Blind Test Part Deux: Schiit Heretic vs Magni+ (with statistical analysis)

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I heard almost the same advice from my advisor/mentor at grad school. All the smart (and rationally risk-averse) people around me act the same way, too. My RL peers almost always say "I could be wrong" or "I'm not smart enough to understand XYZ" many times a day -- even though they may not think so on the inside.

 

Even as an SME this is true for me. I know 10% of what there is to know and am a dumb shit in everything else and if the SME's in the other 90% don't show up I am fucked.

 

The guy was a VP - meaning he managed the technical team, but likely had only general knowledge, not working familiarity, with the technical expertise needed to accomplish the task.

After half a career of working for such people, my opinion is that the best are those who do their best to facilitate their teams' work and give them credit for successes; much worse are the grandstanders whose chief concern is getting the credit for that work themselves; and the absolute worst are the ones who try to pass off failures as successes (or who don't know the difference - eg Zune) and then try taking the credit.

One of the latter was knighted and became CEO of the British public service. Demonstrating that beyond a certain point (surprisingly early) the Peter Principle starts to apply in reverse.

 

The bubble has been punctured?

 

f**k me, the sound of goalposts moving is almost deafening.

 

So, @purr1n, if one was to compare the Magni 3+ to the Magni+, what would the main differences be?

I still regret selling my Asgard 3 which paired wonderfully with the HD800S. I like how the HD800s sounds with the Magni 3+, so I was wondering if there would be any purpose in upgrading to the Magni+. I know that there is the protection circuit, which is good thing, but I was wondering if there are any sonic differences that you perceive.

There's always the possibility of getting another Asgard 3

 

Very cool stuff @purr1n. Congrats!

 

I am only a few pages in on this (of 20 pages of discussion lol), but pretty entertaining stuff.

 

But what amount of SINAD does that sound have?

 

To be honest I doubt this does much to convince people who insist on doubting to reconsider their positions. The only way I think anyone who stands as a fanatical objectionable objectivist would be for someone to listen to a test system that they'd set up independently.

Whether or not said system will be properly deployed or any tests conducted by skeptics carried out in good faith is another thing altogether.

 

Along these lines, the latest TAS has a quote from the 70s. It's along the lines of

"All turntables with wow and flutter within <delta> sound the same."

Seems like the need to reduce differences to single numeric values in order to dismiss them has been going on a long time.

The quote appears in a turntable review by Wayne Garcia and originated with
Linn Products' Ivor Tiefenbrun

 

I thought about getting the AVA ABX so I am interested to hear your thought on it. Also it is safe to use on tube devices that normally are not supposed to be powered on with no load on them?

 

I might be wrong, but....hasn't Amir admitted he listens to shit way too loud and is partially deaf by now? No wonder he can't hear the difference between anything.

 

Old thread, I know, but bumping because I just ordered a Heretic. I am just curious about the sound to my 55 year old ears - which are probably not as good as @purr1n's. Couldn't pass up the $59 experiment. My other HP amps are a Vali 2 and a Magni 3+. Most of the time, I prefer the Vali 2, which is running a simple JJ 6922. It is easy to listen to for long, long stretches no matter the music. Is anyone on SBAF listening to a Heretic? Is anyone enjoying one? Again, just curious.

 

For those who are curious, the Heretic is exactly what I expected, which is a bit more resolving amplifier than my Vali 2 and I am not finding it bright, lean, or artificial. It just seems like a ridiculous bargain for what I paid for it. Schiit just keeps improving their products. If anything, it's just evidence that they do, in fact, keep working to perfect the sound. YEMV.