Really interested to see/hear this review! I'm so close to selling my Matantz a/v receiver and just send hdmi 4k signal straight to the TV. And getting a much better schiit Dac to send audio to Syn for my 5.1 setup 😁.

Great writeup, thanks! My experience with two Aegir is very much what you described. And it's the heat these give of that made me tear them in 😔. I found after many amps I generally lean towards class a linearity, and often warmth, but heat in a fairly confined room/office is just a deal...

I've been hoping someone would compare Atmos from a middle of the pack Denon or related brand with their D* processing and generic DACs with a SYN fed with a Mimby or Bifrost 2 though its analog inputs. A much better Dac + Syn shaping vs. D* processing and generic DACs. I wouldnt be...

Knowing little about Try (I don't haunt these sites much anymore), I just hope Tyr doesn't run hot - dual Aegir was just too hot for my home office running many hours a day 😕 (though I loved the music they made, esp. if they had a bit more juice). I'm expecting something hot - just hoping to be...

Yeah, thanks. I asked after reading about how challenging it was to find tubes. Worst case maybe they could bring those back 🙂. Hell, these days I would buy a set to experiment in my Freya+ 😎

What happened to the "solid state" tubes that schiit sold for a while? Did they just sound bad? Edit: fixed my phone - keyboard typo

Agreed, just sad that gungnir still isn't coming up 🙁. Please consider a LiM gungnir 🙂.

Has anyone used a Saga+ effectively as a tube buffer since it doesn't have balanced outs? I have a bimby - - Saga+ (with a tung sol tube I like) - - 1 aegir - - Buchardt S400s. Much of my listening is near field so I've been getting by with a single aegir even though the pot is past 12...

Please let us know your impressions of the Vali after having a MJ2 :)

Thanks, I'll be checking out that amp! Glad to see I'm not the only one who can't part with the HE500s. I've come close a couple of times but never would :). I use a Bimby DAC today. I personally don't hear much difference between it and Mimby (also own that one). DACs get expensive fast...

+1 to this post verbatim. I really wanted to like them but after trying all combos, I just couldn't. I do prefer that same presentation as well, so I'll be checking out more of your recommendations . Thanks guys!

Just curious, is that love is the Auteur through an OTL? Hybrid? I only have a Jot right now and have watched the new ZMF headphones from afar as it really sounded like you need tubes to m ake them sound their best (though I'm currently tempted by the Lyr3). Auteur and Atticus have been on my...

As someone who runs Eitr -- Loki -- Jot -- (balanced) HE500 (well modded), I've been watching the Lyr3 too. Your thoughts of the two are greatly appreciated .

Yep - I find myself only touching that knob - tweaking between 2 and 3 oclock :)

Sure. I'm sure others have a better eye for this type of thing. This helped me keep cables super-short when they needed to be. (balanced to HE-500s) Caveat 1: I suck a photography. Caveat 2: this is at work with a white table next to an off-white wall :) I *really* like black Schiit more...

Probably? I had tried a lot with the JRiver eq options and it always sounded "wrong". I don't know why. I do know I have listened for 4+ hours for the first time in a very long time with my Loki :)

Yes, thanks.Fixed

The Loki has let me listen too my HE500s again. As much as I liked those cans, I eventually stopped because the treble region started getting really "hot" after a short while, so I could never listen long without wanting to pull them off my head. Which made me sad as I spent more money trying to...

Finally caught up with this thread. Many pages back while we were still talking amps, there was mention of monoblocks. Does anyone remember those cute (and awesome) little cube monoblock amps Rotel released in the mid 90s? I would definitely look to buy a nice handful of little Schiit...

Thanks for all the feedback! I'll be selling stuff soon (HE500, for everything it does great, just gives me a headache after a while to ), still deciding between the Elear and Atticus. Has anyone swapped pads oon the Elears? It's been talked about elsewhere that pads can change the sound...

@PpapaBearD , how do they compare to your B&W? Are you noticing a dip inn the mids that so many have reported? Reading feedback here and other sites, it's not clear how evident that dip is (e.g. might be noticeable more with certain genres of music? Seems to be more or less pronounced with how...

@PacoTaco , thanks for your feedback. What amp & dac did you use with the Atticus? If I could ask one more question , habe you heard the Elear? Would you mind sharing your thoughts comparing the two?

Excellent information. Maybe I've missed something in this thread, but would this suggest the Schiit Jot (high or low imp) wouldn't bring out the full plume of the Atticus? I have a Bimby/Jot that I've come to greatly appreciate and am hoping to be able to try an Atticus. Atticus sounds like...

@JaKo , would you mind sharing your thoughts on differences between the Elear and Nighthawks? I currently have Nighthawks driven with Bimby->Jot, and there's a lot I like about it (tonality works well for me compared to other phones I had like HE400i and HE500, and can finally listen for hours...

FWIW, my daughter, who's about to graduate from college, loves music but always thought my little obsession with audio gear was just kinda dumb. Then she listened to some of her favorites with aSchiit stack and my old HE-500s. Now she loves to show off her Fulla2 and Nighthawks (she loved mine...