[Steve Eddy]

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just didn't want to leave anything to chance.
In case you don't know.....Steveo'  You Da Man !

 
I know. Just messin' with ya. I might have done the same thing if I'd have read the same thing written by someone else.
 
Thanks for keeping me on my toes!
 
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[xezi]

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Yeah, but in his case we're talking about more than $250 over and above the retail price of the Modi/Magni pair. Hell, I could buy the pair and ship 'em to him via FedEx Express for considerably less than that.
 
se

Magni $99
Modi $99
Cheapest shipping to my address $60
$260
 
customs:
over $50: $210
tax (100%): $210
 
grand total: $260+$210 = $470
 

 

[willmax]

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Yeah? Cool beans!
 
Just be careful you're not sending much more than 16 VAC (glancing over at Iamnothim with squinting eyes) to the Magni. The regulators are only using circuit board copper for their heatsinking.
 
se

Yep,my magni is happy now.
 
That's why I wanted to check with you guys first. I'm currently using one that is rated at 13-14VAC 1.2A which outputs 15.9 unloaded.
I also have another one rated at 15VAC 500mA which outputs 17.9 unloaded which I was a bit afraid to plug in the Magni - I might give it a try a bit later on.

 

[LugBug1]

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Yeah, but in his case we're talking about more than $250 over and above the retail price of the Modi/Magni pair. Hell, I could buy the pair and ship 'em to him via FedEx Express for considerably less than that.
 
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Someone in US gonna send xezi an M&M ? come on guys I'm sure he'll give you an extra $50 - for doing so..
 
mmmm... ?
 

 
 
 

 

[Iamnothim]

This has me thinking.
Gotta take the lipstick off the pig.  I'm sure the customs guys have seen it all.
 
Natch we ditch all the Schiit packing materials.
No need for the power supply because they won't work there.  (That might help the inspection.)
Then I go to the local surf shops and get a bunch of stickers.  Nick them up a bunch.
Put them on the M&M.  Package it with stuff that looks like you are moving.  Socks, junk.
Once they get there you'll need the Brazilian version of Goo Gone.

 

[xezi]

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This has me thinking.
Gotta take the lipstick off the pig.  I'm sure the customs guys have seen it all.
 
Natch we ditch all the Schiit packing materials.
No need for the power supply because they won't work there.  (That might help the inspection.)
Then I go to the local surf shops and get a bunch of stickers.  Nick them up a bunch.
Put them on the M&M.  Package it with stuff that looks like you are moving.  Socks, junk.
Once they get there you'll need the Brazilian version of Goo Gone.

lol... cool stuff...

 

[xezi]

seriously, people at Schiit should charge for faq reading...
 
i've laughed hard with 'about Asgard 2', for example... 
 
it was kinda the typical jokes we used to tell in our
engineering classes too... oh man... these people know
how to have fun... 

 

[bubbagrump777]

Hey guys....so I'm kind of new here (actually VERY new, haha), but just I have a question about the Magni and Modi: are they both amplifiers, or is one an amp and the other one a DAC?

 

[Iamnothim]

Modi = DAC
Magni = AMP

 

[DefQon]

Magnum = Dac
Modium = Amp. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
hehe.

 

[xezi]

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Modi = DAC
Magni = AMP

+1

 

[fmuller]

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Magni $99
Modi $99
Cheapest shipping to my address $60
$260
 
customs:
over $50: $210
tax (100%): $210
 
grand total: $260+$210 = $470
 

 
xezi (and any other Brazilians following this thread),
 
I am from Brazil as well and bought the M&M stack. I was taxed with 60% over the total (products plus shipping). So in your case the total should be: 260 + 156 = US$416. Pretty hard to be an audiophile in Brazil...
 
I must say I was also afraid of being taxed with about 100%, due to state taxes (ICMS). But, in my state (Para), I was not charged. Maybe they are not charging ICMS in any state now. I could not confirm, I just gave it a shot and bought it. About the "over $50" thing, I am pretty sure it does not work like that. The whole value of the invoice is taxed, including shipping. They can even tax goods below US$50, unless it is a gift.
 
Just so you know, I ordered using Priority mail, the cheapest method Schiit uses, and it took 20 days to arrive in my city. Everything was perfectly packaged, it wasn't open by customs.

 

[xezi]

that math was to give a rough idea. I've paid less, I've paid more than that.
 
maybe we could agree that both amounts are a bit far away from... say... fair taxing.
 
but that's another story... I don't mean to detour from topic.
 
happy with them?

 

[fmuller]

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that math was to give a rough idea. I've paid less, I've paid more than that.
 
maybe we could agree that both amounts are a bit far away from... say... fair taxing.
 
but that's another story... I don't mean to detour from topic.
 
happy with them?

Yeah, good idea to stay on topic
 
Very happy with them! I have an HD 598, an HD 25-1 II and an SR-80i, so Magni is a bit overkill in terms of power for these headphones. But I must say I was lucky enough to get a pot that shows channel imbalance that is gone before 8 o'clock. And it is great to have power available! I can go as far as 12 o'clock with some quiet classical tracks.
 
I didn't perform any extensive comparison, but I felt M&M is a big improvement coming from a Nuforce uDAC-2. Some people say the HD 598 does not improve much with an amplifier, but I hear more details with M&M than with the uDAC. Bass feels tighter too. Maybe it is the DAC, but I think the major difference here is the amp.

 

[xezi]

There is some bias around asynchronous USB audio mode behaving/sounding better than sync one.
 
Maybe that could count as a 1st improvement coming from udac-2 to Modi.
 
You use it primarily with computer/notebook systems? FLACs/ALACs, 320k mp3, what do you hear the most with MMs?