Ahh... thank you for pointing that out, Mark. For what it is worth, I would only treat Jason's words as the truth... for the time being. For a very long time, Jason has indicated that they are not a fan of a combined amp / DAC, and look what we have in the form of the Jot now? If they can find...

Given the USB jitter complains, I wonder if Jason would be able to find room for a S/PDIF input in addition / in place of the USB plug in a future revision...

Any impressions of the good ol' DT800 600Ω when paired with the Jot + built-in DAC module? A quick search through the thread doesn't seem to return anything particularly meaningful, so some 1st hand insights would be appreciated.

^^ Yes, I am definitely not very familiar with your AKG. But I am very familiar with how my Modi, Magni, Bifrost, Lyr and DT880 mixing and matching with one another before I sold the M&M combo. So I will tell you that there is definitely a lot more substance behind the Bifrost compared to the...

I dunno about your $150 AKG Q701, but on my $250 Beyerdynamic DT-880 with a Magni, the Bifrost definitely brought out some easily noticeable improvement in most of the important areas -- transparency, separation of instruments, level of detail compared to the Modi. Sound stage also improved...

^^ Modi to Bifrost

I'd say it isn't really the M&M that is letting you down. Rather, it is the built-in sound (DAC) on your Mac that is already pretty good to start with. Add the fact that you were using IEMs that require very little power to drive (ie. you don't need some super powerful amp to provide enough...

Really dumb question here since I have minimal electrical / wiring knowledge -- how do I check my power outlets for grounding issues? Or is this something that is best left to qualified electricians -- or at least someone who isn't as clueless as I am? I'm pretty sure I don't want to kill...

Are these the tubes that simply didn't past testing? (but would still play music in an amp or whatever) Or are they really so dead (ie. burnt out?) that they won't play anything at all?

Thank you for sharing your experience, Timpicks! While I'm very happy with the Voshkod, you are certainly getting me curious about these Matsushxta E8CC/6922. Hmm... the perils of this hobby... I should have known better when the forum welcome line is "Welcome to Head-Fi, and sorry about your...

Other than the Lyr, I've auditioned the HD800 with a Burson Conductor, and a Modi+Magni combo as well, although it all happened at different times. I suppose they're all different beasts, so it is a little difficult to directly compare them. The Conductor was certainly very impressive, esp in...

Oh, I 100% agree. I can't tell you how much I appreciate Bob's help and his willingness to share both his experience and his tubes with the rest of us. Now... if the weekend could only come fast enough so that I can get back into some listening sessions with those Voshkod 6N23P...

I am currently using a pair of HD800 with the Lyr (and Bifrost), and I will say that with the stock Lyr tubes (GE 6BZ7), the treble is a little overemphasized, and the mid and bass are a little weak. Everything else with this combo is great. With a set of Voskhod 6N23P, however, all I can say...

^^ There could be a number of reasons causing this (many of which are probably beyond my wildest guess), but I would consider the following: - from what I understand, WASAPI uses something called "exclusive mode". I think that means only 1 device / one program can be used for audio playback. Do...

This: http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_out_wasapi 1) set the Windows output for your Modi to 24-bit 96kHz 2) install and configure your Foobar2000 to use WASAPI (File -> Preference -> Playback -> Output -> WASAPI) 3) time to put on some tunes! I haven't figured out what...