I can't afford to be cycling through money. It sounded perfectly fine with most of the headphones I have on tap. I decided against the Modi Multibit dac. At that moment, listening to that particular recording with that damned Shoulder Imp babbling in my ear, the Vali 2+ was giving me an unreasonably large chunk of the beauty and insight of Ampsandsound's Bigger Ben. The under-$500 headphone I know best is HiFiMan's $499 Sandara, which my 30-something hipster neighbor says "is utterly rad with Schiit's Jot-2 amplifier.". Because sometimes you have to change. Hey, it was good to start with, so I'm not complaining. Very tricky! In other Schiit news, the company is offering two upgrades for the $349 Bifrost digital converter. If one likes the neutral sound of the Bryston which is clean, clear and has some attacks , the El DAC and EL amp are for you. Sorry and good luck. The Bifrost can accept inputs up to 24 bit 192 kHz with both the SPDIF and USB inputs, so you can upsample more or less to your hearts content before the signal gets to the Bifrost. JDS Labs Element II vs. Schiit Asgard 3 - Head-Fi Size: 9 x 6.75 x 2" . The A3 may well be the best bargain in headphone amplifiers presently available. Keep up the good work, man! Yes. Schiit Asgard 2 + Pre-amp function. Firstly, they managed to increase its power by a factor of 3.5, packing an impressive five watts of power into 16 ohms. Just my 2 cents. My Bifrost did not have this option, as I use an ASUS Xonar Essence STX audio card in my office computer to output a SPDIF stream to the DAC. Our magazine, which began with the publication of the SECRETS Primer, is available exclusively on-line and offers to our readers an extensive information resource about home theater and high-end audio. Since then more Schiit headphone amps and digital converters won raves from me. Unless one has a very bright or harsh sounding cans otherwise, the Asgard is way too old school that reminds me of the Conrad Johnson SS amp that kills the SQ of my Martin Logan SL3 .The Jot on the other hand is about alright. Cooler than older Asgards? For $668 total, its hard to believe these components are 100% made in the USA, but they are. Both amps felt restrained at the top which may be the HD600s fault. Schoolboy mentality. Could this $668 component stack possibly compare to my venerable Headroom Ultra Desktop? Very pleased. I'm a total noob. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
