Mightygrey
Headphoneus Supremus
Interesting news out of Schiit Audio today with the announcement of the new 'Magnius', which seems like the perfect match in terms of footprint and topology for the Modius: https://www.schiit.com/products/magnius
For exactly twice the price of the $99 Magni+/Heresy it seems pretty compelling in value terms - 5 WPC @32 ohms is pretty astonishing, and it also appears to measure quite well as well.
A shame that it's only available in black, however, but oh well. Value is value.
I'd be very interested to hear it head-to-head with the Asgard 3, at the same price. The Asgard seems to have Class-A bias and stronger single-ended performance going for it. The Magnius has the same basic ins and outs as the twice-as-expensive Jotunheim, minus the unique gain stage and slot in the back for cards, so will no doubt cut some grass there.
My take: a no-brainer if you use XLR connectivity, the Magnius represents good $300 saving over the Topping A90, at the expense of the 4.4mm connection and possibly worse SE performance. The proof will be in the listening though, naturally.
For exactly twice the price of the $99 Magni+/Heresy it seems pretty compelling in value terms - 5 WPC @32 ohms is pretty astonishing, and it also appears to measure quite well as well.
A shame that it's only available in black, however, but oh well. Value is value.
I'd be very interested to hear it head-to-head with the Asgard 3, at the same price. The Asgard seems to have Class-A bias and stronger single-ended performance going for it. The Magnius has the same basic ins and outs as the twice-as-expensive Jotunheim, minus the unique gain stage and slot in the back for cards, so will no doubt cut some grass there.
My take: a no-brainer if you use XLR connectivity, the Magnius represents good $300 saving over the Topping A90, at the expense of the 4.4mm connection and possibly worse SE performance. The proof will be in the listening though, naturally.

