[treecloud]

Well, the Deoxit worked...for a while. Then the scratchiness came back. Sent it off to Schiit, it returned 13 days later, and so far, no more noise in the pot (it's been about five weeks). I'm sure the potential exists for the noise to develop again; Alps makes good pots, overall, but these are their low tier offerings. If the noise does come back, I may just replace it with a higher-quality pot. On the plus side, nary a hiccup from my Vali 2.

Dunno if this could be a similar thing, but I had a scratchy pot issue on my Massdrop ODAC + O2 integrated dac/amp. When I turned the volume up and down a few times it seemed to cure it for a while. But it didn't exactly sound like a dusty pot either, was a bit more subtle than that.

Then I got a Topping D50 DAC and fed it to the O2 section of the dac/amp, and one of the first things I noticed was no more scratchy pot at all. Listened a few weeks and scratchy never came back. Made me wonder if Massdrop's implementation of the ODAC was problematic. That product has been discontinued and a new version with a Grace dac is sold by Massdrop instead.

Then I replaced the Massdrop dac/amp completely getting a Magni 3, and the combo of D50 dac and Magni 3 amp has a dead quite volume pot also.

 

[riffrafff]

Dunno if this could be a similar thing, but I had a scratchy pot issue on my Massdrop ODAC + O2 integrated dac/amp. When I turned the volume up and down a few times it seemed to cure it for a while. But it didn't exactly sound like a dusty pot either, was a bit more subtle than that.

Then I got a Topping D50 DAC and fed it to the O2 section of the dac/amp, and one of the first things I noticed was no more scratchy pot at all. Listened a few weeks and scratchy never came back. Made me wonder if Massdrop's implementation of the ODAC was problematic. That product has been discontinued and a new version with a Grace dac is sold by Massdrop instead.

Then I replaced the Massdrop dac/amp completely getting a Magni 3, and the combo of D50 dac and Magni 3 amp has a dead quite volume pot also.

That's what we in the electronics biz call, "FM" (eFfing Magic).

We might have different issues, though. I could hear the scratchiness with nothing plugged into the Magni 3 except the power supply cord and a set of headphones.

 

[sennsay]

This brilliant article featured in the excellent enjoythemusic.com site explains beautifully ... and with great humour ... why I get so much enjoyment from my Sennheiser HD540 Ref1s/Mimby/Magni 3 set up, they do almost all of these qualities so well! The Audio-gd R2R-11/HD430s are close behind, only the quantity of the lowest bass stops them from being right up there. The quality of the bass is wonderful!
Well written by Douglas Brown of Novo High End.
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazi...ic_Qualities_Audiophiles_Critics_Look_For.htm

 

[maheeinfy]

My Magni 2 bleeds red like this, which the Magni 1 did not do if i remember correctly. Can anyone confirm if this is expected

 

[JamminVMI]

I have a question for you guys.What are the line in spec's or better yet if anyone has fiio mk2 paired with it, is magni 3 capable of handling the line out load of fiio x7 mk2 without adjusting volume on fiio?

Um don’tthink line out levels are adjustable feel free ti correct me if I’m an idiot, though. My X5 mk II does wonderfully with my M3, though i prefer the coax iut into the modi 2 uber...

 

[JamminVMI]

My Magni 2 bleeds red like this, which the Magni 1 did not do if i remember correctly. Can anyone confirm if this is expected

Don’t know offhand. Give me an hour-ish, and when I finish this tenderloin and Castiro Tempranillo I’ll plug mine in and see!

Sounded awfully pretentious, but you don’t interrupt stuff this good!

 

[JamminVMI]

My Magni 2 bleeds red like this, which the Magni 1 did not do if i remember correctly. Can anyone confirm if this is expected

Might have been less than an hour, but YES, same orange-led glowing/bleeding a bit. Mine bleeds a tad less than yours from around the knob, though... The power LED still manages to overpower it, but I'm good.

Oh (addition), shoulda mentioned mine's an M2 Uber. doubt that it makes a huge diff, though.

 

[maheeinfy]

Might have been less than an hour, but YES, same orange-led glowing/bleeding a bit. Mine bleeds a tad less than yours from around the knob, though... The power LED still manages to overpower it, but I'm good.

Oh (addition), shoulda mentioned mine's an M2 Uber. doubt that it makes a huge diff, though.

Thanks. I guess its ok and it looks cool as a bonus

 

[tafens]

My Magni 2 bleeds red like this, which the Magni 1 did not do if i remember correctly. Can anyone confirm if this is expected

This is normal, it is an orange LED that puts a biasing current on the main amplifier components. If you peek through the grille to the left you can see there is another one; there is one for each channel.

They didn’t have to use LEDs for this, but I think it’s a nice and cool way to do it, kind of reminds somewhat of tube glow

 

[Tuneslover]

My Jotunheim has that orange glow spilling out of the top vent holes too. The source is from 2 LED light sources coming from the board inside of it, however they don't appear to be as significant in intensity as with your Magni 3.

 

[Mike-WI]

My Jotunheim has that orange glow spilling out of the top vent holes too. The source is from 2 LED light sources coming from the board inside of it, however they don't appear to be as significant in intensity as with your Magni 3.

My Magni 2 bleeds red like this, which the Magni 1 did not do if i remember correctly. Can anyone confirm if this is expected

The white light also looks very, bright, so seems like at least in part due to camera exposure time.

My Jot MB is on now and the white light is bright, but the orange is visible from the top but not from the volume knob.

 

[maheeinfy]

The white light also looks very, bright, so seems like at least in part due to camera exposure time.

My Jot MB is on now and the white light is bright, but the orange is visible from the top but not from the volume knob.

White light is not so bright in real life. I now actually like the red bleeding from volume knob, looks cool

 

[lantian]

Um don’tthink line out levels are adjustable feel free ti correct me if I’m an idiot, though. My X5 mk II does wonderfully with my M3, though i prefer the coax iut into the modi 2 uber...

Thanks, that pretty much answers my question. Both x5 3rd gen and x7 2nd gen have the same line out spec of 1.8vrms. Just needed to make sure it can handle it.

 

[Indrajit]

Hi. Does the Magni 3 work portably with a music player's line out like a Fiio A5 or does it constantly need a power supply? I mean to say can it work independently as an amp or does it need to be connected to an electrical socket to work?

 

[georgelai57]

Hi. Does the Magni 3 work portably with a music player's line out like a Fiio A5 or does it constantly need a power supply? I mean to say can it work independently as an amp or does it need to be connected to an electrical socket to work?

It needs to be connected.