I believe @bcowen is almost done loading and should be heading out west soon, If the amp I built for him bounces off the truck he is NOT getting another.
From the realty listing: "Quaint fishing chalet with near instant access to the sea (possibly sooner). All the amenities your inner work-from-home Viking could desire: Organic grass roof - perfect grazing for your seagoing goat. Property features vintage old world hand crafted timbers and gaps. Needs a little TLC (totally long construction) and duct tape. Owner motivated to sell including philosopher's 'what-have-I-done' 3.62 legged contemplation bench. Accepting offers just over or way over $850k."
I had (and still have) an OG Jotunheim that I used to drive HPs and the stereo Aegir in my office. It works really well as both a preamp and a HP amp, and it sounds great.
It also has a True Multibit DAC card in it, which also sounds super.
Jotunheim is an amazing piece of kit at its price point, and when I sell it to my headphone-curious friend Glenn, I'll replace it with a Jotti 2, just because having a spare Nexus™ device in the house to convert SE to balanced and back is worth the price of admission.
To me, MJ3 simply sounds more fluid, smooth and dynamic as a preamp - it pairs perfectly with Aegir, IMHO. And MJ3 as a headphone amp... it's chill-bump-inducing when driven by either Yggy - AD-based or MiB.
p.s. MJ3 still gets warm when running as a preamplifier only, but not nearly as hot as it gets when it's running HPs. On my desk, two feet away, it's totally tolerable. What might be a little bit weirder having it on your desktop is the physical vibration that the choke induces in the chassis... I can only feel it when I touch the case or volume knob, though.
I believe @bcowen is almost done loading and should be heading out west soon, If the amp I built for him bounces off the truck he is NOT getting another.
One nitpicky point about the whole Aegir 2 experience, now that I have moved it into my office system:
It'd be nice if, when you placed an Asgard on top of it to use as a preamp, the rubber feet of the Asgard sat on the frame of the Aegir and not the heatsink.
I believe @bcowen is almost done loading and should be heading out west soon, If the amp I built for him bounces off the truck he is NOT getting another.
I believe @bcowen is almost done loading and should be heading out west soon, If the amp I built for him bounces off the truck he is NOT getting another.
The Incubus is being personally transported by me in a shockproof and bulletproof container I bought at a NASA yard sale. I considered hiring Brinks, but the cost was considerably higher than the bribe I would have to pay you to make a replacement.
One nitpicky point about the whole Aegir 2 experience, now that I have moved it into my office system:
It'd be nice if, when you placed an Asgard on top of it to use as a preamp, the rubber feet of the Asgard sat on the frame of the Aegir and not the heatsink.
This is a small room and the Aegir is much better suited to this environment. It sounds awesome and the bass kicks hard when you're not overdriving the Aegir like in my larger rooms.
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