[DarknightDK]

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Looks like mine will show up Thursday. 

 
Good to see that they're coming in fast and furious now.

 

[NoPants]

also interested in this amplifier, curious to see how it drives k1000s vs the aleph J

 

[Solude]

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I've had the amp running for about 30 hours now. I would not say it runs hot.

 
Bummer

 

[Solude]

Wednesday and still no impressions?  Boo!

 

[Loevhagen]

IIRC the Burson HA-160D got (crazy) hot, so it's not necessarily a bad sign the Mjolnir doesn't run that hot. Just saying...

 

[SoupRKnowva]

yeah, regardless of how hot it gets, its still got over 200mAs of quiescent current, maybe it just hadnt been on long enough? Its just good to see, thats enoug to be class A basically 100% of the time with the LCD-2/3...we need more impressions

 

[Rope]

Amplifiers need to generate a certain amount of heat to operate properly.  Not that they should be too hot to touch, nor should they be cool to the touch.  Class A amplifiers need to expel unused energy in the form of heat, so class A will run warmer than A/B or the rest of alphabet topology. 

 

[jman06]

My first post here.  
 
I got mine today and just plugged it in.  I think it sounds amazing right out of the box so far.   Pairing it with my LCD-3s right now and it's a huge step from my Schiit Asgard.  It's much more dynamic, has plenty of power, and just sounds really smooth.  With my Asgard the LCD-3s felt a little under powered.  I am very happy with it so far especially for the price.  
 
Later on I am going to pair it with my Senn HD800 and Grado GS1000i.         

 

[Argo Duck]

From the pictures Mjolnir looks like a low, wide, deep design., i.e. large footprint in relation to height [edit: which is good for convection cooling if there's strategically placed holes in the casing]. This likely helps efficiently distribute and shuck off heat. It's just good at staying cool.

 

[MomijiTMO]

IIRC the Burson HA-160D got (crazy) hot, so it's not necessarily a bad sign the Mjolnir doesn't run that hot. Just saying...

He wants it to run hot because then he knows it's heavily biased into class A.

 

[Loevhagen]

I know. Had a headphone amp in the house once that was literally so hot you could fry an egg on it. THAT was class A. However, the egg would be a total mess - all the cooling ribs and all...

 

[MomijiTMO]

My ß22 get too hot in my climate.

 

[rated1975]

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However, the egg would be a total mess

 
When cooking eggs using electronic equipment, next time consider an egg tray

 

 

[Solude]

The HA-160D got warm, the B22 and Peak get toasty.  I want hot.  If the Mjolnir is only warm... that would tend to suggest there was room to bias it some more.  You guys are touching the bottom right?

 

[Argo Duck]

Maybe hot is reserved for the reference amp?