nighthink
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That was for sure better way how to get it. I just didn't want to deal with those import duties (not clear how much it would be in my country) and I prefered to know exact price before buying, the price via Schiit-Europe wasn't bad at all, considering all those additional costs.That's why I ordered straight from Schiit. They seem to prioritise direct customers as opposed to the EU or UK Schiit store.
But in the end MJ3 would cost 1550 Eur in silver, while Mentor was about 1350 Eur including the upgraded cable (worth 100), aluminium remote (50) and all the shipment costs. Now when I know what Mentor can do, 1200 Eur seems to be really great deal. They are I think quite equaly great with MJ3, each with it's own signature of course, but I like Mentor. I was a bit affraid I will loose some bass weight in comparision to MJ3 in favour of soundstage and holographics, but I don't lack anything regarding bass, I'm really happy with Mentor. HEkSE go wild on that monster. Now it starts to sign even better after I have some 100 hours on that thing (or maybe it is just my brain strarted to accept it even more, who knows).
The only thing is the lack of preamplifier function on Mentor, but even that seems to be possible via headphone output into 2x RCA cable (in low gain mode). I still want to try this with some proper cable, which I first need to construct somehow. But that's just a non mandatory luxury use case I don't really need anyway.