[rrahman]

  Right now I have a gungnir feeding a mjolnir and it sounds absolutely amazing, but I am thinking about adding a WA22 to my system. Has anyone used the preamp out XLR connections on the mjolnir to feed the WA22? I am wondering how this would sound. 

I'm not sure if its smart to doubly amplify like that, it will double the distortion i think.  Just get a XLR splitter and connect both amps to the source directly, thats what I do.

 

[jrzamora6]

  I'm not sure if its smart to doubly amplify like that, it will double the distortion i think.  Just get a XLR splitter and connect both amps to the source directly, thats what I do.

Did you notice any signal degradation when you used the spiltter? It just seems like that would add noise / take away from the signal. 

 

[rrahman]

I did not notice any. I used this one...
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00534NQQ8/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[ardilla]

  Right now I have a gungnir feeding a mjolnir and it sounds absolutely amazing, but I am thinking about adding a WA22 to my system. Has anyone used the preamp out XLR connections on the mjolnir to feed the WA22? I am wondering how this would sound. 

 
Why do you want to add the Mjolnir into the chain this way?
 
I have the WA"2 and its sounds great with the LCD-3

 

[ardilla]

  I did not notice any. I used this one...
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00534NQQ8/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 
I use a Blue Jeans XLR-spliiter cable. Sounds great. They make whatever cable you want to. Great customer service, great prices, good quality. 

 

[jrzamora6]

   
Why do you want to add the Mjolnir into the chain this way?
 
I have the WA"2 and its sounds great with the LCD-3

I wanted to because I want to be able to switch between a solid state amp and a tube amp without having to change cables. 
 
Spillters always decrease signal quality so I was just thinking this was a bad idea for balanced amps. After doing some research post four on this forum agrees and explains the science. And the Mjolnir has balanced xlr output so i figured what the hell. 
 
Has anyone compared sound quality using XLR splitters vs standard XLR cables? 

 

[ardilla]

  I wanted to because I want to be able to switch between a solid state amp and a tube amp without having to change cables. 
 
Spillters always decrease signal quality so I was just thinking this was a bad idea for balanced amps. After doing some research post four on this forum agrees and explains the science. And the Mjolnir has balanced xlr output so i figured what the hell. 
 
Has anyone compared sound quality using XLR splitters vs standard XLR cables? 

The Mjolnir will probably decrease the AQ more than a splitter cable. You can have any high quality cable makers tailor you a split cable, the won't degrade the sound at all

 

[rrahman]

  I wanted to because I want to be able to switch between a solid state amp and a tube amp without having to change cables. 
 
Spillters always decrease signal quality so I was just thinking this was a bad idea for balanced amps. After doing some research post four on this forum agrees and explains the science. And the Mjolnir has balanced xlr output so i figured what the hell. 
 
Has anyone compared sound quality using XLR splitters vs standard XLR cables? 

 
I didn't notice any decrement in sound quality using my splitter.  Connecting in series I bet will audibly decrease sq.  I also don't think its the case that splitter's always decrease signal quality, It probably depends on the output and input impedance of the respective devices.

 

[BeyerMonster]

Anyone pair an LCD-3 with the Auralic Taurus and can compare it to the Schiit Mjolnir or Bryston? Just looking for relative comparisons if you've got em.
 
I've ordered a LCD-3 and LCD-XC that are "coming soon".
I picked up a Pan Am Alo to mess around a bit with tubes, but I have a feeling that I will prefer the LCD-3 with SS. Everything I've read implies the Schiit Mjolnir and Bryston BHA-1 are both pretty good pairings for the LCD-3, but possibly a bit too harsh for the XC. I think the Ray Samuels DarkStar, Head Amp GS-X, and Bakoon HPA-21 all sound interesting, but all are probably outside my budget atm.

 

[ardilla]

  Anyone pair an LCD-3 with the Auralic Taurus and can compare it to the Schiit Mjolnir or Bryston? Just looking for relative comparisons if you've got em.
 
I've ordered a LCD-3 and LCD-XC that are "coming soon".
I picked up a Pan Am Alo to mess around a bit with tubes, but I have a feeling that I will prefer the LCD-3 with SS. Everything I've read implies the Schiit Mjolnir and Bryston BHA-1 are both pretty good pairings for the LCD-3, but possibly a bit too harsh for the XC. I think the Ray Samuels DarkStar, Head Amp GS-X, and Bakoon HPA-21 all sound interesting, but all are probably outside my budget atm.

 
Yup. I find the Taurus to better the Mjo especially in image depth - and it has richer highs, slightly more punch. It just feels more precise. The Mjolnir is very good with the LCD-3 but the Taurus is just better when compared side by side. 

 

[singleended58]

ALO Studio 6

 

[DefQon]

ALO Studio 6

You can build one for less then $1k and it comes from a design where it is suppose to drive speakers.

 

[ardilla]

Been listening to the LCD-3 with the Cary SLI-80 Sig lately. Really, really nice. Sublime. 

 

[Seamaster]

New 300B amp from Glenn Studio maybe "end game" answer. Liquid Fire is another impressive one.

 

[SHAHZADA123]

Apex Pinnacle > EAR HP4 > Mjolnir > ECBA