[Zojokkeli]

Would you (or someone else) be able to add some context to 60 degrees Celsius?

It's like a cold sauna. Maybe OK for pets and small children, but anyone else would be miserable.

 

[Derrick Swart]

One thing I noticed and is kind of strange in my opinion, large review entity What HiFi only has one Schiit product in review ...

 

[Mike Foley]

One thing I noticed and is kind of strange in my opinion, large review entity What HiFi only has one Schiit product in review ...

They are too busy reviewing mobile phones.

 

[jeffarm13]

60 degrees c on the heatsink is cooler than the max temp of the Folkvangr chassis, and far lower than an incandescent bulb or typical tube. The Valhalla 2/Folkvangr output tubes run as high as 180 degrees C.

Vidar goes into protection when heatsinks reach 85 degrees C. Asgard 2 ran 45 or so, Asgard 1 a bit more.

Still, I'd follow the same instructions as Folkvangr: keep away from kids or pets.


Same as Freya, Urd, and Loki Max.

Thanks for the further elaboration, Jason. I mean, I'm grabbing one regardless, just figuring out placement for the stack. Sounds like Folkvangr will stay on the top shelf (all the better to see the pretty lights).

 

[FLTWS]

I was always an industrial / silver-ish face-plate audiophile. But now that I am relegated to using my gear only with my RAAL HP for soundtracks when movie viewing, the black finish on the Rag2 and Loki Max blend better and don't distract me from the screen as much. Especially thanks to the light pipes(?) instead of the old laser beam search lights. And with silver knobs and buttons and lights and remote I can still see what's going on with the boxes from across the room.

 

[corndog71]

The Urd “Track ‘O The Day”

“Yawning or Snarling” - The Tragically Hip, Day for Night

This CD, spun on Urd, converted by Yggy, actually sounds more analog than the LP.
Yes I’ve been drinking but not much.

p.s. - swapped $$$ USB cable for low $$ USB cable and Urd+Yggy == MAGIC. Seven discs played, no weird metallic heterodyning noises, just the most analog digital sound I’ve ever heard.

This is nuts, I tell ya… nuts!

Of course I’m going to need to know more about this mysterious $$ usb cable.

 

[RCBinTN]

Nah, just very different creatures with shared genetics.

I honestly wanted to enjoy Snarky Puppy because of the name alone. Nothing I heard from them ever clicked with me, although the talent was obvious. I have enjoyed music by Charlie Hunter featuring SP members, however.

Have you by chance heard this album?

 

[golfbravobravo]

It’s hot. But my kids were really good about not touching the audio gear. Probably fear of Dad’s wrath.


Makes me want one.

MAybe Good Vibrations in the Bay area will become a dealer......

 

[golfbravobravo]

Try a search for companies near you doing copper over plastic or aluminum for EMI / EMC coatings

A clear coat over the bare copper will also be necessary, unless you want patina. @Paladin79 Not that there’s anything wrong with patina of course

What would be the point of copper over plastic? Surely, plastic would insulate?

 

[cricket]

Have you by chance heard this album?

Thanks. I will certainly give it a listen.

 

[Ableza]

FYI, 60C (140F) is the max touch temperature according to ASTM C1055. This means that ASTM determined a person touching a surface that hot will be able to react and pull away before a burn happens, not that they can sit on it all day.

 

[Pandahead]

There's more than a few post here everyday and possibly I haven't searched hard enough through them, so I apologize profusely if this has been discussed in detail.

Has Jason ever stated the power output of MJ3 in its various settings? There was no info in the PDF manual.

 

[Kapazza]

*me reading Jason's comment about no silver MJ3* "Good, I don't need this amp anyway"

*me reading about the variety of switches/modes in the manual* "I need this amp...time to find a black Gungnir case and swap my Lokius to the dark side"

 

[corndog71]

I didn’t have any interest in MJ3 until reading the manual. I’m more curious how much all of this cool (hot) tech would transfer into the preamp outputs. I’ve been reconsidering checking out Jotunheim lately as a spare balanced preamp. That with a second Gjallerhorn would make for a nice compact system. ( I don’t NEED any of it but I want it!)

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

I love my Schiit gear. Y'all are giving Jason quite the hard time. He said that they'd make it right if you aren't happy.

Love your gear, hate the towel though. Take a colour that explodes like yellow.