Schiit Mjolnir 3 Impressions

whew, thank goodness. dam i wish i could hear that fuckin mythical 4x45...

i'd also add erro's Moth OTL prototype, which, if he ever sells, you obv have first dibs on it, i think i am 3rd or 4th in line lmao ( :

edit: sorry for mucking up the MJ3 thread, mods pls delete if you feel it doesnt add value. i am just happy i am covid-neg and feeling better lmao

ok ok, i can add something: having heard both the FV and the MJ3 prototype under meet conditions, i'd have to say i have one little niggle, the FV i heard was fed by MMB2 via unison (ipad as controller, so im just guessing here), and i don’t think i can agree w this source, i think that amp could spread its wings more w a beefier DAC.

and I still think MJ3 is the new SS king when it comes to Audezes, that amp has some serious chutzpah and big ass balls with the LCD-series. and i do agree w @purr1n's DAC suggestions for MJ3, i heard it w LIM, and i think every source choice he suggested was spot on.

 

How sweet sounding is the MJ3?

Compared to BW2, 3F, MJ3, DNA amps.
Where does it land on the scale?

Also does it do the DHT thing? kinda a tough ask but im curious.

 

Lol. Reference to an old show "Kung-Fu" starring David Carradine as Kwai Chiang Caine, a shaolin Monk who could probably handle holding those heat sources due to their discipline and will. Was a very good show for its time.

 

I mean to say, how round are the edges? smoothness factor? or is this the transparentness, maybe it is softness.
that is what I mean by sweet.
is it localized to particular bands?

 

The streaming boom meant Hollywood started hiring anybody and everybody with Final Draft or a pencil, since there was so much more content. Optimists says this is a good thing, new blood, etc etc. In the end it just ratchets up mediocrity since the barrier for entry is so low (see youtube). Hence the glut of "background noise" television (only good to be played while you do other tasks such as folding laundry/cooking/studying/f'ing). The WGA leaders only want to make this worse with their "minimum staffing" nonsense, so writers can sit around and do nothing and still get paid, realizing that they don't need to work on their craft to make a living... the WGA leaders only see or care about the short term, with their stunning levels of stupidity, as they cause Hollywood to start circling the drain even faster. People already have too many other sources of entertainment (YT, social media, video games, etc) so in a few years time they will care about movies and TV even less. And Hollywood will panic and point fingers as if it isn't their fault...

The only optimism in this situation is the studios refusing this mandate (but I suspect its more because they don't want to pay extra to more writers, not because of some wise foresight), which has led to butting heads. If the WGA wins this demand, you can kiss good television goodbye for a good while.

 

Clear MG is the least caffeinated of the usual Focal suspects. Given it's "Audeze" FR, you project a good pair with MJ3?

 

I don't qualify as a guru here or anywhere else, but I just ordered an MJ3, so expect some side-by-side impressions with Oor in a couple of weeks (shipping and work permitting). To set the stage a bit more, I also own a 3F, different location. To me, 3F cannot get the dynamics and speed out of Caldera that Oor does. I really enjoy 3F with Verité open (even more than with Atrium, somehow) for an intimate, precise, detailed experience. Caldera with Oor is also precise and detailed, but "bigger" in dynamics and transient speed. So, very curious about where MJ3 will fit.

 

I watched an episode with my daughter. After about 5m she said something along the lines of how can you watch that racist crap...

P.S. Watching an old Iron Chef, I saw the Chinese Iron Shelf Chef take things out of a frying pan with his bare hands. Shaolin training in action!

 

I'm starting to suspect this may be key to audiophile level 50,000. As we usually instinctively (or learn to?) to find "one perfect DAC" as opposed to different flavors for different headphones, moods, etc... this is the genius of Schiit's various flavors of the Yggdrasil. Even starting out, one should probably splurge more on 2 or 3 different sounding cheap DACs to keep in permanent rotation while they discover their preferences. Treat it like polygamy, except with gear rather than people.

 

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Ding Ding Ding Ding!!

 

You remind her Breakfast at Tiffany's was only around 10 years old at the time? LOL

 

if Oor—with or without Hypsos—is anything like the Ferrum Erco (but now we're throwing a big ol' wrench in the bicycle wheels bc there's a DAC in the Erco, an ESS DAC that I'm not sure many here would be fans of if it were a standalone product, including you), which i don't think it is, but just one tiny little data point, that may or may not help you triangulate:

the MJ3 mops the floor w it. as in, the Erco sounded like roadkill—motionless and dead-eyed, but yet still somehow uncanny (gave off bad ((sounding)) vibes that one can't quite put their finger on).

(note here that I am talking ab audezes only tho, for both amps or the amp and the amp w onboard DAC, as that's that's the make of transducer i heard w both.)

 

Oor+Hypsos with Caldera is very much alive, and moves fast.

 

Is this a riddle?

 

yeah that's why i said it's prob not a good comparo, since the Erco is a DAC-amp, and is lower-tier...

nope, just a bad post lmao