The smsl m300 mkii and a90 is a super clean combo and tons of power. If you find them used you might be able to squeeze in under budget. You wouldn’t get stack aesthetics but I put my tube preamp beside my m300 on top of my a90 and it fits pretty nice. I actually like the m300 mkii more than my m400 which hurts a little. Might sell the m400 honestly.
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That sucks. When I ordered my Jot2 and Modius on February 10th they shipped out a week later on the 17th. I knew that they were having issues with supply, but I had no idea there were people being back-ordered like that. I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with that.
Now that really pisses me off…
I placed my order on January 29th. Which means that a Modius was never allocated to my order…
When I placed my order I believe it said they were shipping in 8-10 days. I don’t recall ever being told they were specifically on back-order.
When I first ordered my Asgard/Modius, it said it would ship in 2 weeks. When 2 weeks came, it got pushed back another 3 and a half weeks. Shit sucks but It eventually shipped on the second week, instead on the 3 and a half mark. It was a pleasant surprise and I love this amp and dac so I guess it was worth the wait. Schiit addressed this whole back-order stuff on their Youtube channel.
That sounds to me like in order to save shipping costs they pool orders together. So since you did a combo they had in stock they shipped it. Makes sense since they do have to charge shipping…though I suppose they could email the customer to ask if they prefer items to be separate. Had you ordered a Magnius instead of the Jot2, you would have been waiting like the rest it seems.
The problem there though is if they are not allocating stock to existing orders it leaves the possibility for certain combinations to remain unfulfilled for an extended time.
It’s obvious that Schiit did not allocate a Modius to my order, as the response to my question of changing the Magnius to a Jot2 was:
"Jotunheims have been shipping within 10 business days.
Unfortunately Modius are experiencing delays and are anticipated around April 22."
Yet @Michael ordered a Modius over a week after I did and got it.
a90 for $400 is a good deal.
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Not the same
Not sure what you’re referring to…
I thought so too! If somebody wanted both A90/D90 I might take a little more off the price 
Singxer SA-1?
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Whatever Affordable Balanced DAC these folks say.
SU-8?
Burst your budget a little, but…
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Anyone have an opinion on the Jotunheim 2 vs the A90? In the same boat where my Magnius won’t ship. Thinking of doing either a Jotunheim 2 + Modius or A90 + Modius.
I was looking at the SMSL SU-9 but the budget kinda drove me to try the SU-8 instead. Not having the chance to hear the two side-by-side, I could not tell you the difference between the two. I can tell you that I am very happy with the SU-8 so far. I like the way it sounds slightly better than the DAC that is in the Topping MX-3, but that is just my ear. For reference, I am running the SU-8 with the DA-8S, not the SH-8.
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Hello there I ordered my magnius and modius a week ago and the ship date was supposed to be the 31st but I got an email today saying the modius is on back order due to parts being delayed no word yet on my magnius, I honestly think this is the first time I have heard of issues with the audiophile community and the pandemic, I bought the snake oil adapter for this combo so I am going to wait it out and see what happens I am still waiting on my custom cable from hart audio cables anyways before I can use my headphones.
Actually they have had the problem for a little while now…if you watch this - you will see what I mean. I am a huge fan of this company coming right out and telling you what is going on like this.
AKM fire and subsequent shortage, transitioning some manufacturing to TX and the subsequent deep freeze there are challenges, among perhaps others. The demand load this forum produces on them must be another.
Thanks for that video it was interesting, and I had no idea about this. I owned a full 3 from schiit for use with my 598 but I upgraded those to sundara and a ifi zen dac and now I’m waiting on elex and my stack I hope this dac is worth the wait
just wanted to give everyone an update my magnius modius combo shipped today got the email also my focal elex showed up already just waiting on my custom hart audio cables and ill be set for life i hope
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Why? What is it about the M300 MkII that you prefer over the M400?