I only have experience with HE-400 with full mods..jergpads, etc  and HD 600s.  Definitely strike the 400s off your list.  I won't quantify the statement, just tell you to do it as I would hope someone would tell me straight up.   Now here's where I differ from others.  I have both of those...

Is Vali supposed to be louder than Magni?  Just received my Vali and with my HE-400s, it is louder than my Magni.   Perhaps my understanding is flawed, but doesn't the Magni have more power and a higher gain than the Vali?  Therefore, shouldn't the volume position need to be higher on the Vali...

Thanks for the detailed information.  Confirmed what I had heard before...just wanted to make sure :-)   Cheers, Darren

Hi,   Quick question...I can set both my player from 16bit 44.1 up to 24bit 96, as well as the Modi.   I only play 16 bit 44.1 encoded data.   Now, my understanding is then to leave the player at native rate but set the Modi at 24 bit....at least from what I have read.  The question is, do...

Alright, please don't beat me to death or laugh at this question :-)   New to the headphone game and just last month bought myself a starter system of Modi/Magni/HE-400's and am enjoying it very much.  Now I have never listened to a tube amp, but interested, especially the new Vali.   My...

Yep, got it working, but trying to overcome the 'thinness' of everything.  Doesn't seem to matter which preset I try, it seems to be losing most of the bass and the mids.  Yes, the soundstage and projection is larger, but the 'sound' is not there.  Any thoughts?   Darren

  Yep, that sounds like what it is doing.  MM is outputting WASAPI 44.1/16bit out to the DAC which is configured to 24 bit.   Will flip over to direct sound and try it out.   Darren

Hi,   So I downloaded the trial and installed, but now when I open MediaMonkey it is cycling through my library of songs and won't allow me to play anything.   Is it doing some profiling of the tracks in the background in order to use the driver, or is this a glitch?   Thanks Darren

Quick question in regards to Electic-q.  Am I losing anything by having the volume slider at -10db in order to put more range in my amp's volume control?   Thanks Darren

In case anybody is curious about this, the discussion can be found here starting about half way down.   http://www.head-fi.org/t/643368/schiit-modi-and-magni-comparison-to-bifrost-and-asgard/15   Sorry for hijacking the thread.  I think you are right in that it does not make a difference on...

Hi,   Am using WASAPI on exclusive but still doesn't bypass windows audio control...at least not on my system.  Additionally I do not have a problem using windows audio control, just looking to make sure I am not hampering sound quality by doing so.     I will try to find the thread on this...

Yep, laptop being fed by a 2 tb media drive.   Re: the DAC...it was posted elsewhere on the forum to specifically go into the DAC properties and set to 24/44,100 even though the files were at 16/44,100 which allowed lowering of the master windows volume without discarding any information as...

Okay, got it all working...sounds fantastic    Brings up one more question though LOL.   So I now have a bunch of volume controls for this wonderful setup...and despite reading lots of threads on which way to set them all, I am getting conflicting information.  Now to be honest and as I...

Haven't tried the settings yet, but let me be the first to say THANKS!!!

Perfect...all fixed..thank you.     And thanks for the manual....which brings up another question upon reading   It states that running in digital mode creates no coloration...so does that mean that running in analog does?  Either way, which one is recommended with the optimized EQ settings...