[hyunsac]

I would wait. Yggy is right around the corner, they might have something new in store on the USB and Analog front.

 
You mean some type of trickle down technology to a cheaper product? At $3k I'm buying new headphones. My DAC appetite runs out after $500.

 

[Music Alchemist]

I'm a little impatient to wait for days before I can use the desktop setup with the HD 590 and am tempted to try it with my 25-watt guitar amp. I've used headphones of far lower impedance with it before, so I don't think I would damage anything.
 
Does anyone beg to differ before I plug in?

 

[MrEleventy]

You mean some type of trickle down technology to a cheaper product? At $3k I'm buying new headphones. My DAC appetite runs out after $500.

Yeah, kinda like how Gungnir's analog stage boards turned into the Uber boards. Along with the USB 2.0 boards as well.

 

[hyunsac]

Yeah, kinda like how Gungnir's analog stage boards turned into the Uber boards. Along with the USB 2.0 boards as well.

My wallet says thank you.. for now.

 

[MrEleventy]

the one word answer is NO, 
i will say, i come from gradoland, so a little treble doesn't bother me
i think i said somewhere earlier in the thread, the bass is controlled, snappy, fast, the mids present, and the treble is nice, extended, plenty of detail.
now it isn't as good as the woo wa3 i had just before the vail/magni combo, but i think it the t1 sounds just fine with the magni2u 

Hmmm. Skylab has both, wa3 and Darkvoice 336se, ranked at 17, so if you say the M2U is a step down from the wa3, it's probably a step down from the dv336 as well. That's kind of a bummer to hear, but at 50% of the cost, not sure what I was expecting. I think I'll probably buy one and give it a try myself. Thanks!

 

[bigalila]

   
Read this and this post.

Thank You.  That's the info I was looking for. I guess I'll order up a mani2 when I get back in tonight.

 

[Music Alchemist]

  I'm a little impatient to wait for days before I can use the desktop setup with the HD 590 and am tempted to try it with my 25-watt guitar amp. I've used headphones of far lower impedance with it before, so I don't think I would damage anything.
 
Does anyone beg to differ before I plug in?

 
Wow, never mind. Even just plugging a mini stereo cable and adapter from my computer to the guitar amp's input made lots of crazy noises.

 

[Music Alchemist]

  Thank You.  That's the info I was looking for. I guess I'll order up a mani2 when I get back in tonight.

 
Just bear in mind there are many advantages to the Uber version that may make it worth an extra $50 for you.

 

[jaywillin]

Hmmm. Skylab has both, wa3 and Darkvoice 336se, ranked at 17, so if you say the M2U is a step down from the wa3, it's probably a step down from the dv336 as well. That's kind of a bummer to hear, but at 50% of the cost, not sure what I was expecting.

I think I'll probably buy one and give it a try myself. Thanks!

well, for $150, that's not a whole lot , and if you don't like it, you can return, ot sell it here, someone would snap it up, but if i were a  betting man i'd bet you'd like it 

 

[TheDragonGuy]

Im currently uploading a video to youtube of what the magni 2u can do bass wise. Realized I recorded in 4k on my phone. Oops! 

 

[jeremy205100]

  Im currently uploading a video to youtube of what the magni 2u can do bass wise. Realized I recorded in 4k on my phone. Oops! 

Would you mind posting a video showing the Magni 2U (like move it around for the camera) too? I'm curious how it compares appearance and size-wise and it's tough to tell from just pictures.

 

[TheDragonGuy]

Created a video that is in the middle of uploading. Ill post it once it uploads. Slow upload speed sucks

 

[TheDragonGuy]

Sorry for the bad quality. IDK what that's about. I had never uploaded before. I don't take many vids either. I think they get the point across though.
 
 

 

[Music Alchemist]

 
Nice, man. The scary thing is this doesn't approach the true epicness of that headphone's bass capabilities. There are some crazy videos out there.
 
Are the HM5 pads more comfortable? I prefer the look of the stock pads.

 

[TheDragonGuy]

They are a million times more comfortable and I swear it sounds better with the HM5 too. It's hard to get the paper to move right. It can vary hugely depending how you have the earpads and paper. I just got tired of fiddling with it because I wanted to listen to music. I'll leave the real in depth stuff to HBB and others lol.
The stock pads are for people with tiny tiny ears. You can tell they are much smaller in diameter.