The wife and I have been drinking this for a handful of years:
It will het you going when you need to start your workday!
She, unfortunately, does not share my taste in morning tunes, however:
I must confess that after letting the tubes warm up for a bit (while the drip brewed), I paused the track that was playing at that time, grabbed the headphones, turned the volume up on the Valhalla, and I skipped over to this particular track to start my sesh. Hearing Tom Araya's piercing scream on the opening seconds of Evil Has No Boundaries truly set the mood for the quick listening session. I know this is not the best live recording out there (nowhere close, haha), but there was some effort to present a sense of staging. Each guitar gets it's own side of the headphones, with drums, bass / vocals centered. The dueling solos... the crowd's close proximity to the recording mics... SLAYER! SLAYER! SLAYER!... the accentuated "small venue" atmosphere...
Hot Deathwish, Bifrost 2, Valhalla 2, 6xx... *chef's kiss!
I paired my Drop HD6XX with the Vali2++ and must say, Holy Schiit what a combo! The best I've ever heard in my low dollar spending. I've been in the headphone game for quite some time, but the sound coming from this combo puts that grin on my face every time I listen. Totally blown away. My question is: What would be the next logical move up in amps, dollar wise, to further improve the sound? I'm not looking for a slight incremental improvement in sound, but something that highly surprises me once again, like when I finally heard the prior combination. Want to stay in the Schiit eco system, but not ready just yet to shoot for the absolute top.
Listening to the Aegir for few days, tried every Dac and every Headphone amp pre function. The difference between Aegir and Vidar 2 is not only Aegir runs cooler, Aegir can play the different DAC and Headphone amp pre in a much better way (easier to hear the sound signature of Dac/ Headphone amp pre), Vidars 2 is good too but Aegir is just better.
About the Aegir, still not yet get used to its faster self-check time ... it did went to fault mode when the Valhalla 2 is not yet stabilize and triggered the high DC offset.....
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