Byrnie
Headphoneus Supremus
Oh SRH1540, how pretty you look. You'd look even better sitting next to my rig.
Don't let his hippy hands on them! lol <3
Oh SRH1540, how pretty you look. You'd look even better sitting next to my rig.
1540 bros!
You have an Emotiva XDA and a Bifrost? Which XDA is that? 1 or 2?
Its an XDA2. I only use for its balanced outputs for my studio monitors.
Ah gotcha. Good idea too. Have you taken the time to compare it as a DAC to the UberFrost? I was thinking of going with the XDA-2 over the UberFrost myself but there arent many people who have both.
I'm curious on its use as preamp as well, specifically if the gain switch affects the pre-out.
My search-fu is failing me, sorry if this has been covered.
Anyone using the Asgard 2 in a stereo amp and speaker setup as a single source preamp and headphone amp? I've never heard either version of the Asgard.
I already own the Lyr and LOVE it with my planar magnetics (and my K701's), but my easier to drive headphones like the B&W P7's don't require that much juice and I'd like to use a well designed headphone amp w/preamp outputs as both a preamp and headphone amp in my office system (two birds, one stone kinda thing). I would "think" that a fully discrete Class A design like the Asgard 2 would work really well as a preamp to either my Parasound A23 or A21.
Any feedback on how it preforms as a preamp (I trust that it works very well as a HP amp) would be greatly appreciated.
I'm using my Asgard 2 as a preamp on my desktop speakers (Creative T40II)... if thats what you ask. The preamp improves the sound quality and the gain switch does affect volume output.
I've used the A2 as preamp with a speaker setup. The A2 seems to deliver a very nice clean signal without changing the character of the sound from the dac to the amp.
What do you guys think abouat the A2 powering the new hifimans? Think that the A2 will do the trick?
I've used the A2 as preamp with a speaker setup. The A2 seems to deliver a very nice clean signal without changing the character of the sound from the dac to the amp.
What do you guys think abouat the A2 powering the new hifimans? Think that the A2 will do the trick?
Does the Gain Switch alter the output a the preamp Outputs?
I've read that headphone amps with preamp outs "can" make for great single source preamps as they often feature a simple/clean circuit design than a lot of full feature preamps.
I'm using my Asgard 2 as a preamp on my desktop speakers (Creative T40II)... if thats what you ask. The preamp improves the sound quality and the gain switch does affect volume output.