I love my Rega - I've had no problems with it and no complaints. I can only recommend them based on my positive experience. I thoroughly enjoy the music that comes from it. I may upgrade the cartridge in it one day as a relatively inexpensive upgrade. Aside from that I get the feeling that I'd...

I would seriously consider a Violectric headphone amp if I didn't already own the Jotunheim. It's a great amp and the phono module that came with it is exceptional value. V281 owners may have all the preamp / headphone amp qualities that they need in one little box without need for separates.

My chain is as follows: Fiio X3 > coaxial out (bypassing its dac) > Schiit modi multibit > Schiit Jotunheim > Yamaha HS8 powered monitors. Or Jot > Sennheiser HD600s Vinyl: Rega RP6 > Jot phono module > HS8s or HD600s I'm currently using the Jot as both a headphone amp and the preamp to my...

Has anyone compared Violectric's dedicated preamp, the V630, to the V281's preamp? I'd love to hear any impressions of the V630 if anyone has any experience with it. Thanks.

Jason, for the Ragnarok 2 you could put dual balanced / SE headphone outputs so that 2 people could listen to music or watch movies together late at night without disturbing the kids or neighbours. But they'd be able to do this using the same type of output, so there'd be a total of 4 headphone...

I sold my Schiit Ragnarok and got the Jotunheim with phono module as a drop in replacement. I did this because I didn't need the Ragnarok to power speakers any more and I'd only been using its preamp balanced outputs to connect to my Yamaha HS8 studio monitors. I wanted the Jotunheim as it...

Has anyone tried using the X3 ii's coax output into an external dac>amp? I'm looking for an inexpensive high quality source but I want to bypass the dac and amp as I'll be using a Schitt Modi Multibit dac and Ragnarok amp. Any thoughts / suggestions?

Yes I'm using it to power Elac Unifi UB5's. I'm thinking that my next purchase will be a decent sub. The UB5's do have impressive bass though but I need a bit more for the deep rumble in movies. Out of interest what headphone would you pair with the Ragnarok?

As far as I know you should be able to convert the stock standard cable to trrs at both ends but you should check out the following thread which shows how someone upgraded his cable to balanced cable. He has pics and takes you through step by step for his modification (different to what you are...

Haha don't say that, my wallet isn't ready to take any further abuse at the moment

I ended up getting the balanced cable to use with my Ragnarok amp - very happy with the result. Thanks for posting all the info about it.

Yeah the way I see it I have two things that work in my favour with me being happy with my current setup - lack of funds and lack of high quality audio experience :)

Originally Posted by Subhakar  Quote What type of balanced cable for HD 598? Simple 2.5mm to 2.5mm TRRS works? End quote.   I asked Dyson Audio to make me a 10ft long Sennheiser HD598 replacement cable with 4-pin male XLR source end to 2.5mm earphone plug 24k plated trrs.   I did this...