Some times I like to rock out at high volumes. I was wondering if I need to be careful on the volume knob to avoid letting the magic smoke come out of my HD800's in balanced or SE and DT990's 600 ohm in SE. If anyone knows I'd appreciate knowing the limits.
Some times I like to rock out at high volumes. I was wondering if I need to be careful on the volume knob to avoid letting the magic smoke come out of my HD800's in balanced or SE and DT990's 600 ohm in SE. If anyone knows I'd appreciate knowing the limits.
Obviously YMMV and this is not a warranty, but generally speaking you are more likely to destroy your headphones on a lower-powered amplifier than a higher-powered amplifier. The HD800/DT990 can be taken quite loud by a capable amplifier (such as the Ragnarok) without any risk of "over powering" them. There's a limit to this, naturally, but I think you would be in the range of instantaneous painful hearing damage long before it would be a concern.
I have not side-by-sided these two amplifiers, but in general I've found the Ragnarok to be incredibly clean and neutral and capable with the HE-6. I haven't played with exotic class-A power amplifiers, but I briefly flirted with a Creek and Bryston power amp powering them and didn't really find a reason to prefer those over the Ragnarok. There's plenty of power and control on tap and the presentation is as neutral as I've come across. If you want clean, capable, and neutral and don't mind its UI quirks, it's a great choice.
The first time I heard the HE-6 is with the Rok and I fell in love with the HE-6 immediately. But when Punit plugged it into his speaker tube amp via some sort of tap adapter, then I knew it was magic. Amazing!
The first time I heard the HE-6 is with the Rok and I fell in love with the HE-6 immediately. But when Punit plugged it into his speaker tube amp via some sort of tap adapter, then I knew it was magic. Amazing!
I hear ya! I'm hoping to just listen for awhile. I know my HE-560's sound better than my Paradigm Reference Studio 40 V3's-which sound great with the Ragnarok-even more than with my Denon. So I have some interest in selling them for some used Pardigm Signature S4's….
So, I was considering having the Rag sit on it's side to save space. I emailed schiit, and Nick told me that yes I could, but a fall could kill the amp, and don't block the vents. My fiance gave me a look and said "Do you really wanna risk breaking that Schiit?" So it will get a shelf space all by itself.
Given how hot Rag runs, I wonder if some vent holes in the bottom plate might be beneficial. Should I get out my trusty drill and experiment? Nah, probably void the warranty...
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