[Beefy]

I even asked the employee at the store if I had the gain switch in the correct postion. He came over and ensured everything was in the correct postion. Intresting enough when I asked why the Lyr sounded louder then the Folkvangr he told me the Lyr had more power. I can only tell you I had the volume knob all the way up and I wanted more volume. I may ask him to connect the Bifrost to the Folkvangr when I go back up there this weekend.

Smells fishy. According to the online specs, Lyr+ gain and power output at 300R are both lower than Folkvangr. Both are capable of deafening you.

 

[KeyboardCowboy]

Woohoo, my Folkvangr has shipped! I had ordered on 7/14. It should be arriving in a week. Hopefully everything survives the cross country trek. I can't wait to try it out with my HD 650, HD 800, and Grado SR-80.

 

[ardbeg1975]

Smells fishy. According to the online specs, Lyr+ gain and power output at 300R are both lower than Folkvangr. Both are capable of deafening you.

I concur. @300 ohm it’s 900mW versus 1200mW in the FV’s favor.

 

[ardbeg1975]

And I don’t recall the Senn’s sensitivity and driver saturation point but it is ~350 mW as I recall for VCs and I assume similar for Senns.

 

[Beefy]

I concur. @300 ohm it’s 900mW versus 1200mW in the FV’s favor.

Bingo. Lyr pulls ahead below about 150R due to superior current capacity.

And I don’t recall the Senn’s sensitivity and driver saturation point but it is ~350 mW as I recall for VCs and I assume similar for Senns.

0.5 W is the max rated power spec, which is hit at about 12 VRMS. Again, have to stress that this is deafening.

 

[Astral Abyss]

My guess is that someone turned down the digital volume on the source.

I have Folkvangr and HD650 and it does indeed get deafeningly loud on high gain before I even hit 11 o'clock on the dial.

Also, FV breathes new life into the HD650. It's an amazing pairing with no sense of a veil.

 

[mab1376]

I even asked the employee at the store if I had the gain switch in the correct postion. He came over and ensured everything was in the correct postion. Intresting enough when I asked why the Lyr sounded louder then the Folkvangr he told me the Lyr had more power. I can only tell you I had the volume knob all the way up and I wanted more volume. I may ask him to connect the Bifrost to the Folkvangr when I go back up there this weekend.

All the way up?! something was wrong. The volume on the source device must have been turned down.

 

[radicus]

I'm curious if a Modi will fit on top where the logo is on the FV. Eyeballing it I sort of think so. Modi is 5" wide and FV is 16" but the recessed section with the tubes leaves at least 5" clear, right? I have a weird use case where this may matter.

 

[Barnstormer13]

I even asked the employee at the store if I had the gain switch in the correct postion. He came over and ensured everything was in the correct postion. Intresting enough when I asked why the Lyr sounded louder then the Folkvangr he told me the Lyr had more power. I can only tell you I had the volume knob all the way up and I wanted more volume. I may ask him to connect the Bifrost to the Folkvangr when I go back up there this weekend.

Yup, something was wrong there. I have a BF2, FV and Senn 6XX. No way you could turn it up all the way without experiencing pain. I listen to most of my music at around 70 dB. That’s about 9:00-10:00 on the dial with the Senns.

 

[Barnstormer13]

I'm curious if a Modi will fit on top where the logo is on the FV. Eyeballing it I sort of think so. Modi is 5" wide and FV is 16" but the recessed section with the tubes leaves at least 5" clear, right? I have a weird use case where this may matter.

 

[radicus]

Thanks for taking the time to do that! Much appreciated!

 

[Barnstormer13]

Thanks for taking the time to do that! Much appreciated!

Not a problem! Glad to help

 

[golfbravobravo]

I'm curious if a Modi will fit on top where the logo is on the FV. Eyeballing it I sort of think so. Modi is 5" wide and FV is 16" but the recessed section with the tubes leaves at least 5" clear, right? I have a weird use case where this may matter.

I was pondering the same. Eyeballing it (the cables are too short to try for real), it looks OK. But my FV is black and Modi/MB is silver......

 

[bcowen]

I was pondering the same. Eyeballing it (the cables are too short to try for real), it looks OK. But my FV is black and Modi/MB is silver......

 

[bcowen]

Yup, something was wrong there. I have a BF2, FV and Senn 6XX. No way you could turn it up all the way without experiencing pain. I listen to most of my music at around 70 dB. That’s about 9:00-10:00 on the dial with the Senns.

Fed by the Bifrost 2, anything beyond 12:00 with the HD-6XX's would be painful, and about 1:00 with the ZMF Atticus. Normal listening is between 9:00 and 11:00 with both of them (dependent on the loudness level of the recording and personal state of intoxication ).