When used with my LCD-Xes, which are not difficult to drive, with their balanced cables, I seldom go higher than 9/10 o'clock or so when using High gain. If I wanted to use more of the volume pot I could switch to Low gain but to my ears, High gain sounds a bit better. When used as a preamp to...

Brought in the New Year by turning the lights off and listening to Tool - Fear Inoculum, with the Jot 2 feeding my LCD-Xes via the balanced output (High gain), a religious experience to say the least. Love the new preamp output switching...very handy. Terrific sounding amp! Happy New Year!

I've had the Jot 2 for a week now and I'm very impressed with it. Any headphone amp I use in my office system has to pull double duty as a preamp and I primarily listen to speakers. This thing sounds better as a balanced preamp than any $400 device has a right to. I'm feeding it from the...

My Bifrost 2 arrived yesterday, it's the first multibit DAC I've had since my Monarchy 22A back in the '90s. It's very impressive. Schiit obviously put a lot of thought and work into Unison USB, have they made any statements regarding what you should have your Sound/Speaker Properties set to...

I have the Gen 5 USB board for my Gungnir and a Jotunheim (amp only) coming in today. With the Gen 5 USB in place should I remove my Wyrd from the chain (never had any USB issues) or just leave it in place? Thanks.

I've used Pangea USB cables that use a silver coating and liked them but I've not seen if any of their regular digital cables come with BNC's or not. I use solid-core silver interconnects that I think very highly of but I've not compared them to the exact same cable in copper to tell you if...

You should give Bluejeanscable.com a try, I've used their digital cables in the past and have always been pleased with the results. In the dropdown menu, you can select BNC's. https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/digital-audio/index.htm

I haven't had a receiver in a very long time but I'm guessing it has Tape Out (outputs). Run the cables from your Tape Out on the receiver to your Valhalla. I hope this helps. Or... as Finisher said, you can also use Preamp outputs to the headphone amp. Good luck!

  The problem is everyone would simply turn it around and use it the wrong way. 

How about a new component from Schiit Audio like a centralized powered control hub (I'm thinking about the size of my Gungnir) that you plug all of your Schiit AC plugs into the back and it has a row of power on/off switches running all along the front panel? This way we never have to hear again...

I'll give it a try, I'd checked their website and didn't see "Pads" listed anywhere but it's worth a shot. Thanks so much! 

I apologize in advance as I'm sure that this has been covered before, yet I've been away from this site for a while and thought I've been looking I've yet to find the info I need.   I'm trying to find an online store to buy the AudioQuest Protein Leather Pads for my NightHawks. I've used...

Since the Asgard and Asgard 2 are true "Class A" amps they do run very warm to hot but that's not an issue for the amp itself. It sounds like something may have gone bad in your amp but Schiit has great customer service and I'm sure that you'll be pleased with the replacement. I use the Asgard 2...

For me this comes at an unusual/funny time, I was just notified that the issues of Stereophile and TAS I received this month are the last ones for my subscriptions. I don't like seeing magazines dying off, but I don't see me re-upping both subscriptions (not that they would fold due to my lack...

    How many hours of music playing time do you have on your Nighthawks now? I ask because I was not impressed with the treble or their transparency until they had nearly 200 hours on them. I listened to then right out of the box and then sat them off to the side on a desk for 10 days or so...

  No doubt! I had a small cosmetic issue (OCD on my part) with my Gungnir Gen2 when it arrived and it would have been impossible (short of time travel) for the wonderful staff at Schiit Audio to have a replacement at my door any sooner. And, they were extremely apologetic and nice about...

Not to mention "Made in the U.S.A"...

If he's anything like me he'll always take and wear a free t-shirt. Give 'em hell! They deserve it. 

  I like that it's adjustable, I just checked and I have mine set where the headband rest is 12" above the top of the metal base which gives me right at 5" of space below the earcups of the NightHwak's. That allows the cable more than enough room so that I never need to worry about a sharp bend...

  I like that one a lot and if I didn't already have the Woo Audio stand that is "kind of" (in the way that it allows the headphones to hang/rest) similar I'd grab one of these. 

I use the X10 a lot of times for audiobooks as they're very comfortable but they're good with music too. They sound big, with plenty (or a bit more) of bass and not at all bright (to my ears) in the treble. 

A buddy wants me to give a listen to his new Audio Art headphone cable for the NightHawks and it looks really well built and is very flexible...I need to give it a listen.   It's tough, as I'm already a bit bias towards the original AQ cable they came with knowing that this was the way they...

  Now that you mention it, mine did come with a gray and a black polishing cloth but as per usual, I left most of the extra stuff in their original packaging. lol Well, I assume that those cloths work well but if they don't I know that the ones from Cape Cod in the can certainly do. I've used...

I've had zero issues with my NightHawk cable, it's two very high-quality cables (L&R) running side by side within a weave. If you simply run your fingers gently down the length of the cable you'll keep it nice and flat and it won't twist.   Now with regards to connectors/connections, I can...

  I'm sorry, I assumed that since the newer NightHawk Carbon comes with two sets of pads, one of them being all protein leather that those pads were available now for the original NH's as well and some may have heard them. The outer portion of the pads are protein leather on the original NH's...