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I might check them out only have one set. A pair of zu audio missions I got for $40

I've used both SE and Bal for a long-ish run from my TT preamp to Freya S - they both sound perfectly fine.

I haven’t tried their XLR variants, but I just recabled my headphone system with WBC Eminence locking RCA ends with Mogami wire. I didn’t notice a difference in sound, but the aesthetics and certainty of the connection help with nervosa.

I thought the same thing until I got a bifrost 2, that really made the Asgard 3 better in that regard @JellyRhino I bet the high Z helps with that on SW51+ Unfortunately I have not listened to HD650 much in over a month since Aeolus arrived. Still my fav headphone though so I will get there !

If it helps though I liked liquid platinum better with Aeolus than SW51+ with HD650 it was sort of a draw for me. Mood and source material dependent. Using Jot 2 balanced with bifrost 2 USB of course. I'm off until 2021 after tonight so should be fun. I'm going try and not jump the gun, but Super Asgard 3 is what I want to say.

Some time with stock HD6xx on Jot2. First impression was this amp has great lows ! I didn't get that impression as much from Aeolus. More extension both ways compared to Asgard 3.

Basically, as just an amp it comes with all the extra slots filled with SE inputs, giving you 3 total. By getting a phono card, you'd effectively replace one of the SE inputs with a phono-in.

That works even 1 would be ok I guess but phono plus 2 is even better. Both my dacs are XLR and SE. Might have to grab me a rag2 if I can fend off starlett purchase ...

Sold Vidar, IC for OG saga and mani anyone ?

That might work and I can also burn off all the fat reserves :)

I feel like I enjoy HD650 on low 9 ohm setting rather than IEC 120 ohm setting. I figured it would be the other way around. All other amps are close to zero SE or XLR, always like SW51+ out of low 27 ohm jack more also...

I should be sleeping but can't shut Starlett off. JAR600 might be my fav with it so far.

@crenca I'm hoping to get my hands on a loaner unit from DN soon. I can finally hear these 2 amps.

ECP DSHA3F is one of only 2 amps I've ever heard so far that are "YOU WILL BE MINE" status. The drive and visceral attack it has while still being delicate and effortless in the treble is a combination that's intoxicating.

I'm starting to see that @yotacowboy the more I listen. The treble is fascinatingly articulate but smooooooth. The amp itself is a thing of beauty, black with sapele. @vtrinidad87 is my new best friend.

HD600 on my cranium again after 2 years, why did I not keep them to begin with ?

It's funny how time and listening experience changes perceptions. I did not like HD600 as much a few years ago. Now I have a borrowed Aeolus along with HD650 and all I want to listen to HD600...

Could have been a very different song:

Wrong thing! I think I love you;
But I don't know for sure...

Damn. I hope I haven't just spoilt one of my favourite earworms!

in my opinion BF2's fat bottom is below 80Hz, more like a slight bump around 40-60Hz, so synth bass and kick drums kinda surprise you with an extra bit of oooph. Not necessarily a bad thing depending on what's being fed from BF2, imho.

The thing that bothers me about the Bifrost 2 is the veiled sounding midrange. Sounds this way with every system I’ve tried from my speakers to HD650, focal clear, and fostex TH -X00. I feel like all of schiit’s multibit dacs have this characteristic, but it’s very noticeable on the bifrost 2.

I sort of noticed that mid range veil when I got modius after modi multibit for 2 years. It doesn't have that and seems to have more resolution. Sort of a 4k picture. I have not heard anything better so... I feel it combines those 2 things but better.

It got delisted. Super search and filter by date. "fs goldpoint"

Yep that worked thanks Gazny, I guess it's gonzo

It was in another FS listing that was edited. Just PM @sphinxvc he still has it.

Just KISS mod it, it works really well with SW51+

Was always curious if Eitr worked well. Wanted to see if it stepped up modi multibits game a little and it did.

Go Bifrost 2 FTW

Go high or go home.

Nothing wrong with that

yeah, might be time to retire it and go big

I am a little drunk, forgive me, but I thought you got the Eitr to hook up the Modius, so I was a little confused.

Solid deals for both, imo. Schitt depreciates well.

LCD2 classic + cables for $400 is good even with potential Audeze or Focal driver issues taken into account... but potential driver issues.

A quick point of reference: I picked up a b-stock LCD2-C last Black Friday for $495. I'd say $400 is indeed a good deal.

https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/10368337_thumb.jpg

Anyone interested in the new LCD1 coming soon?