Just bought my first amp and DAC ever last Friday. I went ahead with the Asgard 2 + Bifrost Uber combo. Hopefully they ship out my order this week. Reminds me of being a kid at Christmas.
cool ain't it ?? congrats !!
thats a killer combo
Just bought my first amp and DAC ever last Friday. I went ahead with the Asgard 2 + Bifrost Uber combo. Hopefully they ship out my order this week. Reminds me of being a kid at Christmas.
cool ain't it ?? congrats !!
thats a killer combo
Yeah. Super excited. The most audiophile I've experience is my Audio Technica ATH-M30's running through my soundcard built into the motherboard in my computer.I think I'm going to burn in my new HD600's, and my new amp + dac for 50 hours before I give them a listen.
Did anyone order an Asgard 2 last week? Just wondering how long the "backorder" usually means. Days? Weeks?
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As for me, I've done something horrible...
I was enjoying my Magni/Modi stack and I decided to pick up a Vali to try it out.
I really like the sound properties of the Vali more than the Magni. Music just seems to sound a bit more alive out of the Vali to my ears.
This has inspired me to upgrade to the Bifrost Uber DAC, which I just ordered earlier today.
I decided to do that for a few reasons
1) I figured the Bifrost + Uber would be a great base to start from if/when I was ready to step up to a higher end amp and higher end headphones
2) I could sell the Magni/Modi as a stack or use it as an office audio rig without buying additional components
3) I always thought Bifrost was a really cool name for a DAC (since the DAC is basically the bridge between digital and analog audio, I felt it was pretty fitting)
4) Some crazy people seem to think the Vali sounds better when fed from a higher end DAC
Why is that horrible?
Unless of course, you needed that money to pay the rent. Or mortgage. Or if you can't hear the difference.
To the chagrin of some, I tend to recommend starting out on the less expensive gear, and moving up, if and only if you can hear the difference. That's because I'm an Old Guy (tm). Being an Old Guy means, among other things, that my ears just don't work as well as someone who is 2 or 3 decades younger than I am.
This falls in the category of the old joke about the sound of a tree falling in the forest.
If you can hear the difference between say, a Modi vs. a Bifrost (Uber or not), and if you can afford the better DAC, you should certainly go for it. If you can't hear the difference, then it doesn't matter if the Bifrost Uber is better or not. Spending the extra money, just because someone else tells you that Gear X is better than Gear Y, is kind of pointless if you can't personally hear it.
Some folks recommend the better DAC without regards to the ability of the listener to hear the difference. Sure, the Bifrost Uber is better than the Modi. No argument there. But can you hear the difference? If you're like me and you've measured the upper limits of your hearing ability (at about 14 kHz in my case), then one might reasonably wonder if spending the extra $400 bucks is worth it.
Personally, I will not be buying a Bifrost Uber until such time as I can A-B it with a Modi. If I can hear a difference, then I'll spend the money. If I can't, then I'll buy another Modi (and I do need another DAC). It doesn't make economic sense to me to just spend the extra money, without testing my own ears first.
Hi everyone.
I'm hoping to get some advice regarding which Schiit amp to pull the trigger on. I've recently purchased myself a pair of HD 650's and am looking to find an amp that will bring out the most of their latent potential.
My current setup is the following:
MP3s (320kbps) & FLACs --> Foobar2000 --> Xonar ST (also own E17) --> HD 650 (and AD700)
I'm currently considering getting either the Valhalla or the Lyr. I know the Valhalla should complement the HD650's pretty well, however I'm leaning towards the Lyr due to the increased versatility with other phones and the increased power and sound stage.
My usage patterns is mostly for gaming and for listening to music and I don't really want to compromise on either. From what I understand, the Valhalla will excel for music applications, whereas for gaming the Lyr should be better due to the increased sound stage/headroom (please correct me if i'm speaking nonsense, I'm new to all these audiophile terms).
Taking money out of the equation, which of the two would you recommend?
Hi everyone.
I'm hoping to get some advice regarding which Schiit amp to pull the trigger on. I've recently purchased myself a pair of HD 650's and am looking to find an amp that will bring out the most of their latent potential.
My current setup is the following:
MP3s (320kbps) & FLACs --> Foobar2000 --> Xonar ST (also own E17) --> HD 650 (and AD700)
I'm currently considering getting either the Valhalla or the Lyr. I know the Valhalla should complement the HD650's pretty well, however I'm leaning towards the Lyr due to the increased versatility with other phones and the increased power and sound stage.
My usage patterns is mostly for gaming and for listening to music and I don't really want to compromise on either. From what I understand, the Valhalla will excel for music applications, whereas for gaming the Lyr should be better due to the increased sound stage/headroom (please correct me if i'm speaking nonsense, I'm new to all these audiophile terms).
Taking money out of the equation, which of the two would you recommend?