Schiit stack speakers1/21/2024 So Midgard, a unique thing with a unique topology, uniquely Schiit and uniquely weird, replaces Magnius. Discrete lets us do cool stuff like super-linear open-loop stages that perform at pretty much state of the art levels without a ton of feedback. Midgard is fully discrete and current feedback like Asgard, but it runs off a wall-wart, costs less, has more power, doesn’t take internal DAC modules, measures better, and introduces our new thing: Halo™ topology mixed-mode feedback. Is it a middling Asgard? No, it’s it’s own thing.We thought it was a good name for an amp that is really super capable, super solid, and super down to earth. What’s Midgard? In Norse mythology, Midgard is the earth, as in the place where we all live, this ball of rock with humans and stuff on it-as in, not the realm of the gods or any other grandiose things like that.In that case, Midgard came from Schiit Audio in Texas, by way of our great production and QC staff there, after much angsty design stuff by Jason, which you can read about in the chapter here. Where’d this come from? By “this,” we assume you mean Midgard, and not your cat or your car or the universe or anything like that.Wait a sec! Where’d this come from? What the heck is a Midgard? Is it like a middling Asgard? And where did Magnius go? Wow, that’s a lot of questions. And, if you don’t like your Midgard, you can still send it back for a refund, minus 15% restocking fee, within 15 days of receiving your amp. Midgard is covered by a limited warranty that covers parts and labor for two years. Yes, the wall-warts are made in Taiwan, but there’s some give and take at this price point. Our PCBs are from Nevada, Texas, Utah, or California. These two components are exactly the same size, and stack perfectly on a desktop.īy “designed and built in Texas” this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Midgard-chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, etc-goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. If you’re looking for a great-sounding, great-measuring balanced DAC to pair with Midgard, look no farther than Modius to create an end-game desktop stack. And all these connections use best-in-class Neutrik connectors, together with Alps signal switches, for ultimate integrity and reliability. It also has both balanced and single-ended inputs, and two gain levels. It also has balanced and single-ended preamp outputs, so you can connect to powered monitors for a complete system. And it has a top-of-class Alps RK27 volume pot for smooth control and fantastic tracking. It has smart protection to safeguard your headphones (and itself). It’s quiet enough for super-sensitive headphones. It delivers nearly 5W into 32 ohms through either the ¼” TRS or 4-pin XLR connectors with near state-of-the-art measurements. Halo or no, Midgard is completely over the top in terms of value and performance. We’ll also go further: if you have an acoustic measurement rig and want to publish your results (positive or negative, we don’t care), contact us and we’ll get you a Midgard to measure. Compare to the front panel TRS, which doesn’t have Halo, because Halo requires separate ground returns. Want to try Halo? Plug in to the front panel XLR. However, since confirming that would require years of research and still have everyone arguing about it, we decided to do something crazy: introduce this amp at a great price and let you decide. Introducing Halo: Breakthrough or Illusion? Halo is a mixed-mode feedback topology that incorporates your headphone driver into the feedback loop, offering the potential for better control at driver resonance and improved acoustic results. Midgard’s new Halo™ topology also offers the potential for higher performance where it matters-at your ears. Midgard is simply the best measuring, highest power discrete headphone amp we’ve ever made.
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