![]() Someone here recommended the Audio-GD A-2 I think I recall and Currawong in those videos I just posted suggested the Asgard 3 over the SH-9. I am not sure what I feel about the addition of sound/harmonics. OK, maybe a poor example but I ask which is more important to all of you, accuracy or reproduction or musicality? Right now, I want to hear all that is there. Is it fair for every song to sound like it was recorded in that space or should the song sound smaller since it was recorded in a studio, for example. If an amp adds harmonics that are reminiscent of being in a large open auditorium or cathedral. Does the Audio-GD amps add frequencies that are not stored in the music being played? If it does, is music more enjoyable to be accurately playing what is there or to be modified to become better than what is recorded? Is there any possibility for it to make some songs worse? I will make an assumption as an example here. I heard that tube amps add harmonics that are not in the original music. Should I get the opportunity to test, I could run that song and hear what you are saying occurs. For example, if faster tones cause a loss of other tones, could you provide a song title you used to discern that? I would love to amass some music for testing and music I might like anyway. I am stuck listening to reviews and the help such as all of you have provided.Ĭould I ask for some assistance in detecting what the loss of sound? I would love for someone to also teach us new guys with their reviews a bit more. What I would love to be able to do a test them but I am already in a budget and to give 20% of my purchase would cause me to be out of money after reviewing 6 units assuming I keep one. I am not stating these to dispute your claims but showing that there are reviews saying the SMSL stack is good. I would throw up Zeos review but I tend to find him liking nearly everything these days and I am not sure how critical a listener he is. Here are the SMSL reviews that also suggest to me a good sound. Here is a Head-Fi review that seems to suggest the SH-9 sounds good. Most of them end up trading up to better products, so the customer and Schiit are both happy in the end. I have never bought and returned Schiit products but I have read plenty of posts of people that have taken advantage of this to try out their products and return them. Perhaps you might research them in these forums and give them a shot? You should look into their refund policy on Schiit product that allow you to try out and return. You might actually save money in the long run staying away from Schiit B-stock items. I would stay away from Schiit B-stock as I have had problems with B-stock products and they will not take them back to trade up. They stand behind their products and are dedicated to the customer experience. They have had some slight problems with their designs in the start of their company but they were quick to make every one of their customers happy. This helps with the longer than usual cable runs around my computers and electronics that would otherwise introduce annoying static. ![]() (I make my own balanced headphone cables, which is very inexpensive to make.) The only reason I have a balanced amp is because it has balanced preamp outputs to my Emotiva and JBL monitors. The money spend on balanced headphone cables would be better spent on a higher end amp. I actually do not think balanced out on headphone amplifiers makes much sense for most headphone users. It is a single ended only amp and only costs $200. The Schiit amplifier in the picture is a balance Jotunheim that has been discontinued and replaced by an updated balanced Jotunheim 2 ($400 plus shipping and handling.) The same company also offers the Schiit Asgard 3. It is usually described as being more organic and a sort of old analog flavor of sound compared to the mass produced Chinese amplifiers. ![]() There is a sort of house sound to Schiit amplifiers. My oldest amplifier that has been flawless for two decades is Ray Samuels which is American made by Head-fi member that put his heart and soul into his amplifiers.Īs for the Schiit amplifier that you inquired about in my photo. I do hope that you stay far away from anything made by Topping. And, you will not find a better headphone forum than Head-fi, so you are on the right track. Of course that is what you are doing here on Head-fi. Click to expand.Well, you are going to have to make the decision on your own based on your research, including asking others that have much better ears and experience than I. ![]()
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