn it around and use it the wrong way. 

How about a new component from Schiit Audio like a centralized powered control hub (I'm thinking about the size of my Gungnir) that you plug all of your Schiit AC plugs into the back and it has a row of power on/off switches running all along the front panel? This way we never have to hear again...

I'll give it a try, I'd checked their website and didn't see "Pads" listed anywhere but it's worth a shot. Thanks so much! 

I apologize in advance as I'm sure that this has been covered before, yet I've been away from this site for a while and thought I've been looking I've yet to find the info I need.   I'm trying to find an online store to buy the AudioQuest Protein Leather Pads for my NightHawks. I've used...

Since the Asgard and Asgard 2 are true "Class A" amps they do run very warm to hot but that's not an issue for the amp itself. It sounds like something may have gone bad in your amp but Schiit has great customer service and I'm sure that you'll be pleased with the replacement. I use the Asgard 2...

For me this comes at an unusual/funny time, I was just notified that the issues of Stereophile and TAS I received this month are the last ones for my subscriptions. I don't like seeing magazines dying off, but I don't see me re-upping both subscriptions (not that they would fold due to my lack...

    How many hours of music playing time do you have on your Nighthawks now? I ask because I was not impressed with the treble or their transparency until they had nearly 200 hours on them. I listened to then right out of the box and then sat them off to the side on a desk for 10 days or so...