[NZheadcase]

  Hi, I'm thinking about getting Magni 2 Uber or Asgard 2. I have AKG 7xx and I just ordered ZMF Vibro.

 
Nice!
 
I haven't heard either, though I did own the original Asgard for a time.
 
I've tried the HA2 as DAC for the Valhalla 2, and the Burson Soloist with good results. Headphones used were LCD 2c and HD800. The HA2 delivers great, actuially much better than the original Bifrost which I currently have. Just note, my Bifrost is non-uber, non- MB. Hopefully I can get it upgraded soon. 
 
I've no doubt that the HA2 will deliver the goods on either of those amps, with the added benefit of being your main portable rig as well. I will post a pic of how I use it in my setup in a bit. 

 

[mtfrankenstein]

   
Nice!
 
I haven't heard either, though I did own the original Asgard for a time.
 
I've tried the HA2 as DAC for the Valhalla 2, and the Burson Soloist with good results. Headphones used were LCD 2c and HD800. The HA2 delivers great, actuially much better than the original Bifrost which I currently have. Just note, my Bifrost is non-uber, non- MB. Hopefully I can get it upgraded soon. 
 
I've no doubt that the HA2 will deliver the goods on either of those amps, with the added benefit of being your main portable rig as well. I will post a pic of how I use it in my setup in a bit. 

Oh, that's good to hear Pics would be nice too! thanks for your reply.

 

[NZheadcase]

Using a 3.5 to RCA cable, I route the HA 2 from Line-out to an AV selector box. This is where I route all my sources through. The HA2 is there for convenience when I want to listen without bothering to turn on the Mac Mini.
 
I could also use the HA2 straight from the Mac Mini, but I sometimes just don't bother, especially if I'm listening to Tidal or Spotify. I do have to say that I need to adjust the volume a little higher on my amps if I use the HA2 as source, but only just a tad. Need a better cable for the HA2 too. Currently, I only use a cable that I had lying around.
 

 
And when I'm ready to go to work, I just pick up the HA2 and whichever IEM or portable headphone suits. 
 

 

[mtfrankenstein]

  Using a 3.5 to RCA cable, I route the HA 2 from Line-out to an AV selector box. This is where I route all my sources through. The HA2 is there for convenience when I want to listen without bothering to turn on the Mac Mini.
 
I could also use the HA2 straight from the Mac Mini, but I sometimes just don't bother, especially if I'm listening to Tidal or Spotify. I do have to say that I need to adjust the volume a little higher on my amps if I use the HA2 as source, but only just a tad. Need a better cable for the HA2 too. Currently, I only use a cable that I had lying around.
 

 
And when I'm ready to go to work, I just pick up the HA2 and whichever IEM or portable headphone suits. 
 

Thanks for posting the pics, they look great! I'll be using my Macbook as a source at home and for portable, I'm using with iPhone6 Plus.

 

[scarfacegt]

   
You are in for a lot of fun!  
 
Get yourself one of these to make the iPod Touch and HA-2 more pocketable that it can be with the OPPO lightning cable:   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VRJZ2CY

Tnx for the tip I`m going to check out that cable

 

[jonnymooshoo]

 
+1 on this, there is no good reason why any USB2.0 DAC shouldn't work/be compatible with a computer's USB3.0 ports.
 
I have the HA-2 working flawlessly through both a Macbook Air's and an HP EliteBook's USB3.0 outputs, no problems at all on either OS X El Capitan, or Windows 7.

You say this however I've had first hand experience with the AKJr Review unit not being USB 3.0 Compatible on a Macbook Pro.

 

[ClieOS]

  You say this however I've had first hand experience with the AKJr Review unit not being USB 3.0 Compatible on a Macbook Pro.

 
That's mostly because early USB3.0 driver, which is mostly Intel's chipset based, is known to be very buggy when it comes to supporting USB DAC. At some point, they even suggest a workaround by disabling the USB3.0 function (so the port only acts as USB2.0) in BIOS. I do however believe Intel has issued some driver update some time ago and the issue is mostly resolved, though I have not kept track of it.

