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purrin said:

No, it just takes a lot energy to be mindful rather than intentionally stupid when I'm going to be spending at least a few hundred dollars. I apologize if I don't write like Six Loons or have John Atkinson's English politeness, grace, and well-timed sense of humor.

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Thanks for your honesty.  Those guys have to sugar-coat things to keep advertisers happy.  

Ok, a Mjolnir or a V181? What's the verdict?
 

FYI, there were a few DACS ~1k USD which I liked but unintentionally omitted. 

Woot!  My Mjolnir ships today... only two weeks to go until its actually in hand

And three weeks to go until that same one is in mine?
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solude said:

Woot!  My Mjolnir ships today... only two weeks to go until its actually in hand

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Are there any measurements available for the mjolnir?

Now the big problem is finding something to put between the Mjolnir and my monitors so I'm not doing the on/off dance and toggle them on from arms reach.

I'm using the TC Electronic Level Pilot for this, and it seems to be OK. It would be nice if the Gungnir had two sets of XLR outputs, so I don't have to go through the Mjolnir preouts (because its volume is controlled by the front knob).
 
I'm thinking about just using the RCA out from the Gungnir to my monitors. Anyone know of a good RCA volume control?

That's actually what I have in hand right now.  But mine, like apparently most, tracks really badly down low with the left coming on after the right.  This one doesn't even go to mute when fully counter clockwise.  Yours?

Mine does mute all the way but I'm not sure about the left coming on before the right.

Just catching up with the thread. More positive impressions. This amp's price can't be knocked. Like GG, I'd like to see some cons... There is always a con. Why is the ß22 so toasty etc.

Some comments on the previous page confirm what I've been thinking - some members only come on Head-Fi to TROLL. It's all they ever do. They nitpick, attack the straw man and I just don't know where they get off. Go outside, have a beer. Just do something fun and come back with a smile for once.

If there is any con, Jason's HD800 was a bit grainy, but not Anax's HD800. Chalk it up to unit-to-unit variances, voodoo, reality distortion fields, etc. I don't want to get into it because that can be another long story. But then again, I've always felt that the HD800s should sound a bit grainy on a honest amp. They certainly do on my BA.
 
Here's the deal. I'm at a loss to be able to describe anything negative about the amp. I've got a Dynahi sitting around, so maybe after comparison I will. It's hard to describe anything negative until you hear something better. I go down my checklist: Neutral - up. Dynamic explosive bass - yup. Treble air and extension - yup. Clear sounding - Yup. Involving sounding with good rendering of micro-dynamics - Yup. Open sounding - not as good as DHTs but amazingly better than most other SS. Fast sounding - yup. Sufficiently smooth treble - better than current production eastern European tubes, but not as good as vintage 4V DHTs. Don't know what else to say. I've already said I like this amp better than some other very well regarded amps.
 
I dunno. Maybe there is something to this circlotron thing.

My Mjolnir shipped within 5 days or ordering.  Not sure why I got the special fast shipping, since I don't think Jason knows me as an MOT or anything, and I ordered it with my college email and all that, and I've never communicated with Schiit before.  Guess I'm just lucky.  It will be here on Wednesday since I ordered Priority Mail shipping.
 
I'm pretty excited if Purrin thinks it's better than a B22 (a 4 board balanced B22?  Just so we're clear?  Were they listened to on the same day?  Or is this just from memory)...

From memory having heard the B22 numerous times (4 board and 2 board). To nitpick, I've always felt the B22 treble was overly smooth and the bass not articulate enough - kind of mushy - with the 2ch. A little too polite for my tastes. I did hear a 4 board B22 the same day, but it was from a different DAC.

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brunk said:

I have literally gone through several hundred items. Yes, that  many. You want to put a ballpark dollar amount on it? Right around $10k, probably more. What "more" do you want? Sigh...

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Several hundred what - amps?