Recent content by T.M.Noble

You mentioned the discrete Magni's failed as well, drawing the comparison between the op amps and a discrete amp. I gave a distinction that has a unique drawback, that op amps are sensitive to ESD. We have built tested and serviced hundreds of thousands of different units in varying...

You are putting quite a few words in my mouth. Perhaps a slightly more charitable understanding of what I said is reasonable. I never said ESD was the culprit, I said op amps are sensitive to ESD. Second, the failure rate for both of these headphones amps are negligible, considering we manage...

The product is safe. It is rare but they can fail, like any product. I don't know a company that could assure you of any product that could not fail.

Not nearly at the same rate. Those op amps are very sensitive to ESD.

Op amps. The gift that keeps on giving.

Yes, of course it is safe. During our testing we saw areas that we could improve so we did. That was also part of the negative gains setting. IEM's are sensitive and using a Heretic is like drinking from a waterfall.

Similar measurements and power. Heretic has a negative gain for IEM's and a more robust protection system to protect your headphones. It also has the new style chassis as well if that does it for you with a milled aluminum knob.

Lack of remote was absolutely my fault. I rushed these out to Amir. Apologies everyone.

Schiitr meets are fun. I recommend it if anyone can go.

Sorry, but no. The mute kicks in when switching gain settings. This is designed to protect the system and stabilize before unmuting.

The a big pre-amp for near field. I commend you. To be clear: this is only occurring when you adjust volume and not at all times, correct? If it was happening while listening and not adjusting the volume I would recommend you RA the unit and we get you fixed. However, if this is something...

Through my own subjective use of our products, I have never found this to be a big issue. But that's me. Disconcerting is an interesting word. What exactly do you fear will happen? Or is this more of an annoyance? Just curious about your experience and opinion.

That's kind of the idea. There is some legitimate science behind what we are doing with Midgard so we are giving it out to those who have the ability to test the unit and see if we get interesting results. A bit of marketing with some fun engineering.

Glad to hear I have been of some help to this community. All the Schiit talking aside, we enjoy what we do and we are constantly trying to bring great products to your door at reasonable prices. Stay tuned, more to come.

Jason forwarded these for more clarification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic_resistor_ladder http://www.vaneijndhoven.net/jos/attenuator-calculator/index.html I have some reading to do.