Pale Rider
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Just received my brand spanking new Schiit Jotunheim R. She is a svelte and smoky beast. And the sound, oh my. Right now, listening to the DSF of Peter Gabriel's Mercy Street. Will try to post photos. But maybe not.
Anyway, after just an hour under power, this is already a very different experience compared to the Buffer Box/Vidar. Now, that combo is no slouch, and there is a reason (maybe more than one) the RAAL team was enthusiastic about it. But just the same, the JotR essentially straight out of the box sounds like:
1. More open, on the sense that higher frequencies have more air around them;
2. Conversely, those same high frequencies are smoother, less sibilant;
3. Bass is significantly better-controlled;
4. Mids have a depth, and resonance, that makes the Vidar sound thin, though “thin” is not how I would have described it before today (maybe “less full” is better)(
5. Percussion is simply amazing.
[If this is a duplicate of another JotR thread—I didn't find one other than the general Schiit thread—or not desirable for any other reason, feel free to delete.]
Anyway, after just an hour under power, this is already a very different experience compared to the Buffer Box/Vidar. Now, that combo is no slouch, and there is a reason (maybe more than one) the RAAL team was enthusiastic about it. But just the same, the JotR essentially straight out of the box sounds like:
1. More open, on the sense that higher frequencies have more air around them;
2. Conversely, those same high frequencies are smoother, less sibilant;
3. Bass is significantly better-controlled;
4. Mids have a depth, and resonance, that makes the Vidar sound thin, though “thin” is not how I would have described it before today (maybe “less full” is better)(
5. Percussion is simply amazing.
[If this is a duplicate of another JotR thread—I didn't find one other than the general Schiit thread—or not desirable for any other reason, feel free to delete.]
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