bosiemoncrieff
Headphoneus Supremus
Classical included?
What that image has done is hide the fact that there is a DAC and Pre-Amplifier included in the box labeled "M2 Amplifier," otherwise it won't work.
Classical included?
Audeze isineI was about to buy the HD650's. What would you that sounds better than them, out of curiosity?
/apologies for offtopic
I'd vote for Mimby+A2 too. I had Bimby+A2 for over a year until I replaced the A2 by a Jot for the balanced output. I've not heard the Mimby, but all the reviews and impressions I've read placed it close to the Bimby (in fact, a few people prefer the Mimby).
They're interesting looking but I can only do over the ear as in ear bothers me too much.Audeze isine
If my memory serves me, the NAD M2 amplifier uses a PCM/PWM converter. So, no DAC or pre-amp as we know it in the analog world.
JC
Thank you guys for all the impressions and suggestions. This was much more help than I could have hoped for.
The score so far:
4 Mimby + Vali2
3 Mimby + Asgard2
1 Mimby + MagniU2
3 Jotunheim w/DAC
And if the budget is streched...
3 Mimby + Jotunheim
It's great to see all the love for for the Asgard2. The original is still going strong.
Mimby also seems to be a must for most of you which only leaves Asgard2 and Vali2 and magniU2 within the budget.
Then Jotunheim keeps coming up and is looking very interesting. And I'm a bit surprised to see so much praise for the built in DAC module.
@earnmyturns I wonder what gains you experienced going from A2 to Jot.
It is indeed the NAD amp thats being refered to in the illustration. So within themagicdoitallbox there is a DAC in front of the class D amp but its spitting out an analog PWM (pulse with modulated) signal instead of sinewaves directly into the Class D. It sounds pretty clever to me as long as you're only using digital sources. Maybe you could even throw in a supercomboburrito filter somewhere. I know we dont like class D, and it's not coming near my stereo, but I guess it could serve its purposes. Like in smartphones and such.
The supercomboburrito filter is a DSP filter operating on bits. No analog path needed.No supercomboburrito filter needed. Nor is there any place for it.
The M2 converts PCM to PWM directly so there's no analog signal path in which to use a filter.
JC
The supercomboburrito filter is a DSP filter operating on bits. No analog path needed.
I obviously don't know what the supercomboburrito is doing or how class d works. But I thought it instructed the the dac on how to create sinewaves and coud do the same to the class D. My bad. Carry on.No supercomboburrito filter needed. Nor is there any place for it.
The M2 converts PCM to PWM directly so there's no analog signal path in which to use a filter.
JC
It's not in ear . You rest them on the outside of your ear . Thus if you have a lot of surrounding noise , that's a problem , though I do use them at the gym . I just crank it up !They're interesting looking but I can only do over the ear as in ear bothers me too much.
Here's what I wrote back when I still had both A2 and Jot:@earnmyturns I wonder what gains you experienced going from A2 to Jot.
My impression with the Asgard 2 is that some louder mid-to-high pitch passages had a kind of "glare" as if the amp was somewhat losing full control of the headphone drivers (just trying to describe what I heard, no idea about the actual mechanism). No such problem with the Jotunheim.