Schiit Mjolnir headphone amplifier - Page 13

Jason, trust me on this, coming from me, pretty good is someone else's bloody fantastic ;) I'm what you might call hard to please and I don't pull punches.  And to be fair, I did back it up by saying its higher bias than the typically $1500+ DIY B22 :p  I'd say that's good company to be considered better than, no?

 

Understood, and apologies for sounding a bit, well, off-kilter.

 

But it's amazing how people take things out of context. "Pretty good," implies there are some balanced circlotron power amps with 8W of power and, say, 6W of Class-A bias. When in reality, there's not much in the balanced amp realm at all under $1K, period.

Edited by Jason Stoddard - 7/17/12 at 2:52pm

THats pretty impressive, cant wait to hear impressions of this with the HE-6s, which seem to be the target for it. Though everyone seems to thing at least 10 watts at 50 ohms os necessary for them...but then again the first couple watts people are using out of the speaker amps dont have distortion numbers like this does, so we shall wait and see.

 

Jason, is the Statement amp going to be even more powerful? or just an even better circlotron with similar numbers?

Should add that if I wasn't knee deep in the AMB B22, Apex Peak and Burson Soloist reviews, not to mention my LCD-3 and Senn HD800, assuming the bloody thing stops bouncing from coast to coast, review... I'd be on the pre-order ;)

 

I am giddy about getting my hands on one.  But there are limits to how much gear my wife err desk can take before it starts to bow :D

 

On business model... I think its fantastic.  Too many boutique manufacturers sell good amps in terrible enclosures or using the most economical parts that'll pass for 'audiophile' and crank the price because of name recognition.

 

It's still a circlotron, but higher power and a different design approach, allowing for either a solid state or tube gain stage, both with MOSFET outputs. However, this amp is plenty for the HE-6s. And if we're comparing to integrated amps and receivers with 15mA Class-A bias (typical numbers) . . . well, there you go.

 

Haha thanks for that Jason

 

like i said, cant wait to hear it.

Com'on bottom panels!

The more I hear about the Mjolnir the more I want one. Maybe I'll sell my Lyr and pick up a used Mjolnir when they've been out for a bit. I think my GF would let me get away with that.

Edited by Rebel975 - 7/17/12 at 5:07pm

+1 I love your honest perception, keep up the great work in the "Schiit Shop" :)

HE-6 doesn't really need 10 Watts. 5W is good enough. Hifiman's own EF6 amp, which was designed specifically to drive HE-6, also outputs 5W into 50ohms. What's more important for orthoes is high current output. 

 

Agreed, I've been following the HE6 since the initial pre-order phase of their existence when I acquired mine, and 5W is fine as long as it's got adequate current. I'm driving them with 7W @ 50 ohm.

You could add custom anodized colors, then the top and bottom would match.

It's interesting to get the perspective of a producer....mostly because I aspire to make things some day. The stresses on that end..well, weird to imagine. I shudder to think of the massive karma repayment I'm going to get.

/self indulgent introspection

So how much current does it need?

Lets not confuse class A bias with current cap ;)