[kothganesh]

Apex Pinnacle > EAR HP4 > Mjolnir > ECBA

Prince ,
Do you really prefer the Balancing Act over the Mojo? I'd love to hear your thoughts as to why.
Thanks

 

[SHAHZADA123]

Prince ,
Do you really prefer the Balancing Act over the Mojo? I'd love to hear your thoughts as to why.
Thanks

No, it's Mojo over the ECBA

 

[kothganesh]

No, it's Mojo over the ECBA

Cripes, that's what I really meant. Let me start again. I have the Mojo and was looking at the BA (I have the Zana Deux now). I would love to hear why you prefer the Mojo.
Thanks

 

[rrahman]

Since I got my LCD3 I have been cycling through amps and I've heard/owned quite a few now...  Here is a summary of my personal ranking of amps w/ regard to only the LCD3.
 
WA22=GSXmk2 =Auralic Taurus>WA5>Mjolnir>BHA 1=Decware Taboo mkII>DNA Stratus>Cavalli Liquid Glass=Peachtree Grand=Soloist>Concerto>Lyr>Burson HA150>Vali
 
After all the buzz on headfi about the Taurus, I demo'ed it, and I think it lives up to the hype especially considering it mates equally well w/ my HD800.  I'll probably eventually get one or rebuy the WA22, but I find it hard to let go of the Mjolnir just because of its excellent price/performance ratio.

 

[SHAHZADA123]

Cripes, that's what I really meant. Let me start again. I have the Mojo and was looking at the BA (I have the Zana Deux now). I would love to hear why you prefer the Mojo.
Thanks

The ECBA is a fantastic amp. Just not the best with the 3s. 
OTOH the Mjonir sounds faster and more dynamic with the 3s.
The ECBA is slightly sluggish with the 3s.
Detail retrieval is similar on both amps though.
 
Sorry for the late response. Was out of town. 

 

[kothganesh]

  The ECBA is a fantastic amp. Just not the best with the 3s. 
OTOH the Mjonir sounds faster and more dynamic with the 3s.
The ECBA is slightly sluggish with the 3s.
Detail retrieval is similar on both amps though.
 
Sorry for the late response. Was out of town. 

Not an issue. Thanks for the feedback. Since I am unable to demo any headphone amp in my neck of the woods, I have to rely on the Head-fi threads more. Looks like the Mojo cannot be beat for the price/performance.

 

[StefanAvey]

Can i just ask you guys a quick question regarding balanced amps?
I am starting to look at the best amp for my lcd-3's, as i have balanced outputs on my chord dac64 should i be looking only at balanced amps? Is the difference that great?

Thanks

 

[kothganesh]

Can i just ask you guys a quick question regarding balanced amps?
I am starting to look at the best amp for my lcd-3's, as i have balanced outputs on my chord dac64 should i be looking only at balanced amps? Is the difference that great?

Thanks

IMO, going balanced the whole way makes sense. If you go from balanced to SE, I believe this just sums up the output and is not desirable from a SQ perspective (this is my understanding). LCD3 loves balanced amps.

 

[BeyerMonster]

Can i just ask you guys a quick question regarding balanced amps?
I am starting to look at the best amp for my lcd-3's, as i have balanced outputs on my chord dac64 should i be looking only at balanced amps? Is the difference that great?

Don't get caught up in features and pick an amp based on whether it's balanced or unbalanced.
 
Pick an amp based on the fact that it sounds good.

 

[formula1]

  LCD3 loves balanced amps.

 
Not entirely true. The LCD3's work nicely with SE from my experience. 

 

[kothganesh]

Not entirely true. The LCD3's work nicely with SE from my experience. 

Oh I'm sure it does. It sounds very very good out of my EC Zana Deux. I find it a little better out of my Gungnir/Mjolnir stack.

 

[fabio-fi]

Kothganesh, probably you like more the sound presentation of the Schiit stack and it's not the Fact that it is a balanced amp. Just saying. 

 

[SoupRKnowva]

Yeah, whether an amp is balanced or not is mostly irrelevant, just buy whichever amp sounds best and terminate your headphone cable accordingly...

 

[SHAHZADA123]

  Don't get caught up in features and pick an amp based on whether it's balanced or unbalanced.
 
Pick an amp based on the fact that it sounds good.

Fully agree.
The EAR HP-4(SE) sounded better with the LCD3s than the ECBA.

 

[kothganesh]

Kothganesh, probably you like more the sound presentation of the Schiit stack and it's not the Fact that it is a balanced amp. Just saying. 

Fabio, the Mjolnir IS a balanced amp (only). It is also true I like the presentation of the Schiit combo