Introduction "Jotunheim is one of the nine realms in Norse mythology. It is the home of the giants, or the jotnar, who are fearsome and often must be confronted by heroic gods such as Thor. Jotunheim literally means "giant home." It is also Schiit Audio's foray into the mid-sized balanced amp market, this is the second iteration of that amp, and while I haven't heard of the first one I have owned a couple of Schiit Audios gear in the past ( Lyr, Bifrost, Asgard, Valhalla). The Jotunheim employs the Nexus gain stage found in the Ragnarok 2, and...

Really natural sounding and amazing extension in the bass and good texture, soundstage is pretty big. The lower treble is slightly peaky but lacks a bit of presence in the upper treble which causes a slight lack in airiness though imaging and depth is pretty good. The midrange is one of the most natural I've heard, timbre and tonal balance is excellent. To me it sounds a lot like my LCD-2F, but is a bit closed in and less transparent (flaws of being a closed design). But I would say its better than the El-8C I had and also I find this a bit better...

Who would have ever thought that cans that cost 20~ bucks could sound pretty good, well some how Superlux did it and this is the result. I have the Presonus HD 7 which is essentially the same headphone  Build At the price range I didn't really expect anything great, and not to my surprise they were very cheap feeling all round, they rattled and squeaked, the plastics felt incredibly cheap, they sort of make me cringe, the headband and pads were pleather and unlike high quality pleather they don't even feel a bit like leather. They feel light...

Build I've had a lot of headphones in the past and prior to this I thought in the sub 300 price category the Beyer DT990/880 were the best, they certainly still are at the top of the chart but this x2 is just as good and has a better styling, in my opinion these are one of the the better looking headphones out there. The headband is two metal rods that seem pretty sturdy, not exactly sure what the cups are made of but they seem well built and have a nice feel to them, overall I think these are built to last everything on this phone feels of premium...