Pietro Cozzi Tinin
Headphoneus Supremus
Now that's what I call smart.
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I am all for Asgard 3 with Continuity.
Should we call Saga - a Saggy?
I would jump on this in a second, but please make it balanced like the Jot.
I never really got the naming of cars. Don't get me wrong I'm definitely a petrol head, but I've never named a single one of my cars...
Just buy a Jot then? I don't get "make-everything-balanced" obsession... just makes things more expensive.
Or sell what you don't use/need anymore.Now that's what I call smart.
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I'll inform my benefactors what my wishes are for Christmas 2019
I don't get "make-everything-balanced" obsession... just makes things more expensive.
Now, imagine that we went to Continuity for Asgard 3. With Continuity, we’d have an amp that could do 4W into 32 ohms and provide much better performance overall, no matter the metric.
Furthermore, it could take the same cards as Lyr 3 and Jotunheim.
Furthermore, with the production efficiency increases that we’re now realizing, it might be a $299 product—with the AK4490 DAC card included.
Aaaannndd furthermore, it would then be a compelling step-up from a Magni 3/Modi 3 combo, or from any Magni/Modi combo in existence.
Aaaaaaaaannnnnnd furthermore, that might be a very interesting option to the tens of thousands of Magni owners out there, who may now be viewing Asgard 2 as a sidestep or step-down, and Jotunheim as too expensive—which is a lot bigger pool than those who are insistent on Class A amplifiers.
“Crass commercialism!” Some will cry. “Sound is what matters!”
Yep, gotcha. And in that case, Continuity still delivers.
Yes, over the Class A Asgard 2. Hell, a hypothetical $199 4W Continuity Asgard 3 still is gonna run 500mW Class A bias. Not many headphones are gonna get out of that range. But for the headphones that do, now we have 4W of damn-near-Class-A performance that also sidesteps the N/P channel mismatch problem, that we could never get from Asgard 2.
Jason says Asgard 2 will continue in line, then sells all kinds of improvements an Asgard 3 with Continuity would have. I don't understand...
I agree to a point but such a product that is not balanced is redundant, Lyr 3 already exists.
Schiit sells 2 balanced DACs.
I agree to a point but such a product that is not balanced is redundant, Lyr 3 already exists.
Schiit sells 2 balanced DACs.
@r2muchstuff, I have an Pioneer SA 9800 Stereo Amplifier, it's a very good sounding amplifier!Back in 1979 Pioneer released the SA x800 series of amps.
They made a big thing out of NSA (Non switching Amplifier):
To me it sounds like they were attempting to do what Jason is now doing with the Continuity amp.
Would someone with more understanding of this please explain what was going on 40 years ago as it relates, or not, to the Continuity amp?
I find the SA x800 amps to sound better than the earlier SA x500 and SA x500 II amps, but by the late 70's the quality was down and prices were up.
Aside: Some SA x800 and SX xx80 have un-obtanium parts in them.
I owned one of those back in the day, at the time I could buy anything Pioneer made for half price so I was constantly changing out equipment.@r2muchstuff, I have an Pioneer SA 9800 Stereo Amplifier, it's a very good sounding amplifier!