Exactly my thoughts! I love this Snakecharmer recording, it's one of my references for what can be done on headphones.   Also, it seems binaural+ just doesn't work for me. I listened to 8 albums (using HD800) and most tracks sounded like miniature instruments near my head. Nothing...

  I just gave a listen at the Vali to refresh my memories, and the answer is... no. Of course, this is very subjective, but my opinion is that, although the V2 is better, the difference is not that huge.   My setup is some Dell Inspiron notebook > Wyrd > Gungnir (DS) > Valhalla 2 > HD800.

I used the HD800 for some months with the Vali and then bought the Valhalla 2. Very worth upgrade IMO. Valhalla 2 have more details, clarity and soundstage.

Valhalla 2 doesn't

It seems that XLD can handle cue files, but I'm not familiar with this software so I can't tell for sure.   It's worth noting that the tagging must be done on the cue file, not on the flac.   If XLD can't do the job, you can try open the cue file on some text editor and add a TITLE line in...

  The .cue file contains the info of where each track starts. The X5 will read it and will show to you the individual tracks ^^   Btw, you can just open the .cue on notepad or any text editor to see its contents. You can also use software like Medieval Cue Splitter to split the flac in...

  My Grado SR125i sounds very good with the Vali.   I also have an O2, which, as far as I know, sounds almost the same as the Magni... In my opinion Vali sounds much better. But, as the user Rossliew above said, depends on preferences.   (Btw the import tax here is 60% over the...

I began my audiophile "career" with an O2 and ODAC, but after trying Vali and Wyrd, I became a believer of Schiit! I intend to buy a Gungnir and a Valhalla 2 soon.   And this thread was just the icing in the cake. Jason's writings are amazing, and almost all of his viewpoints are the same as...

I got a Wyrd to see if it would have any effect on my odac... I always thought the odac sounded almost the same as my laptop onboard realtek, despite people telling me it should be a lot better...   So I put the Wyrd between the odac and the laptop... and how it sounded?   TERRIBLE.   Lots...

  I'm not saying it's odac or O2 fault; the Realtek clearly have more bass roll-off, so what I thought is that my HD598 just can't handle the extra amount of low frequency content that the o2+odac provides. Again, it's just a guess. However, the fact that Gravit8 got "unveiled" sound from the...

Yes, it's Realtek. But why impossible? As far as I understood, it was the same experience the topic creator had, except with odac-o2-hd598 instead of modi-magni-hd558.   Other headphones sound a bit more detailed and spacious on odac+o2 tough. HD598 is the only one that behaves the opposite...

I should add that this only happened to the hd598, any other headphone that I plugged into the O2 sounded great...   This year I got a Schiit Vali, but my hd598 is borrowed to a friend, so I never got to test them together...

More clean sound.   From the Odac+O2 the HD598 had more bass, but overall sounded a bit muffled.

I had the same experiencie with HD598 and ODAC+O2. It sounded a bit better straight from a laptop headphone jack...

  Hello!   I used USPS Priority Express International. A bit more expensive, but does have tracking... (I lost some packages without tracking in the past, so I just can't risk myself anymore)    No surprises from customs... they taxed in 60%, just as expected