Ha! I wasn't quite ready or even intending to get into "vintage" equipment, but I guess life (and in this case Schiit) has a way of overtaking one!!:L3000: All good, nothing changes the fact that it is and will remain a really fine headphone amp!

wow, I just took delivery of an MJ2 at the end of last month; I really do appreciate the aesthetic fit to my Yggy GS/freya+ stack, and I love the sound, now I'm trying to process the news of its demise. I'm not too surprised and I believe the signals were out there, so I *think* I'm happy that I...

I’ve seen many images of a Mjolnir stacked on top of a Gungnir; what about stacking an MJ2 on a Yggy? Are there any recommendations against this?

Even before I have to deal with the issue of a separate amp to the Vidars, I do believe I have some choices to explore and measure (using REW/UMIK and my ears!): Dual Vidar Mono, DWMs wired in parallel with pass-through to mains (as per Magnepan) Dual Vidar Mono, DWMs and Mains fed...

There’s enough chatter in the system to suggest that Schiit is working on extending their Vidar/Aegir line of amps, so my preference would be to at least wait and see whether what they come up with helps with this issue. In the meantime would something like the Emotiva BasX A300 above tide me...

yep, I'm using a freya+, so would have to use an XLR Y cable to split the balanced out in the 2 + 2 Vidar scenario... sigh! :wink:

You might well jest about a second pair of Vidars, however when I look at options from a vendor like Emotiva I see the following: BasX-A300 rated at 150/300W, 29db Gain, $399 XPA-2 Gen3 rated at 300/490W. 29db Gain, $999 XPA HC-1 (mono) rated at 300/600W, 29db Gain, $1400 ($699 x 2) Which...

Thanks. A follow-up question; if I need a separate amp for the DWMs to spare the Vidars, is it a requirement that I use an amp that has the same power envelope as the Vidars, ie something at 400W@8ohm?

Thanks, important point. Doesn’t this apply then to *any* amp used for the DWMs and further require that the choice of a separate amp be driven by a need to closely match the output of the Mono Vidars in order to avoid this? Certainly the dual stereo approach will be my first port of call! Thx

I’ve re-read Azimov’s Foundation Trilogy a number of times—most recently the parallels between the arrival of “the mutant” and the political turmoil of the last four years in the US were just astounding —now I’m going to have to re-read Dune!

The terroir thing got me thinking on a more serious—well, more relevant—note: I run Magnepan 1.7i’s off a pair of Vidar monos; happy with the setup and my use case has never caused the Vidars to go into protection. However I’m on a path to adding DWM panels from Magnepan; these are mageneplanar...

The GS is made with A2 metal and A1 boards that come out of other Yggys sent in for the A2 upgrade—it wouldn’t make sense for Schiit to agree to an upgrade at the same time. At the time I bought my GS, my budget wouldn’t stretch to a full blown A2, so I went ahead with the notion that I could do...

I love the concept of terroir as applied to electronic instruments! Can’t you just see the reviews “The new batch of Magni/Modi units have a feel to the base that is reminiscent of the reverb from an old oak floor in a line-dancing saloon...with just a hint of freshly strewn sawdust.”

I'm researching a Pi-based Roon endpoint for a Bifrost Multibit/Valhalla 2 headphone stack. I am assuming the use of a HAT to improve the quality of the signal. While I am aware of units like the Allo Digione Signature that should give out a clean SPDIF signal, I also realize that I could...

Thanks, yes the Vidars could be seeing 2 Ohms a lot which could give them heartburn. I would rather tease apart the purchase of the woofer panels and an amp, both for budgetary reasons as well as giving me more time to research a good amp for the woofer panels. I also realize that I have an...