[dtp1981]

 
yeah, the only possible reason for buying the regular modi at this point is if for some reason you can't access a wall outlet, and thus have to use USB bus power.  

 
Or price.  A Modi 2U + Magni 2U was already stretching my budget for an upgrade.  $100 more for the Multibit + Magni 2U isn't a ton more but it would still sting.

 

[mysticstryk]

Or price.  A Modi 2U + Magni 2U was already stretching my budget for an upgrade.  $100 more for the Multibit + Magni 2U isn't a ton more but it would still sting.

What's your budget? I would go Modi 2 Uber and regular Magni 2 before the other way around.

 

[Liu Junyuan]

Or price.  A Modi 2U + Magni 2U was already stretching my budget for an upgrade.  $100 more for the Multibit + Magni 2U isn't a ton more but it would still sting.

You could buy the Uber, leave this site, and be fairly happy with your situation. If you continue to read this site, eventually you may come across details on Schiit's implementation of multibit technology across their entire lineup and the rave reviews of the multibit Modi in particular, and you will realize that it was probably a mistake not to just go with the multibit, which destroys most DACs in its price bracket and risks cannibalizing sales of the Bifrost.

I would do all I could to channel funds into the better DAC, even if that means saving for another month longer or sacrificing to a cheaper amp temporarily. The Multibit Modi is that important of a shift.

Driving the Fostex from an iphone or computer jack works in the mean time. I did for a couple months to save for some better gear. They sounded very good even then.

 

[dtp1981]

What's your budget? I would go Modi 2 Uber and regular Magni 2 before the other way around.

 
With tax + shipping, $300 was going to be my max. I was considering the b-stock units for both the Modi 2U and Magni 2U.

 

[dtp1981]

I would do all I could to channel funds into the better DAC, even if that means saving for another month longer or sacrificing to a cheaper amp temporarily. The Multibit Modi is that important of a shift.

 
Yea, that's what I'm thinking.  I'm already using an E10K so it's not a desperate situation. I just have that itch to upgrade.

 

[EinZweiDrei]

anyone know how are the EM-Us compared to the thx00s?

 

[fjrabon]

  anyone know how are the EM-Us compared to the thx00s?

EMU Teak > Fostex Ebony > EMU Rosewood = EMU Ebony > Fostex Mahogany > Fostex Purpleheart (with the caveat that Purpleheart has the biggest bass

 

[EinZweiDrei]

EMU Teak > Fostex Ebony > EMU Rosewood = EMU Ebony > Fostex Mahogany > Fostex Purpleheart (with the caveat that Purpleheart has the biggest bass

oh so the thx00s are all just hype. Owells still good for my collection.

 

[fjrabon]

oh so the thx00s are all just hype. Owells still good for my collection.

no, I don't see where I said that.  The Teaks are just really good.  The differences aren't very big between these, and they're all amongst the very best closed headphones, regardless of price.

 

[mysticstryk]

With tax + shipping, $300 was going to be my max. I was considering the b-stock units for both the Modi 2U and Magni 2U.

B-stock Modi 2 Ubers are not guaranteed to have the new 4490 board.

 

[dtp1981]

B-stock Modi 2 Ubers are not guaranteed to have the new 4490 board.

 
I could probably ask them right?  
 
I must just wait a bit and get the Multibit anyway.  Damn you guys...I'm really intrigued now.

 

[Zbell]

EMU Teak > Fostex Ebony > EMU Rosewood = EMU Ebony > Fostex Mahogany > Fostex Purpleheart (with the caveat that Purpleheart has the biggest bass

The technical similarities of these headphones means that preference is really going to determine which sound signature you like best. Not necessarily someone else's preferences/rankings of the different models.

 

[fjrabon]

The technical similarities of these headphones means that preference is really going to determine which sound signature you like best. Not necessarily someone else's preferences/rankings of the different models.

sure, but unless they're listening to all of them, they're going off other people's preferences.  Also the Teak, rosewood and ebonies (both Fostex and EMU) I would say are very slightly technically superior, with less ringing and less distortion.

 

[mysticstryk]

I could probably ask them right?  

I must just wait a bit and get the Multibit anyway.  Damn you guys...I'm really intrigued now.

Jason said that they can't guarantee it. Someone asked the same question on another forum and that was Schiits reply.

 

[Zbell]

sure, but unless they're listening to all of them, they're going off other people's preferences.  Also the Teak, rosewood and ebonies (both Fostex and EMU) I would say are very slightly technically superior, with less ringing and less distortion.

Maybe, others might say otherwise. There hasn't been a ton of consensus in the reviews I've read on some of the "technical" differences between these headphones.