At some point I need to just bite the bullet an order a few pads to try them out. I’ve been so happy with the sound of the headphone with its stock cable and pads, I haven’t really felt the need to play around. And I’m also a little reticent to start playing with it. I just recently swapped out...

I would echo that sentiment. If you are looking for comparisons, my feeling is that the A3 was a shade warmer/richer and more "pacey" than the Magni 3+. Frankly, the volume pot alone is probably a good argument for the A3.

I saw a pretty substantial jump in sound quality going from a Vali 2 to the A3 using Focal Elears. They seem to be about as easy to drive as the fidelios.

I would imagine that everything is moving more slowly for them. They are now sanitizing everything and working in distanced conditions which probably just makes the entire team at least 25% less productive (seeing this in all manufacturing in California BTW, even windows and doors are running...

I don’t know. The box is awfully nice.😂 But in all seriousness I would only go down that rabbit hole if you had some solid time to really get into your music collection.

I am not sure that is a fair comment. Unless I'm missing something, most of the posters on that topic are comfortable paying for a simple line-in card. In fact, I'm not entirely sure who the target market was with the phono card since most vinyl junkies I know who would care enough about...

+1 if a simple analog card came out I would order it immediately. As stated, I already have a phono pre that I like otherwise I would go that direction.

I don’t know if it would work with a hub but I bet it would definitely work with a USB switch. I think there is one by sabrent with two inputs and a button on top to choose your source.

Honestly I wish they would just offer a card that had a second set of line inputs. I would like to use my turntable with the setup but already have a phono pre that I like.

That is correct. there is a switch on the front which designates card or analog inputs as your source.

Ah, got it. I also couldn't find much on the Asgard with a DAC installed (I was looking for meaningful comparisons between standalone and internal multibit). Since neither of your cans are particularly hard to drive, I would think that the smaller stack would work well. That being said, I...

I have heard that the multibit card sounds almost identical to the modi multibit (excepting any minor difference caused by feeding it either by USB or SPDIF) and I am thrilled with the Modi Multibit/Asgard 3 combo. Honestly its the first setup with headphones that has given me the same level of...

I use both high and low gain depending on the music I’m listening to.

Anecdotally, I had a friend who used both and said that the Modi had more realness or “mass” to the instruments and the sound.

I leave my Asgard on all the time on my desk without issue. Regarding the multibit, I’ve often wondered if that might be colored by an assumption based on old school r2r ladders where temperature is confirmed to effect the way the resistors work. Since all of the resistors live inside a chip In...