If you put your ear close to A2, you gonna fry it. Otherwise, I can also confirm that my A2 has no hum at all (I mean at all, even when you fry your ear).

Quote: Why don't you try getting micro paracord, sleeve each nucleotide wire and then braid sleeved? (this will be more tedious work though). Look at Fraggler's pictures in this thread, those are some pretty gorgeous cables! :)

Quote:   Thank you, I have already looked at Neutrik as a basic connector. The issue is, Denon's plugs, if you look closer (especially at that close-up pic) have plastic (white and red, for each channel) bumps which actually go inside the connector's shaft, to "click" so to say. If an...

Dear fellow diy'ers,   Does anybody know any after-market 3.5mm / 1/8" mono plug which can fit Denon's AH-D7100 earcups? Can't really find any which would fit them as the original do. Any hint is much appreciated!

Hello head-fiers,   Perhaps a silly question for some, but still would appreciate a reply:   Will I harm Shure SE215 with nominal impedance of 20 Ohm if connected to desktop headphone amp Pro-Ject Headbox II with impedance specification of >30 Ohm (i.e. headphones of 30 Ohm and higher) ...

Quote: Interesting :) How did you manage to leave logos white? And did you paint/anodized the volume knob as well? :-)

Quote: Well, I read it differently, but whatever :-) By the way, one of the European distributors told me that precisely because of the hum issue they are also waiting for a first batch to arrive to the EU in 3-4 weeks time only.

"STATUS: Backordered. We expect to begin shipping Asgard 2s again March 21."   Wow, that's pretty much a lot, seems they have to re-work the unit quite significantly. Personally I'm not in a hurry and would prefer to wait till a mature product comes out, but am sorry for those who ordered...

Quote: On the issue of HD 650 + Asgard (1 or 2) on a different thread I saw a feedback from a headfier that Asgard didn't drive his HD 650s in terms of cool deep bass as compared to (his Rotel's integrated amp) standard headphone output. How do you feel lows/bass response with this pair?

Quote: So? :) Don't torment, give us some 10-minute impressions, please :-)

Quote: If I may intervene (since I'm virtually in the same situation), I stream my digital collection via Logitech's Squeezebox Duet hooked up directly to both integrated and headphone amps (via RCA Y-splitter). Duet's volume is set to maximum 100. When I plug my HD 650 to integrated amp, I...

Quote: Sorry for my technical ignorance, but how come A2 with its 1.0W / 32 Ohm cannot drive the HE500 with its 35 Ohm, while being "more comfortable" with high impedance Sennheiser HD 650 pumping "mere" 380mW into its 300 Ohm? I thought a full 1.0W is hell lot for headphones and the more...

Quote:   Thanks a lot for your feedback, that's very useful for me, for the following reason.   It's amazing how similar your case is to me. I was driving my ex-HD 580 and then HD 650 via phone output on my NAD 326CEE integrated amp and the low frequencies are amazing; however, the...

Hello all,   Need some piece of advice. Do you think there is any sort of a compromise on sound quality, if my headphone amp is connected to the source (DAC which in my case it Squeezebox Duet) through integrated amplifier (NAD C326)? I could have connected headphone amp directly to DAC but...

I have Pro-Ject HeadBox II driving my Sennheiser HD 650 and I can confidently say that it is a good amp for highs and mids and a terrible amp for bass response. The reason for latter is, as far as I understand, that this amp is too ineffective for high-impedance headphones such as HD 650: it...

Jason, how does A2 compare to A1 in terms of heat generation? Did you manage to contain the same level of heat despite increase of voltage, or does it get even hotter? Thanks.

I just wished it was in stock and had a picture of it :) Although must admit, version 2 in their most popular amp is indeed an awesome move, feels like they really care about user's feedback and implement it in the subsequent versions. I'm even more happy because was about to buy Asgard 1 for my...

Quote:   I'm equally not familiar with 595's but from what I could quickly read on the net, these indeed are famous for weak low frequences, and that 580 and 650 should have more of them. But a dedicated amp can and should improve bass response from given headphones, it's just a matter of...

Is there anybody in this thread who has experience of switching/upgrading from Pro-Ject Headbox II to Schiit Asgard?   I know it would be silly to compare the two as they're of different class, but still - would I hear the much needed improvements, most importantly in lows/bass? My modded...

Pardon for off-topic, but on contrast to Magni, how about $45.000 headphone amp on batteries and just two amp tubes? The head-fi world goes nuts...

Quote:   Sorry, how does it differ from these:   

Quote:   Why don't you try opening Neutrik plug (unscrew the metal shell) and see which wires are soldered where. And yes, shield is normally soldered together with two other wires to ground on the plug's side, and is just cut off on Cardas connectors side, where you solder just two wires...

Quote: Cable stands? That's a bit too much for me already :)  

Quote: Will it match the Magni's 16VAC transformer? Sorry, I'm a total layman as concerns electricity.