[tarnumf]

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this, I've never had the 600ohm version but I'm curious if the O2 can hang with them and have some head room on the dial

O2 specs: 7 Volts RMS & 200+ mA peak current
- should be enough. DAC2 is 6vrms and 250mA and I drive my 600 ohms at 50% amp and -3db in foobar2000

 

[kskwerl]

Should the O2 be able to drive 600 ohm beyers with head room on the dial tho. That's what I'm hoping for.

 

[tarnumf]

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Tube rolling is now possible with the Valhalla. Contact Jason of Schiit for more information.

It was always possible, but not recommended. I guess, Schiit just decided to make an upgrade without running into any additional costs

 

[tarnumf]

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Should the O2 be able to drive 600 ohm beyers with head room on the dial tho. That's what I'm hoping for.

Uhm.. head room on the dial?
50% amp = dial at 50%, in the middle, 12 o'clock, etc..

 

[kskwerl]

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Uhm.. head room on the dial?
50% amp = dial at 50%, in the middle, 12 o'clock, etc..

this, this is what I'm referring to. Will it have headroom to work with. As in it's loud enough for me but I still have room to make it louder, louder than I can tolerate. That's how I like it lol

 

[tarnumf]

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this, this is what I'm referring to. Will it have headroom to work with. As in it's loud enough for me but I still have room to make it louder, louder than I can tolerate. That's how I like it lol

Should it have automatic BAC adjustment too?
To be fair, I wasn't able to drive DAC2 or Valhalla to levels that I cannot tolerate for short time. But for background+ listening it is what it is - 50% amp, -3db and all my tracks are RG-ed per file.

 

[tarnumf]

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this, this is what I'm referring to. Will it have headroom to work with. As in it's loud enough for me but I still have room to make it louder, louder than I can tolerate. That's how I like it lol

 
Why you just don't make it simple - order new or used Beyers from Amazon and listen to them by yourself?
This splurge will cost you less than $10 in return shipping.

 

[kskwerl]

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Why you just don't make it simple - order new or used Beyers from Amazon and listen to them by yourself?
This splurge will cost you less than $10 in return shipping.

this is true lol it'd just be nice if someone had input before buying. I'll ask in the O2/ODAC thread

 

[Pudu]

Tube rolling is now possible with the Valhalla. Contact Jason of Schiit for more information.

I hadn't realized they'd changed their tune on that, thanks.

I only had the Valhalla for a couple of days before giving it to my Dad along with the 880s. I thought the pair sounded great. (But I highly doubt my dad will be at all interested in rolling tubes )

 

[sarathchandars]

I can imagine that !! But when I contacted Jason he assures me that the 600 ohm Beyerdynamics were a wonderful match for the Valhalla. May be you should give it a try, if you haven't already. And may be it will convince you to take it from your dad and start rolling tubes !
 

 

[Pudu]

A few months after I got the T1's I decided to pass my 880s on to my dad. I bought the Valhalla specifically to go with them, for him. I tried it for a day before packing up the amp and phones and sending them off (to make sure it worked, of course ). I thought the pairing was excellent.

Truthfully, after rolling tubes on the Woo WA2, I thought one of the best features of the Valhalla was that it saved your wallet from rolling temptation.