Great question

Doesn’t sound too good, my MJ3 is very quiet actually…i can’t hear the buzz or vibrations that people speak of…i can hear it faintly if i put my ear to the chassis

Great seller, great dac, GLWS my friend.

Looks like they were made for each other, atrium will be my next set

Yea i do the same with Roon, but as you said it’s a feature that should be implemented more often. Digital is getting better but such changes always sound better at the analog stage.

Yea 18k is where i tap out at, strangely i've been hearing a tad bit better in one ear than the other...that cant be good lol sometimes it bugs me sometimes it doesnt. I may have to see and ENT specialist about possible wax deep in the canal, if thats not the problem i may have to look into an...

Been enjoying my MJ3 but I’ve also been wanting to get my hands on a 281 to see what the hype is about, so feel free to reach out if you’ve been thinking about selling one. I am in the NYC area if that helps.

I experimented with both directions, also, i ultimately decided not to use a fan as for whatever reason i just wasn’t crazy about the way it sounded when running cool. YMMV Another thing, if your going to run the airflow inwards, I’d be prepared to open it and air dust occasionally because I’d...

Yea psy is definitely out to get you slack lol get that wallet ready!

Oh they will

Very good point

Yea once the M-field comes out i think it’ll be the amp that gets compared more to MJ3. Mentor is tuned differently, good news is that people have the mentor beating the Vio V550 which is tuned similarly at about double the price, that’s big. My MJ3 is sounding warmer to my ears these days, i...

The thing is, the mentor isn’t an answer for MJ3 and Vice Versa. However, Flux seems to have an answer with the M-Field. We compare the mentor and MJ3 only because they co-exist and price to performance, but they seem to be 2 completely different approaches. This hobby will do it though, we have...

Certainly no slandering slack, no one has yet to say that they flat out don’t like the mentor lol funny thing is that regarding both amps I’ve only seen this one guy say he didn’t like the MJ3 actually (although i wasn’t a comparative opinion, just straight up MJ3 stuff) lol but this is all...

I have, and i love it…i was worried about it being a bit bright for my Arya organic as its my first time experimenting with silver but it’s actually perfect, very well balanced and feels excellent

Yea he also mentions it showing up in tests and measurements, i also believe your experience with the mentor. It’s just interesting to see.

I just got a response from another member who’s owned both mentor and mj3 and here’s what he had to say. It’s really rare to hear from people who’ve owned both so i decided to share. I too think the complaints of the mentor lacking in bass is due to its design. It’s really hard to design an amp...

Manufacturers will often tell you power supply upgrades will make no difference, its hardly ever true. I'd definitely give it a shot. The reason they make these claims is so they dont have to include such a power supply and be forced to raise prices which would equal less units sold.

Wow, Schiit and Flux must of planned this lol they truly trade blows, down to the facts that the MJ3 has a preamp, push-pull, and feedback switches while the flux has no preamp, but has that fancy volume control and is stackable for an over the top dual-mono experience. They are like night and...

Yea on top of its technicalities, flux has also outdone themselves with all of that power as well.

Another great write up…i get the sense that the mentor is the amp that would raise more eyebrows due to its technical capability. However, like you stated above, the MJ3 has this life to its sound that’s hard to describe but you understand it completely when you listen to it. I imagine the...

Subjective opinions are most important, so im glad you are able to enjoy the cyan 2 over something like a TT2. It is also true that dacs influence amps on all levels, but the MJ3 has to be the most honest sounding amp i've come across so far. I think a huge part of the fun with it is changing...

while the yggy may pair really well with the mentor, psy said that the Bifrost 2/64 paired well with it also. However, he feels that the Bifrost 2/64 doesn’t justify the capability of the MJ3 and that you definitely need atleast an yggy for it. So while he felt like he’d pick the MJ3 long term...

It is, but its there lower end model, i havent heard it personally but i would assume that its maybe Bifrost 2/64 level. i say this because passion for sound felt like the yggdrasil is better than the spring but not better than the may, where as the cyan sits beneath both. so id compare it to...

good question, and to be fair he did say that if he had to choose either the mj3 or mentor long term he'd take the MJ3. however, you are right about the burn in, its real.