[bosiemoncrieff]

Under 1k, Mjolnir 2 destroys its competition. You'd have to look at used vintage speaker stuff to find something of comparable value, but that's apples and oranges. Yeah, WA5LE and Stratus and Liquid Crimson have higher degrees of transparency, but you pay through the nose for it.

 

[Ashah]

  Under 1k, Mjolnir 2 destroys its competition. You'd have to look at used vintage speaker stuff to find something of comparable value, but that's apples and oranges. Yeah, WA5LE and Stratus and Liquid Crimson have higher degrees of transparency, but you pay through the nose for it.

How would you compare to  Lyr 2 for Audeze LCD 2 I have a Lyr 2 right now &  Audeze Deckard which is a pure Class A 4 watts  SS I would like a 2nd amp with tube's I like the Lyr2.   but would I benefit with a Mjr 2  for the future with tube rolling ? any advise would be appreciated yep I have already spent over $ 200 on tubes so far !

 

[westermac]

   
I love mine.  
 
My cat loves mine, too.

Lol. Mind does a good job of keeping my espresso cups warm and ready 

 

[Rowethren]

Lol. Mind does a good job of keeping my espresso cups warm and ready 

Sounds a tad risky but I'm game for trying!

 

[westermac]

Sounds a tad risky but I'm game for trying!

Not with espresso in them, I wouldn't trust myself! Just to have the cups pre-warmed before I make it helps.
 
Spilled espresso AND a fried Mjolnir 2, now that would be doubly tragic.

 

[Rowethren]

 
Not with espresso in them, I wouldn't trust myself! Just to have the cups pre-warmed before I make it helps.
 
Spilled espresso AND a fried Mjolnir 2, now that would be doubly tragic.

 
Ahh, that makes much more sense! 

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

  How would you compare to  Lyr 2 for Audeze LCD 2 I have a Lyr 2 right now &  Audeze Deckard which is a pure Class A 4 watts  SS I would like a 2nd amp with tube's I like the Lyr2.   but would I benefit with a Mjr 2  for the future with tube rolling ? any advise would be appreciated yep I have already spent over $ 200 on tubes so far !

Although I've auditioned both the LCD 2 and the Lyr 2, I do not own them, so take what I say with that grain of salt. I have not heard the Deckard.
 
Mjolnir's big benefit over Lyr is balanced operation. If you like balanced, or think you will like balanced, buy it with confidence. If you don't anticipate going forward with that, Lyr's single ended is more powerful than Mjolnir's single-ended, though I can't say for certain whether it's better on all counts. Mjolnir 2 has a noticeably more neutral, linear sound through balanced. I noted a degree of smear in Lyr by comparison. If you like tubes, MJ2 will do excellent things with them, but to realize its full potential, again, you do need balanced operation.
 
I would recommend the iFi tubes for Audeze—they're perhaps the best overall fit for the amp. My '68 orange globes would probably just suffocate you in the warm sound (though they work great with HD800 or K1000).

 

[Ashah]

 
Although I've auditioned both the LCD 2 and the Lyr 2, I do not own them, so take what I say with that grain of salt. I have not heard the Deckard.
 
Mjolnir's big benefit over Lyr is balanced operation. If you like balanced, or think you will like balanced, buy it with confidence. If you don't anticipate going forward with that, Lyr's single ended is more powerful than Mjolnir's single-ended, though I can't say for certain whether it's better on all counts. Mjolnir 2 has a noticeably more neutral, linear sound through balanced. I noted a degree of smear in Lyr by comparison. If you like tubes, MJ2 will do excellent things with them, but to realize its full potential, again, you do need balanced operation.
 
I would recommend the iFi tubes for Audeze—they're perhaps the best overall fit for the amp. My '68 orange globes would probably just suffocate you in the warm sound (though they work great with HD800 or K1000).

Thank you ! will  send back the Lyr 2 and get the MJR  2 , being getting a very positive feed back  except like you said "Lyr 2 single ended is more powerful than the Mjr2 will look into ifi tubes
Happy New Year ! 

 

[beaux]

I once owned schiit m2. This is a nice pair to planar headphones

 

[Baldr]

 
Although I've auditioned both the LCD 2 and the Lyr 2, I do not own them, so take what I say with that grain of salt. I have not heard the Deckard.
 
Mjolnir's big benefit over Lyr is balanced operation. If you like balanced, or think you will like balanced, buy it with confidence. If you don't anticipate going forward with that, Lyr's single ended is more powerful than Mjolnir's single-ended, though I can't say for certain whether it's better on all counts. Mjolnir 2 has a noticeably more neutral, linear sound through balanced. I noted a degree of smear in Lyr by comparison. If you like tubes, MJ2 will do excellent things with them, but to realize its full potential, again, you do need balanced operation.
 
I would recommend the iFi tubes for Audeze—they're perhaps the best overall fit for the amp. My '68 orange globes would probably just suffocate you in the warm sound (though they work great with HD800 or K1000).

The 5670/2C51/396A family is a wonderful, inexpensive, alternative, as long as you USE 6DJ8 to 5670 TRANSLATOR SOCKETS.  There is a vendor selling very good sounding 5670s for $3.98 each!!

 

[Ashah]

 
The 5670/2C51/396A family is a wonderful, inexpensive, alternative, as long as you USE 6DJ8 to 5670 TRANSLATOR SOCKETS.  There is a vendor selling very good sounding 5670s for $3.98 each!!

Hi Baldr, have a question for you enjoyed seeing your Video's on Dar_ko gives me prospective on the company ! Are you by any chance upgrading the Mjr 2 in the next few months I Iam thinking this due to the comment I read on Dar_Ko review,  stating that due to the introduction of Jot you may be competing with your own product Mjr if I understand it correctly ?
thanks !

 

[Ashah]

  Hi Baldr, have a question for you enjoyed seeing your Video's on Dar_ko gives me prospective on the company ! Are you by any chance upgrading the Mjr 2 in the next few months I Iam thinking this due to the comment I read on Dar_Ko review,  stating that due to the introduction of Jot you may be competing with your own product Mjr if I understand it correctly ?
thanks !

 

 
The 5670/2C51/396A family is a wonderful, inexpensive, alternative, as long as you USE 6DJ8 to 5670 TRANSLATOR SOCKETS.  There is a vendor selling very good sounding 5670s for $3.98 each!!

which vendor can you kindly post a link ?

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

Hi Baldr, have a question for you enjoyed seeing your Video's on Dar_ko gives me prospective on the company ! Are you by any chance upgrading the Mjr 2 in the next few months I Iam thinking this due to the comment I read on Dar_Ko review,  stating that due to the introduction of Jot you may be competing with your own product Mjr if I understand it correctly ?
thanks !

lol Mike is definitely not going to answer that question.

But thanks for the tube rec Mike!

 

[GuyUnder]

Guys...uh...how do you open the case on this thing??

 

[Ashah]

lol Mike is definitely not going to answer that question.

But thanks for the tube rec Mike!

Sure  OF COURSE ! I knew he wouldn't  !  So that tells me upgrade is in  the cards , Did find a link on E bay and ordered the tubes for future use Cheers !