A review of the Schiit Asgard 3 budget, single-ended headphone amp including comparison vs the Topping L30 and Schiit Magnius balanced headphone amplifier
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00:00 Introduction
02:05 Design and pricing
03:43 Volume channel balance
04:36 Pre-amp functionality
05:43 Sound impressions
06:53 Glamour video
07:37 Discrete vs chip-based
09:23 Vs Schiit Magnius
10:46 Vs Topping L30
11:50 Vs Burson Fun V6 Vivids
13:02 Headphone pairings
15:46 Final conclusions
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PASSION FOR SOUND GEAR LIST
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Desktop Sources Playback software: Roon [ Ссылка ]
Primary DAC: Chord Hugo TT2 with Chord M-Scaler
Secondary DAC: Schiit Bifrost 2 [ Ссылка ]
USB cables: Curious Evolved [ Ссылка ]
and AudioQuest Coffee [ Ссылка ]
Active Speakers: Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 3 Speakers
Amps
Bottlehead Mainline DIY kit tube amplifier [ Ссылка ]
Topping A90 [ Ссылка ]
Burson Soloist 3XP [ Ссылка ]
Topping L30 headphone amp and pre-amp [ Ссылка ]
Burson Audio FUN: [ Ссылка ] with Sparkos Labs SS3601 op-amps: [ Ссылка ]
Headphones (that I regularly use)
Open: Meze Audio Empyrean [ Ссылка ]
Open: Focal Clear [ Ссылка ]
Open: Sennheiser HD800S [ Ссылка ]
Open: HiFiMan Sundara [ Ссылка ]
Semi-open: Beyerdynamic DT880 Premium LE massdrop.7eer.net/L6633
or [ Ссылка ]
Closed: AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon (these may have been discontinued)
Portable
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S10+ [ Ссылка ]
DAC for phone: Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt [ Ссылка ]
Digital audio player: Astell & Kern AK240 Stainless Steel (no longer available) - other A&K players are available here: [ Ссылка ]
Earphones
Audiofly AF1120 Mk2: [ Ссылка ]
Noble Kaiser 10 custom IEM (discontinued) - universal version available via Drop [ Ссылка ]
Shozy Form 1.4 [ Ссылка ]
Tin HiFi T2 Plus [ Ссылка ]
Bluetooth Headphones / Earphones
Nuraphone [ Ссылка ]
AudioFly AFT2 [ Ссылка ]
Nuraloop [ Ссылка ]
Reviews filmed using:
Sony A7R III: [ Ссылка ]
Sony FE 24mm F/1.4: [ Ссылка ]
Audio-Technica ATR3350xiS lapel mic: [ Ссылка ]
Neewer Bi-color 660 LED lights: [ Ссылка ]
