hodgjy
Headphoneus Supremus
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Glad I found this thread. I'm looking for a suitable desktop amp to drive my Fostex T50RPs. Being that they're orthos, which Schiit model would you guys recommend? I know they are pretty efficient and not as hard to drive as some of the other popular orthos, but I still want to pair it properly with the right amp. So, solid state or tube? I also have the Ultrasone DJ1 but they will mostly be my travel/portable set that I'll use with my E10. Any ideas? Went to the Schiit website and I'm impressed with their offerings with the price/performance ratio that's hard to bear...gotta love the name tooTIA
Glad I found this thread. I'm looking for a suitable desktop amp to drive my Fostex T50RPs. Being that they're orthos, which Schiit model would you guys recommend? I know they are pretty efficient and not as hard to drive as some of the other popular orthos, but I still want to pair it properly with the right amp. So, solid state or tube? I also have the Ultrasone DJ1 but they will mostly be my travel/portable set that I'll use with my E10. Any ideas? Went to the Schiit website and I'm impressed with their offerings with the price/performance ratio that's hard to bear...gotta love the name tooTIA
No tubes. Either the Asgard or the Lyr. I've heard that the Lyr sounds great with the Thunderpants, so it should sound good, in theory, with the original Fosex T50RP.
Valhalla owner here with my HD650, HD598, and HF2. Lookin' to see what DAC comes next from Schiit, but I may spring for the bitfrost.
In a few days, I'll make an announcement about the "midrange" products, Mjolnir (balanced amp) and Gungnir (balanced DAC). Which really are end-game products. This announcement will give you plenty of information to chew on and decide if the products are for you, but there will be no pre-order. There'll be an interest list and an anticipated shipping date. Pre-orders will be open when all parts are at the board house for assembly, all final metal has been through QC, and we're ready to produce. This means there won't be delays, as there were with Bifrost.
The next DAC if I'm not mistaken will probably be pretty similar to the bifrost except balanced? So unless you are interested in a balanced amp, the bifrost will probably be it.
Edit: Oh it's sort of announced.
That's what my opinion was at first too. It's not the low power that is making your he-500 sound like that. Many amps in the range of 200-300 that I've tried actually sound similar regardless of power output. I tried a number of different amps with different power levels and I was a little surprised with the he-500 how little difference the actual output makes. With the asgard you get the bonus of it looking fantastic. It has pretty nice staging qualities compared to a lot of amps in the price range as well. I believe it was recommended for the he-500 in a headphonia review? out of the 3 schiit amps.