šŸ”· Schiit Asgard 3

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i dont understand, how do you control volume on them?

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You have to get an external preamp or volume control

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Just wondering, would there be any reason to take the Jot over the Asgard outside of its balanced output? Where did you hear that there was a new one in development?

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I personally think the asgard 3 is the cleaner less compressed sounding amp imo lol. I thought I remembered reading an article about a new upcoming jot but I could be mistaken. I think if you wanted something more powerful and balanced at the price point of the jot, the monoprice 887 might be a better bet imo

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There is a rumor that recent Jotunheimā€™s are different, and Schiit has made changes before without changing version numbers.
But the only real advantage of the Jot is the balanced output and the cheap balanced DAC card.

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Huh, didnā€™t know that. I have tried a jot (not super recent) and wasnā€™t really impressed

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I like mine, I use it balanced, but I donā€™t hear a ton of difference between all the cleanish SS amps Iā€™ve tried under about $500.
I hear differences if an amp is struggling to drive a load, but outside of that they are all just good.

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Thinking about buying this is it worth the extra 200 for that dac or should buy a cheaper dac

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It should only be an extra 100 with the akm dac chip, the multibit is 200

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Didnā€™t see that going to sell my liquid spark and tin t4 then lol

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I have a question should I get the 100 dac installed or just a smsl m100?

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It depends imo. I think personally if you dont mind not having an aio, the topping d10 or m100 would be a good choice, but the inbuilt dac would be pretty nice as well

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Yeah ik I donā€™t mind the extra though

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I would get it with 4490 DAC module, I have the amp by itself and it is amazing for that base price.
Unless you already have a separate DAC that has a better chip, the built-in one is just more convenient.

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How would you compare asgard 3 to the nfb 11.28

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I much prefer the Asgard 3 imo, itā€™s a better refined amp. I am not the biggest audio gd fan because a fair amount of their amps have lots of power and not really that much finesse. Also the 11.28 has some dynamic compression that I donā€™t typically prefer

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Iā€™ve had my Asgard 3 w/ MB DAC for about a month, and while I donā€™t have an NFB-11.28, I do have the 11.32. To echo what M0N said, I much prefer the A3. The NFB-11.32 has always struck me as quite lifeless and dull. Maybe some of that has been remedied in the newer versions but in my particular case I only really keep the NFB-11 around because I havenā€™t wanted to go through the hassle of selling it.

One thing I have noticed with my Asgard 3, and this is specifically with Focal Elex, is that is that the pairing can be a bit bright for my tastes. I much prefer the Elex paired with my iFi Micro iDSD BL, but with other my headphones (HD650, HD660S and Dan Clark Audio Aeon Flow 2 Closed) the Asgard 3 wins out.

(Although Iā€™ll be honestā€¦ the Aeon Flow 2 Closed sound pretty amazing out of just about anything!)

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I gotta admit the aeon 2 closed made me sell my ether c flow 1.1, it really fixed the issues I had with the mrspeakers headphones, can highly recommend

Yeah the A3 is pretty awesome for the price. I can see it not being the ideal pairing for the elex tho

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Just got the A3 and loving it so far can power the argons easily on high gain.

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Just wondering about DAC options, is there any audible differences between the Modi Multibit and the Multibit addon card?