[FLTWS]

Well, I will have fun A/B/C'ing my original Jot and LYR3 to Jot 2.
Ordered.

 

[tincanear]

@Jason Stoddard very nice way to end 2020 (unless you have more announcements / chapters ...)

 

[Yethal]

You had me at "switchable preamp outputs"

 

[gc335]

00:00 UK time... That might be a challenge on a work night lol.

But not impossible!

 

[tincanear]

Notthing at the moment. It's more about futureproofing, in case I'd have to review something like the HE6. Just want all bases covered. ALL of themn, aside from 'Stats and the ribbon stuff. I've owned a Lyr before.

how about Jotunheim 2 (yes, power is a bit less than Lyr3 into 16 ohms...) but its full balanced, Nexus, Continuity S

 

[433521]

No. I am a trauma specialist. MD, PhD

Inflicting or treating?

 

[XERO1]

Ordered!

I wasn't a fan of the OG Jot's SQ. Too bright and metallic sounding for me.

But I really like the voicing of the Lyr 3 and Asgard 3, so hopefully the Jot 2 sounds more like those two, but with a fully balanced output.

 

[433521]

That's a good question. It is situation dependant

For general outdoors, it is fine unless I need to pass by construction areas. In this case, I will either find ways around it, or simply move faster
For areas that are known to be noisy (e.g. concerts), I will just go ahead and use earplugs (e.g. Etymotic's musician earplugs) since these are designed and proven to lower volume to acceptable ranges while still not affecting the quality of audio (in fact I find these to help make things sound less bassy, thus achieveing a better tonal balance)
For home audio, I usually set the volume such that the audio is no louder than normal conversations. Using ReplayGain helps for my music files since it sets the maximum volume of each file to 89dB in a loseless way, allowing me to just set the volume knob of my amp to one position (usually around 40% to 50%) and be comfortable with that instead of having to keep turning the knob for each file

I also read up on the manuals of my musician earplugs since they give very useful information on what to aim for and what to avoid.
Here they are
https://www.etymotic.com/consumer/hearing-protection/mp915.html
https://www.etymotic.com/downloads/...high_fidelity_hearing_protection_brochure.pdf
https://www.etymotic.com/downloads/...its_and_the_importance_of_noise_dosimetry.pdf
https://www.etymotic.com/downloads/.../noise_induced_hearing_loss_know_the_risk.pdf

This kind of information should be in the faq, then I look for the first time in my life for the faq, does head-fi lack a faq?

 

[adydula]

I really like it ALOT!!

 

[FLTWS]

No serial number?

 

[royiko]

Any plan for upgrading Freya+ in 2021?

 

[XERO1]

I really like it ALOT!!

Please tell us more!!

 

[tincanear]

No serial number?

beta test unit (likely) or ultra-fast lightspeed shipping (unlikely).

 

[Brubacca]

Oh snap! I was just thinking about going Lyr 3 for the tube because I like tubes. I like that little tube flavor.

Although I also have always wanted to try balanced. I have a Gumby in the office which is balanced.... Ugh.. Save $100 and get Jot 2 (then spend that $100 on new cables) or just Get Lyr 3 for the tube flavor that I always go back to.

Ugh....
What would others do?
Balanced or Tube?

 

[Rattle]

Oh snap! I was just thinking about going Lyr 3 for the tube because I like tubes. I like that little tube flavor.

Although I also have always wanted to try balanced. I have a Gumby in the office which is balanced.... Ugh.. Save $100 and get Jot 2 (then spend that $100 on new cables) or just Get Lyr 3 for the tube flavor that I always go back to.

Ugh....
What would others do?
Balanced or Tube?

Buy a tube amp and a really nice SS like Jot 2 ?
Aside: it also gives you a distortion profile that’s reminiscent of a tube amp. Hmmmmmmmmmm….

Jason says ^^^

XLR doesn't really matter unless you have weird ground loops and noise issues.. the attraction of Jot2 for me is the topology and engineering and sound achieved from it. SO I ordered one in black. Anyone wanna buy my well loved asgard 3?