Make sure the player's digital output is set to stereo and none of 5.1, 7.2 or such nonsense.

So... is Mjolnir dead?

You called?

Interesting that one could make the same reasoning with the cheaper amps in the lineup: If you have any desire to one day run your HD 6XX with a balanced amp, then getting the Magnius would make the most sense. If you have absolutley no desire to use a balanced amp and want the best value, then...

My bet is on a mono, balanced Loki. The perfect product to name after the trickster god - you've been clamouring for a big boy EQ, your wish is granted! Only, you have to buy two. :smiling_imp: On another topic... Why oh why are there so many unsold $120 Asgards ? This seems too good to...

Vali 2 does. Given how much love there is for the combo, I can't imagine Jason would have made that kind of blunder.

Story of Head-Fi. Sorry about your wallet.

Tempting! I very much want to try the balanced route with my HD600, but what if I like it too much? Pretty soon I'll want a Freya and a second Vidar... must... resist...

So no more multibit in a Modi-sized chassis - not quite what I had in mind (if anything).

A Facebook post (there's a "Schiit Heads" group there if you don't get enough Schiit talk here) triggered this thought for me yesterday... Modi Multibit. Yes, we need to talk about Mimby. It's getting old. It's Schiit's oldest DAC in production, this side of Gungnir (but not upgradeable like...

Is this thing underrated as a preamp or what? I'm not using headphones much these days, so today I decided to insert the Vali (stock tube) between my laptop+Modi and the speakers (Audioengine A2+) for my telework setup. Imaging feels better than ever, and bass texture is a lot more realistic...

Jason, let me put this worm in everyone's ear today, the refrain of which is the French text on that "Chickenpowder and Cocaine" t-shirt. A fitting celebration for Sol's arrival. But don't ask me how that text got on that shirt under that headline - I'm as perplexed as anyone by this.

Though, judging by Jason's and Oveja Negra's stories, I wouldn't be surprised if an Asgard had been used as a coffee grinder at least once.

Forget "Continuity(TM)" and "True Multibit(TM)"... You guys need to trademark "Cheap-Ass Balanced(TM)". Heck, I want to see "Cheap-Ass Balanced" in a Stereophile ad.

No front LED??? HERESY!!! May you burn at the stake, ignited by the searing heat of an Asgard 2 of course...

Best response to as-of-yet-unasked question ever, from the Bifrost user manual: :darthsmile::darthsmile::darthsmile::darthsmile:

No phono card option for Asgard 3?

Crazy insane value, that Asgard 3...

Sure, just connect Modi's output to one of the speakers' RCA inputs. This will bypass the speakers' DAC. [Edit] Or will it? How do the speakers talk to each other? If they do with a digital signal, does the master speaker convert the analog signal with an ADC, only to be DAC'ed by the slave...

That would make so much sense, then we'd have a complete TT system released within a few weeks: Sol → (Mani 2 or - why not? - a bigger, balanced phono stage) → (your pick of Rag 2 or T'dome pre + Aegir)

This is the one. I actually like to re-read this chapter every once in a while. http://www.head-fi.org/t/701900/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up/2460#post_10850301

I'm sure Schiit doesn't assume any given customer is an idiot. But I'll bet they are justified in assuming that some percentage of consumers are - a large enough percentage to justify Jason's answer. Heck, I'll bet they observe it empirically.

Has anyone done a comparison of balanced source vs. SE source converted to balanced by the preamp? i.e.: (balanced DAC → Passive Freya → amp) vs. (SE DAC → Nexus x1 Freya, balanced out → amp)

I wouldn't use a single Aegir on R300's. A Vidar is powerful enough, but not overkill by any means (I'm around 12:00 volume on Saga for normal listening). Dual Aegirs, though... that's got me salivating.