Ohhh... presets for headphones and another for speakers... hopefully they keep making it long enough for me to talk myself into pulling the trigger.

I like it so much I wonder if I should have got the Loki Max. Besides being a great EQ, one of my FAVORITE things about the Lokius is that it outputs to both SE and XLR connections, and you can use it to switch between SE and XLR inputs. I have a turntable running into SE, and Bifrost 2...

Indeed a winner. And it's not that the new knob is bad... it's just that the old knob was really good.

I’d love to get your take on the MJ3 vs Rag 2 with Susvara!

As luck would have it my 2020 Rag 2 went poof, and while it makes the trip to California for repair I took advantage of the Rag 2 sale to get a “backup” amp. Knowing that the new transformer makes it better, I’m guessing the repaired Rag might be backup. Glorious amp. The biggest user facing...

Alas, my mighty Ragnarok 2 has croaked. It went into protection and now will not pass the power-on checks. It's under warranty, so it will likely soon be boxed up and be flown across the country to California for service. This has got me thinking... since Rag is on sale now for $999, I could...

Hah, I have a LP 4 screw but would love to try the 6 screw, since I’ve heard that’s king of bass slam. The grass is always greener.

I would love to do a comparison of this to a Ragnarok. Or maybe I wouldn't.

Yeah, you can still run subs, but they will need have a speaker level input to take the output from the speaker taps. One thing you don't get that way is a crossover removing the low frequency from your mains. I'm running a pair of LS50 Meta with a pair of Rythmik F12s with speaker level input...

If you need an amp that will give E3 all the power it needs, Schiit has the Ragnarok 2 for sale for $999. Crazy price for that much power. I use mine to drive speakers, E3, HE6, Susvara... really everything but IEMs or super sensitive headphones. For example B&O H6 gets a lot of noise.

I believe Dan said that's important, otherwise your pads get crushed.

Oh sure, I was thinking more like get a 4.4mm terminated cable and use something like this https://a.co/d/3qES0di, but maybe that’s unwieldy or unpleasant.

With the Midguard specifically I think you’d want the XLR output.

Just got my DCA E3 in from headphones.com, my first exposure to anything from DCA. Initial listening impressions with Bifrost 2/64 and Ragnarok 2 over XLR is WOW. I'm blown away. Lately I've been spending most of time with Susvara on the same rig and the E3 is definitely impressive. Looking...

Unless you find a speaker amp that is happy to put it's full power output (24W into 32 ohms) through the balanced headphone jack on the front... Schiit Ragnarok 2.