Really interested to see/hear this review! I'm so close to selling my Matantz a/v receiver and just send hdmi 4k signal straight to the TV. And getting a much better schiit Dac to send audio to Syn for my 5.1 setup 😁.

Great writeup, thanks! My experience with two Aegir is very much what you described. And it's the heat these give of that made me tear them in 😔. I found after many amps I generally lean towards class a linearity, and often warmth, but heat in a fairly confined room/office is just a deal...

I've been hoping someone would compare Atmos from a middle of the pack Denon or related brand with their D* processing and generic DACs with a SYN fed with a Mimby or Bifrost 2 though its analog inputs. A much better Dac + Syn shaping vs. D* processing and generic DACs. I wouldnt be...

Knowing little about Try (I don't haunt these sites much anymore), I just hope Tyr doesn't run hot - dual Aegir was just too hot for my home office running many hours a day 😕 (though I loved the music they made, esp. if they had a bit more juice). I'm expecting something hot - just hoping to be...

Yeah, thanks. I asked after reading about how challenging it was to find tubes. Worst case maybe they could bring those back 🙂. Hell, these days I would buy a set to experiment in my Freya+ 😎

What happened to the "solid state" tubes that schiit sold for a while? Did they just sound bad? Edit: fixed my phone - keyboard typo

Agreed, just sad that gungnir still isn't coming up 🙁. Please consider a LiM gungnir 🙂.

Has anyone used a Saga+ effectively as a tube buffer since it doesn't have balanced outs? I have a bimby - - Saga+ (with a tung sol tube I like) - - 1 aegir - - Buchardt S400s. Much of my listening is near field so I've been getting by with a single aegir even though the pot is past 12...

Please let us know your impressions of the Vali after having a MJ2 :)

Thanks, I'll be checking out that amp! Glad to see I'm not the only one who can't part with the HE500s. I've come close a couple of times but never would :). I use a Bimby DAC today. I personally don't hear much difference between it and Mimby (also own that one). DACs get expensive fast...

+1 to this post verbatim. I really wanted to like them but after trying all combos, I just couldn't. I do prefer that same presentation as well, so I'll be checking out more of your recommendations . Thanks guys!

Just curious, is that love is the Auteur through an OTL? Hybrid? I only have a Jot right now and have watched the new ZMF headphones from afar as it really sounded like you need tubes to m ake them sound their best (though I'm currently tempted by the Lyr3). Auteur and Atticus have been on my...

As someone who runs Eitr -- Loki -- Jot -- (balanced) HE500 (well modded), I've been watching the Lyr3 too. Your thoughts of the two are greatly appreciated .

Yep - I find myself only touching that knob - tweaking between 2 and 3 oclock :)

Sure. I'm sure others have a better eye for this type of thing. This helped me keep cables super-short when they needed to be. (balanced to HE-500s) Caveat 1: I suck a photography. Caveat 2: this is at work with a white table next to an off-white wall :) I *really* like black Schiit more...