Instead I went for the Dynalo. Weve tested extensively with IEMs, and Asgard 3s very low noise floor is ideal for them in low gain mode. It sits in a very crowded market, in which it provides a solid performance and a noticeable upgrade from which is going to require at least 2-3x as much money. It sounded perfectly fine with most of the headphones I have on tap. Denons New AVR-A1H Home Theater Receiver, Marantz AV10 and AMP10 Home Theater Separates A Deep Dive, Happy Holidays and Thank You to all of our Secrets Supporters, Vinyl: The Use of Digital Intermediates in LP Production and Whether or Not it is an Issue An Analysis of the Digital Recording Process, Bogen NEAR LB8 All-Environment Speaker Review, Jamo Studio Series S 801 Bookshelf Speaker Review, Juke Audio Multi-Room Streaming Amplifier Review, JBL Tune 710BT Wireless Headphones Review, Sony UDA-1 USB DAC Stereo Amplifier Review, Secrets has reviewed many headphone amplifier and DACs, Screen InnovationsThe World Needs the Best Bigger, Geshelli Labs Archel 2.5XL Headphone Amp and J2 DAC Review, LSA HyperDrive 2 Headphone Amplifier Review, HIFIMAN EF400 DAC/Headphone Amplifier Review, Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Edition Music Streaming System Review, Meier Audio Corda Soul DSP DAC and Headphone Amp Review, Wells Audio Dragon Headphone Amplifier Review, M12 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphone Amplifier with DAC Review, Topping DX7PRO Headphone Amplifier/DAC Review, Focal Arts: An Endowment Fund Dedicated to Knowledge and the Promotion of Know-How Through Multidisciplinary Artistic Creation, HIFIMAN Debuts Reference SVANAR True Wireless Earbud, With Onboard Amplifier and Custom Ladder DAC, HIFIMAN Electronics Introduces New Reference DAC/Amplifier, Featuring Proprietary Hymalaya Pro R-2R Ladder DAC, Craft Recordings celebrates renowned classical music label Telarc International Corporation with years-long archival campaign, Bowers & Wilkins is the diamond choice for BMW XM, HIFIMAN Debuts Reference SVANAR True Wireless. 66 0 obj <> endobj 74 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<9EEF4884B2534AAAA76C2313D5AD53C5>]/Index[66 14]/Info 65 0 R/Length 57/Prev 811755/Root 67 0 R/Size 80/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Measurements were performed with a M-Audio Profire 610 Firewire sound interface and Spectra Plus FFT analysis software. Doesn't require balanced to get the most out of it. In fact, I cant think of a worse amp to be sitting next to the 2. The 300 Ohm HD600s are fairly easy to drive, but still benefit greatly from a high quality headphone amp. The OG Asgard was superseded by the Asgard 2 in 2013 which retained the $249 price-tag but managed to improve on the original model by adding two selectable gain stages and RCA pre-outs to attenuate the volume of powered monitors or a power amplifier.
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