Schiit Midgard - new amp bold claims.

[Human Bass]

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Well, seems I'm the first here to talk about it.

Besides being their cleanest discrete design, Schitt also claims it may/might/maybe reduce the distortion of the headphone driver itself. Only the balanced output has this feature since it requires individual grounds. According to Schiit:

"Introducing Halo: Breakthrough or Illusion?
Halo is a mixed-mode feedback topology that incorporates your headphone driver into the feedback loop, offering the potential for better control at driver resonance and improved acoustic results. However, since confirming that would require years of research and still have everyone arguing about it, we decided to do something crazy: introduce this amp at a great price and let you decide."

Also powerful and very nice price.

Now thats a review that will be quite fun, right @amirm ?

 

[staticV3]

Such a weak cop out.

"Instead of confirming that our product actually does what we claim it does, we'll just stick with the claims and let your ears decide the truth"


This objective/subjective tightrope that Schiit keeps doing is such a turn-off.

There's always some science-y aspect to their products to keep the objectivists interested, but every time they chicken out at the end so that the subjectivists aren't turned off.

 

[Matias]

Can't wait to see Amir's measurements of it with headphones.

 

[Human Bass]

Such a weak cop out.

"Instead of confirming that our product actually does what we claim it does, we'll just stick with the claims and let your ears decide the truth"


This objective/subjective tightrope that Schiit keeps doing is such a turn-off.

There's always some science-y aspect to their products to keep the objectivists interested, but they always chicken out at the end so that the subjectivists aren't turned off.

Well, they play both crowds. Since it is a powerful clean amp for a low price, cant complain even if the Halo tech aint a masterchief

 

[staticV3]

Well, they play both crowds.

Worse; they exploit cognitive biases for free marketing.

Tons of people who read "better control at driver resonance and improved acoustic results" will immediately hear tighter bass or whatever out of the Midgard, write about what a game changer Halo is online, and then even more people will read that and conclude that it must be true. Cycle continues.

 

[oleg87]

So I'm by no means an amp expert, but wouldn't putting the driver in the feedback path make the gain sensitive to variations in driver impedance over frequency?

 

[Music1969]

Such a weak cop out.

"Instead of confirming that our product actually does what we claim it does, we'll just stick with the claims and let your ears decide the truth"


This objective/subjective tightrope that Schiit keeps doing is such a turn-off.

Schiit are sending units out...

 

[raif71]

Well, they play both crowds. Since it is a powerful clean amp for a low price, cant complain even if the Halo tech aint a masterchief

I don't mind that they are playing both crowds . Looks like the Magnius if you ask me

 

[amirm]

Review just posted: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-midgard-balanced-headphone-amp-review.48653/

 

[Blumlein 88]

Wow. Amir was Johnny-on-the-spot with his review.

 

[amirm]

I didn't know about it until yesterday! Boxed arrived today and I thought I get it out before the guilt of not doing the review gets too much.

 

[dzerig]

Worse; they exploit cognitive biases for free marketing.

Tons of people who read "better control at driver resonance and improved acoustic results" will immediately hear tighter bass or whatever out of the Midgard, write about what a game changer Halo is online, and then even more people will read that and conclude that it must be true. Cycle continues.

How, precisely, are they 'exploiting cognitive biases' in exchange for 'free marketing'?

 

[nerdemoji]

How, precisely, are they 'exploiting cognitive biases' in exchange for 'free marketing'?

Expectation bias

 

[Soria Moria]

Scummy.