Those are some very helpful comments and great review of the Ananda Nano thanks @skeeb23

Anyone here with the Nano that can share any thoughts? Looking at upgrading from my HE400i.

How would you compare the Ananda Stealth to the 400i? Do you mean the headband on the Ananda is more comfortable the HE400i style headband?

Just looking for anybody who has owned the HE400i and found what models in the Hifiman line of Planar's offered the most noticeable upgrade? I'm interested in the Anando Nano.

Having read some very positive reviews about Lake People phone amps I'm considering purchasing. I was just wondering if anyone is familiar with differences between the G111, G105 MKII and G103 MKII models? Is the G111 the better out of the bunch? I can't find any reviews of the G105 MKII.

Gave it a clean so we will see.

The right headphone on my HE400i is losing it's connection. A wiggle of the headphone cable normally gets it back but it seems to be getting worse. Is this normally an indication of a bad cable or a problem with the headphone?

In this scenario wouldn't the AE5's DAC be permanently overridden for both gaming and music? If this is the most hassle free setup that is fine, I only need the AE5 for the DSP. The AE5 does have a direct mode (all audio effects disabled). Are there any other DAC/HPAmp combos with SPDIF you...

I would only need a HAMP with SPDIF if I want to send the AE5's processed audio through another DAC is that correct? If the AE5's processed audio is just going straight into a HAMP and using the AE5's DAC does it work with phono cables? I'm probably not too concerned which DAC is being used for...

What about for non surround from the AE-5 i.e. pure listening? Can an output be sent from the AE-5 to the Asgard and use a DAC in the Asgard?

Sorry does the Asgard 3 have a built in DAC?

@ProtegeManiac Do you think I would be better off getting a DAC/HPAmp combo with a better DAC? I only want to use the surround features from the AE5 for gaming.

If I take line out from my SoundBlaster X-AE5 does the X-AE5 still function as the DAC? Is the DAC in the X-AE5 worthy to pair with a headphone amp? The idea here is that any headphone amp I buy will be superior in sound quality to the SB X-AE5. Are the Shciit going to be on another level of...

Does anyone know anything about xDuoo?

I'm in NZ. Looking around the $600 NZD mark. This looks to be a popular store in NZ: https://addictedtoaudio.co.nz/collections/schiit-audio