Really enjoying my D10 / Liquid Spark combo at work. Looking to purchase a portable option soon and Iāve got my eye on the new Hip Dac (if you want balanced output) and the XD-05 (if you want unbalanced).
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I use an xduoo xd-05 plus. Highly recommend it. Altho some people say that at that price you can buy a used ifi micro so thatās something to consider. The xduoo should be brighter tho. If you want something cheaper that is not portable a liquid spark with some dac would be pretty sweet. I have the spark too and can cosign that it works well with the hawks
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The magni heresy also works well with the nighthawk too for more power
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Thank you everyone for your opinions! Iāll keep in it mind when the time comes to get that gear.
Before this i was gonna settle on the magni/modi because i loved the aesthetics of a matching stack, but it seems the modi isnāt highly recommended now.
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No, I would suggest avoiding the modi because it hasnāt been fixed yet lol
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Yeah the modi has some problems lol.
ohā¦? what kind of problems? the overheating/grounding thing?
Compressed sounding, peaky signature, and unrefined delivery overall, itās just not the best dac tbh
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my theory on why no dacs have been updated yet is they are on a standstill waiting to see on who shoots first and seeing what the competition does and what the market does, as the monoprice dac is supposed to come out the jds labs needs a new dac as well now.
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They knocked it out of the park with the new bifrost 2, so I am excited to see what they can do budget wise
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Are their budget amps competitive again?
For sure yes, the heresy and the Asgard 3 are just sweet
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You think the heresy is a good match with nighthawks? I ask because Iāve been thinking recently about getting a stack and using the xd05+ mobile
Yeah that would be nice, I would prefer the Asgard 3, but the heresy would also be awesome
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Asgard 3 also has huge amounts of power if you end up getting hard to drive headphones.
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Iāve got both the asgard 3 and heresy. I like the asgard more but the heresy is probably the best $100 amp. Both are a great pairing with the nighthawks. Asgard is a bit better with planar headphones.
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Agreed. But if you can stretch your budget for the A3, itās totally worth it.
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quick shoutout to the vocals on this headphone 
female especiallyā¦ very niceā¦ maybe under appreciated? (I havenāt read all 677 comments)
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Do it. Read them all.
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Itās part of a initiation.
(Iām on #336 and Iāve had the nighthawks for 2 weeks, tho most of them of ā10/20 char limitā with an emoji)
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