Midnight12
New Head-Fier
I see, the hum/hiss stops as soon as I turn the Jot 2 on or unplug my headphone XLR cable.Probably a ground loop problem. Wouldn't call it normal, but it is very common.
I see, the hum/hiss stops as soon as I turn the Jot 2 on or unplug my headphone XLR cable.Probably a ground loop problem. Wouldn't call it normal, but it is very common.
Another possible cause of hum or hiss is that your headphone cable acts like an antenna introducing noise into the system. Balance circuit inside the amp is designed to reject the noise which may explain what you describe when amp is on. Don't be afraid to keep the amp on all the time.I see, the hum/hiss stops as soon as I turn the Jot 2 on or unplug my headphone XLR cable.Another possible cause of the hum/ hiss.
It is matte. No shine at all... unlike on silver models. It also does not have machining concentric circles trace on the face of the knob.To the owners of the Jotunheim in black, how glaring is that big ol silver volume knob on that finish? I kind of like the black more, but I'm not sure about the knob contrast... Is it matte, or polished? It's hard to tell looking at pictures.
+1.Another possible cause of hum or hiss is that your headphone cable acts like an antenna introducing noise into the system. Balance circuit inside the amp is designed to reject the noise which may explain what you describe when amp is on. Don't be afraid to keep the amp on all the time.
Common problem I've encountered too often is that cables are sold for hundreds of dollars, that are not suitable for the job. Connectors or splitters being magnetic, wire design geometry that is perfect antenna, bad solder, etc.
It is matte. No shine at all... unlike on silver models. It also does not have machining concentric circles trace on the face of the knob.
My solution: Jot2 in black, Valhalla2 in silver, problem solved!Thanks for the picture! I'm fairly torn, Schiit's silver look is always excellent, but that black looks pretty nice too. I keep telling myself who wants another black box, but...
Well, I'll be buying a Bifrost at the same time. So that is certainly possibleMy solution: Jot2 in black, Valhalla2 in silver, problem solved!
Can you provide more details? Are you speakers active or is there a separate power amp? Are you using the Jot2's balanced in/outs or the SE ones? Do you hear any noise/pops if you plug in the headphones when on and connected to your speakers? Finally, does this happen using the SE headphone outputs?Hey guys, so I have had Jot 2 and BF2 for a few weeks now. One thing I notice is that if I turn both of these devices off and have a headphone XLR/4 plugged in and RCA pre amp out plugged into my speakers, I would hear loud hum/hiss coming out of the speakers. The noise disappears as soon as I plug out my headphones via XLR/4. Is this normal?
Thanks again, it is good to know this... It makes me wonder though, if I have like 1500€ invested in active speakers, might also upgrade that to something better. And then headphones to have a total of say 2000€ eventually in 3-4 decent headphones... I wonder if maybe it would be better then to actually buy higher-end amp/preamp. it is 3500€ in output devices, maybe dac+amp should cost a bit more? Size is my main concern though. it's a desktop setup after all.I can't remember if it was in the take I used for the final review (it was something like the 4th) but it sounds the same as a pre-amp as it does a headphone amp -- warmer, narrower sound than a higher-end amp would.
I have not tried the card but I have the amp with a much better external dac and can testify that it scales incredibly well.Does the DAC module limit the amp like it does in the Asgard 3? Or did they manage to fix this in the Jot 2.
This is the setup I have currently.Can you provide more details? Are you speakers active or is there a separate power amp? Are you using the Jot2's balanced in/outs or the SE ones? Do you hear any noise/pops if you plug in the headphones when on and connected to your speakers? Finally, does this happen using the SE headphone outputs?