Schiit Mjolnir headphone amplifier
Jul 30, 2012 at 5:22 PM Post #317 of 3,541
"STATUS: In stock. Orders placed now will ship in 3-5 days."

Should start showing up in Spades soon.

Haven't got the shipping notification yet but this is encouraging. Now if i can get my IC's back from Moon Audio with their new balanced termination and somebody's fancy red headphone cable I will be in business.
 
Jul 30, 2012 at 7:10 PM Post #318 of 3,541
I've had mine running for about two hours now. Initial impressions: good imaging with excellent solidity; wide soundstage; dynamic and fast, great snap.

My current amp is a Headamp GS-1. I'm not going to offer comparisons of the amps until the Mjolnir has about 100 hours on it.

System: Bryston BDP1 server, Berkeley DAC, Sennheiser HD800, Moon Audio Silver Dragon balanced headphone cable.
 
Jul 30, 2012 at 7:26 PM Post #320 of 3,541
Looking forward to the comparisons too.
 
Jul 31, 2012 at 8:51 AM Post #322 of 3,541
I thought about buying a Mjolnir to power my K1000s & LCD-2s, but I ended up going w/ a less powerful (!), but heavily-biased-into-Class A Pass power amp.  
 
Anyway, it amazes me that the Mjolnir is more of a hammer than a power amp.
 
(I think about 2.13w into 74db/120Ω
 
Jul 31, 2012 at 9:12 AM Post #323 of 3,541
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but I ended up going w/ a less powerful (!), but heavily-biased-into-Class A Pass power amp.  

 
Presume the F3 in your sig?  Off topic so feel free to PM instead of replying here... how is it?  I have my eye on the J2 personally.  Getting someone to install a 4pin XLR up front sould be interesting, though likely just get a cable :wink:
 
Jul 31, 2012 at 12:59 PM Post #324 of 3,541
Got the email that sez they're gonna send me an invoice, but so far no actual invoice. Geez, guys.
 
It's like a scene from a movie:
 
"I see you shiver with antici....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...Pation!"
 
(Name that film.)
 
And how thoughtful of Schiit to ship me a big honkin' heavily-class-A-biased amp just as the real summer heat starts up. Timing, folks, timing...
 
Jul 31, 2012 at 1:34 PM Post #325 of 3,541
Jul 31, 2012 at 11:21 PM Post #329 of 3,541
I've had the amp running for about 30 hours now. I would not say it runs hot. The chassis is warm, but if memory isn't failing me, it is not as hot as the Lyr. Definitely not as hot as my 300- watt Class A monos, which have big heatsinks.
 

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