 

[MikeyFresh]

  You say this however I've had first hand experience with the AKJr Review unit not being USB 3.0 Compatible on a Macbook Pro.

I said specifically "there is no good reason why..." because there isn't. The USB3 spec/standard was written with full backwards compatibility mandated, any computer or device that doesn't conform isn't performing to the standard.
 
I also said it specifically in the context of my own first hand experience (like you did), citing the two computers I used, and can now add a third computer, the HA-2 works flawlessly with my Mac mini's USB 3.0 ports as well.
 
What I dd not say was that it will always work in every instance/equipment combination (but again, it should if everything is performing to spec).
 
I've also had no problems at all with the USB 3.0 ports on all three of my computers working with the following USB 2.0 DACs:
 
Musical Fidelity V-DAC II
ADL Stride
Resonessence Labs Herus
LH Labs GO1000
LH Labs GO100 IEM
LH Labs Pulse SFi

 

[MikeyFresh]

   
That's mostly because early USB3.0 driver, which is mostly Intel's chipset based, is known to be very buggy when it comes to supporting USB DAC. At some point, they even suggest a workaround by disabling the USB3.0 function (so the port only acts as USB2.0) in BIOS. I do however believe Intel has issued some driver update some time ago and the issue is mostly resolved, though I have not kept track of it.

Also quite possible that AKJr review unit had a bad port, or a bad cable, or bad/buggy firmware of it's own.

 

[scarfacegt]

Whats the best settings/cable to get the most out of the ha-2 when using it with ipod or mobile device? I have ipod 6 gn,and a sony z3 wich i have some high rez music on.Using tidal on both ipod and phone with HIFI settings.

 

[ClieOS]

  Whats the best settings/cable to get the most out of the ha-2 when using it with ipod or mobile device? I have ipod 6 gn,and a sony z3 wich i have some high rez music on.Using tidal on both ipod and phone with HIFI settings.

 
You don't need any extra cable for iPod 6G or Xperia Z3, just use the stock cables included with the HA-2.

 

[scarfacegt]

Ok.So i get all the cables i need.Thats good   Have anybody here tried it with shure se846.On my sony z3 phone i got no hizzes or noises.But when i uses the fiio e07k i got a lot of noise/hizz.
 
Any recomended settings on th ha-2 when using it with shure 846 ( 9 ohm if im not wrong),and when using it philips fidelio x2/audio technica ath msr7?

 

[scarfacegt]

ps: How is it to have it in your pocket with your phone?   When i use the fiio e07k and phone together in my pocket,the cable (the otg cable beetwen mobile and fiio) tends to fall out all the time.Very irritating

 

[NZheadcase]

  ps: How is it to have it in your pocket with your phone?   When i use the fiio e07k and phone together in my pocket,the cable (the otg cable beetwen mobile and fiio) tends to fall out all the time.Very irritating

 
If you have big pockets and baggy jeans/cargo pants, it could work. Jacket pocket will work as well. Skinny jeans - forget it.  

 

[ClieOS]

  Ok.So i get all the cables i need.Thats good   Have anybody here tried it with shure se846.On my sony z3 phone i got no hizzes or noises.But when i uses the fiio e07k i got a lot of noise/hizz.
 
Any recomended settings on th ha-2 when using it with shure 846 ( 9 ohm if im not wrong),and when using it philips fidelio x2/audio technica ath msr7?

 
On low gain, you should be fine with SE846. HA-2 has a rather dark background that doesn't pick up much noise.
 

  ps: How is it to have it in your pocket with your phone?   When i use the fiio e07k and phone together in my pocket,the cable (the otg cable beetwen mobile and fiio) tends to fall out all the time.Very irritating

 
In that case, you might want to consider getting an extra right angled OTG cable as the stock cable isn't pocket friendly. I used this.
 
The better solution is to get a waist pouch