Anyone else have both of them? Which is better? I have both and I often switch between the two, but my ears aren't as keen as some of the people on this forum. So I'm wondering what you like and dislike about both.   It seems to me like the Magni is more bright than the Vali.

Well I bit the bullet and ordered a Schiit Vali since they're giving me a refund on the magni.   Cheers... Here's to mental integrity and many hours of gaming/music listening.

Do you experience anything at all with your magni? Static noise in the right ear cup, or sound when you move the volume pot at all?   Honestly I kind of like the Vali... If I can be guaranteed that it will work properly I would order one.

They are stacked and yes I have the rubber feet :)

My setup is kind of near the same area as my wireless router but even after I've moved my setup to another location in the house and unplugged the router I still get the interference/noise

I'll just send him an email saying I've tried everything and sent the unit away three times and I still have the noise. I'll tell him I just want to be get rid of the ******* wretched noise, even if I have to buy new gear. I just want it gone

Last time I sent it away they said that they replaced the main board inside the magni

I tried it in a DVD player and the noise was a lot louder. Only in the right ear cup though.   Oh my god this is rustling my jimmies

I'll check around my house to see if there's anything that I can plug into that isn't a computer source.

I've reversed the channels from my source and the sound remains in the right ear cup, I'm pretty sure the source is not the problem.

Alright thanks I'll head over to the amps section and take a look but in the meantime if anyone can suggest one, that would be great.

Are you able to suggest to me a discrete amp? I have the modi DAC from Schiit and it hasn't given me problems, so I am going to keep it and get a new amp.

Can you recommend the best headphone amp for me for $100... I can go up to $150 I guess. I just want to enjoy my ******* headphones, without this noise.     I play a lot of FPS and use these headphones for them, it's very hard to listen for footsteps/sound cues when you have a static in the...

The thing is I've heard great reviews about the magni and it does sound good, besides the infernal wretched noise in the right ear cup. I think mine is an isolated incident

I've sent my magni back to Schiit THREE TIMES NOW. THREE times. The reason I send it back is becuase it makes a wretched infernal noise in the right ear cup. It sounds like static, when I touch the magni the sound goes way. It also creates something that sounds like interference that goes up and...

Why....?

This happened with my old computer as well as the new one that I built myself, with multiple USB cables.

My audio setup is Custombuilt PC>USB>Modi>Magni>Sennheiser HD 598   My setup is producing an infernal noise in the right ear cup. It's like static interference that goes up and down in pitch and stops when I make physical contact with my magni. It does it to different headphones. I have hooked...

This reminds me of a religious debate by now. "The burden of proof lies on the one who claims the USB cable makes a difference!" "I know without a doubt my USB cables sound different from one another" etc etc. you can use those exact lines without the USB bit in a religious context, I think the...

Can you please provide an example of new "accidental discoveries" destroying fundamental theories that is recent?

I have done tonnes of tests with friends involving different USB cables and the didn't know which one they were hearing. Sometimes for both tests you can use the exact same cable and my friends have claimed one sounds very different from another. It is all in your head. You need to understand...

It really is a shame that you spent so much time and money on the placebo effect. USB cables are just copper conductors assembled in a factory in a poor country for 30 cents. Strip your cables and see that they are exactly the same. If a USB cable is USB 2.0 certified then it can not have a...

As an electrician let me tell you guys something, all a USB cable is is insulated copper conductors. There is hardly a difference between all cables across the broad except for shielding, gold plated contacts etc. which do mostly nothing. Gold contacts are just for anti-corrosion. You cut open a...

If you are so sure that digital cables do make a difference then why don't you go ahead and replace every digital cable inside your computer to an audiophile cable as well? For example the sata cable that your harddrive sends data through.