[artur9]

  Oh damn. Different knob just looks weird though. 

That would totally match my preamplifier.  Only reason waiting for a balanced DAC in black.
 

 

[john777]

Anybody got the Black Jotunheim? Just wondering how it looks. 

IMO, the knob should be black too.

 

[Eric510]

Ugh. All this Joti talk has me thinking of maybe getting one. :-/ Thanks guys.

 

[mwhals]

Pair it up with Schiit Saga with 5692 tube between your speakers and Bifrost MB and you've got a great sounding system.

This is one of my options. Bimby to Saga to Jotunheim and Sys to speakers.

 

[bigro]

This is one of my options. Bimby to Saga to Jotunheim and Sys to speakers.

Out of curiosity, What are you using the Sys for? The Saga Has Multiple outputs

 

[mwhals]

Out of curiosity, What are you using the Sys for? The Saga Has Multiple outputs

The way I understand it, the Saga keeps both outputs active, so the Sys would be to silence the speakers when using headphones through the amp. The Sys would be at full volume at all times, so speaker volume would be controlled by the Saga. The Sys would be acting as a switch for speakers. It is ergonomically poor to get to the back of them both to turn them off.

I am open to a better solution if anyone has one.

 

[bigro]

The way I understand it, the Saga keeps both outputs active, so the Sys would be to silence the speakers when using headphones through the amp. The Sys would be at full volume at all times, so speaker volume would be controlled by the Saga. The Sys would be acting as a switch for speakers. It is ergonomically poor to get to the back of them both to turn them off.

I am open to a better solution if anyone has one.

Ahh Active Monitors, Makes sense. There are other solutions but they may not necessarily be better.

 

[franzdom]

I am running active monitors balanced now so the remote power outlet is best for me. If I was using RCA's I think the SYS would be a decent solution. However then the speakers would be on all the time. That doesn't work for me.

 

[bigro]

  I am running active monitors balanced now so the remote power outlet is best for me. If I was using RCA's I think the SYS would be a decent solution. However then the speakers would be on all the time. That doesn't work for me.

Yep. I was puzzled using the sys inline with the Sage until he mentioned Monitors, Makes sense.
 
For the Balanced Monitors this little thing from JBL looks pretty Slick as it will do Balanced and SE so long as you are ok with the combo jacks. The nice thing is the Mute Button.
http://www.jblpro.com/www/products/recording-broadcast/monitor-controllers/nano-patch-plus#.WHeOHn1ezis

 

[DildorTheDecent]

  Yeah the black Looks Good but I think the Knob Should be black too.

 
 

IMO, the knob should be black too.

All black looks would be pretty damn cool. 
 
It is something that can be easily changed though. But would be great from the factory. 

 

[trs451797]

Looking good. Here's a shot of my bimby and valhalla2 setup.
Here's a shot of the battlestation. Ignore the non walls basement isn't finished yet

How good is the bimby multibit with the valhalla 2? :O

 

[ChinoSon]

I'm loving the combo. The only thing I can compare it to is my OPPO HA-2. Much smoother with the schiit combo. The HA-2 is very clean with the hd540s and the schiit smoothes it all out. Definitely recommend it

 

[chrisprotos]

Agree with ChinoSon. I'm running the same setup and it sounds great. Even using the bimby with tidal and Valhalla 2 as a pre-amp in my 2 channel system. Anybody else going this route?

 

[Sam Lord]

This is one of my options. Bimby to Saga to Jotunheim and Sys to speakers.

 
 

  Out of curiosity, What are you using the Sys for? The Saga Has Multiple outputs

 
 

The way I understand it, the Saga keeps both outputs active, so the Sys would be to silence the speakers when using headphones through the amp. The Sys would be at full volume at all times, so speaker volume would be controlled by the Saga. The Sys would be acting as a switch for speakers. It is ergonomically poor to get to the back of them both to turn them off.

I am open to a better solution if anyone has one.

 
 

  I am running active monitors balanced now so the remote power outlet is best for me. If I was using RCA's I think the SYS would be a decent solution. However then the speakers would be on all the time. That doesn't work for me.

 
mwhals:
 
I might have written you about this setup awhile back but can't find it, so I apologize if this has been answered already.
 
Why don't you split the Bimby output to Saga for the speakers and Jot for the phones?  Dunno what quality of cables you have, but Blue Jeans builds good star-quad-based Canare and Mogami Y-interconnects all the time with great techniques, e.g. welded terminations.  Also, many fancy cable companies (including Cardas) will make them if you want.  Have them make the split immediately after the Bimby for best performance, but it hardly matters with star-quad cables, the conductors remain separate right until the terminations.
 
Or you could use good-quality RCA Y-adapters like Pangea or AQ.  In that case, definitely make the split right at the Bimby's outputs.  The goal is to avoid having potentiometers in series in the circuit: that always affects dynamics to some degree, even with the excellent pot fully maxed in the Sys.

 

[Kn1nJa]

  How good is the bimby multibit with the valhalla 2? :O

 
My personal experience is that it is absolutely fantastic. I moved up from a Mimby/Vali2 combo and I cannot begin to describe how much more awesome it was (to me at least, a relative audio newb).