ta240
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All of those knobs are different anyway. Could you sleep at night knowing that
well, now I can't!
All of those knobs are different anyway. Could you sleep at night knowing that
Why do headphone amp manufacturers keep doing this when it's obviously annoying?
Welcome Aboard @vaidd.Great amp. Is the volume knob new? What's the material and is it removable? Thanks.
$20 more than the Heresy. Jason Stoddard discussed it in his post.Hmm, so same price as the Heresy
Cool!!!Hmm, so same price as the Heresy but add another gain setting (50mW SINAD is much better) and is a bit more powerful. Cons though are the volume channel matching and that while SINAD is similar, this has much lower 2nd harmonics but much higher 3rd harmonics, thankfully both levels are super low.
I own the Heresy and enjoy it, and I actually do like the splash of red (even bought a red 3.5mm adaptor to match).
If they build a separate amp for each category of headphones instead of building one-fits-all (IEm & headphones) this is not the path I expected them to answer ASR activism. Just one chance more for companies like @tomchr to sell more of their amps.I wonder how much of Schiit's recent improvements have come about due to Amir and ASR
The blue curve has its vertical scale to the right. 0 dB is both channels equal level, and deviating up and down is channel mismatch.I like the aesthetic of this too, nice product. Just the channel imbalance of nearly 1dB around the 12 o'clock (middle) position on the volume knob, did I read the graph right, never really understood it, but think I do now?
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(and also of course lots of imbalance right near the zero position on the volume knob)
Good eye. The knob is new and replaced the shell knob for a black anodized machined aluminum upgrade. Larger price tag, more refinement.Great amp. Is the volume knob new? What's the material and is it removable? Thanks.
You can totally use it for things other than IEMs, thoughI would run out and buy this immediately if it weren't for my deep deep hatred of IEMs.
Indeed. I could have mentioned I already have a Heresy and Magnius.You can totally use it for things other than IEMs, though
My beef with the original Magni3 (sold after a few months) and my Heresy is the noisy volume pot. Both were fine when new and then unaccepably noisy within 8 weeks of use. I used the Heresy with the volume pot maxed out and digital volume control on my DAC, but that got tiresome. Now using an Atom and perfectly happy with its performance on HD6xx's and IEMs, too. The Heresy is now my backup.
I don't get why it's so hard to implement a decent pot in these amps. I would pay an extra $30 for a Heresy with an ALPS Blue Velvet rather than whatever it is they use now...but I suppose the price point rules rather than quality.
a blue velvet would not fit in such a small, confined case. I always have a bottle of contact cleaner spray, it works like a miracle on dusty rusty pots. Cleans and adds a protective layer to keep them going for ages.