MarkF786
500+ Head-Fier
To add a different spin on Lyr 3 vs Jotunheim:
I'm driving both amps from the Bifrost MB to the Saga to the two amps. When I then volume match them using a multi-meter, and switch between them (which granted, is a manual process of unplugging my headphones from one, and plugging them into the other - which only take a couple seconds) I can't hear a difference. I repeated the same test with the Valhalla 2 (using a set of headphones with appropriate impedance, in this case HD800S) and again couldn't hear a difference.
I've been an "audiophile" since the mid-80s, and back then I believed I could even hear the difference when I colored my CD edges with a green marker (for anyone who wasn't around for that fad, see https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bewaring-of-the-green/ which some people still believe works). Nowadays, I tend to be more aware of the psychological bias that goes into hearing these differences. I'm certainly open to the possibility that some people have more discerning ears (though it seems most scientific evidence points to the contrary).
That's not to say that if I listen to a piece of gear over time, I believe I hear a difference, but it quickly goes away if I do a direct A-B comparison with volume precisely matched. And it doesn't stop me from trying new gear, in hopes of finding something "better".
Hearing differences between headphones, IEMs, speakers, etc - that's obviously an easy feat.
I'm driving both amps from the Bifrost MB to the Saga to the two amps. When I then volume match them using a multi-meter, and switch between them (which granted, is a manual process of unplugging my headphones from one, and plugging them into the other - which only take a couple seconds) I can't hear a difference. I repeated the same test with the Valhalla 2 (using a set of headphones with appropriate impedance, in this case HD800S) and again couldn't hear a difference.
I've been an "audiophile" since the mid-80s, and back then I believed I could even hear the difference when I colored my CD edges with a green marker (for anyone who wasn't around for that fad, see https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bewaring-of-the-green/ which some people still believe works). Nowadays, I tend to be more aware of the psychological bias that goes into hearing these differences. I'm certainly open to the possibility that some people have more discerning ears (though it seems most scientific evidence points to the contrary).
That's not to say that if I listen to a piece of gear over time, I believe I hear a difference, but it quickly goes away if I do a direct A-B comparison with volume precisely matched. And it doesn't stop me from trying new gear, in hopes of finding something "better".
Hearing differences between headphones, IEMs, speakers, etc - that's obviously an easy feat.