I've just brought a schiit lyr to pair with he-500, my question is how well will the schiit lyr work with grados sr225 or also denon d2000? Will I have to make a impedance adaptor or they pair ok? Ben

Hey guys, I'm going to buy a Lyr to combo with a Bifrost and HE-500 cans.   -Should I go with JJ or GE stock tubes?   -Do I need to order with 115 or 230v?   Thanks.

Hello !   I found out that one of the two tubes that I received is in bad shape (less light from it and a slight hum noise from the side of this tube).   So I want to get some new tubes to 1) get rid of the slight hum on the left side 2) maybe improve overall sound quality.   I ve...

I'm looking for upgrade from O2 amp. But, since there are too many positive comments about O2, it's hard to find which amp actually can be upgrade from O2.   I think of $200-300 SS amp, maybe Asgard2, but not sure. Do you have any recommend?

Any thoughts on this compared to the schiit Lyr+Bifrost?   Also, what would someone hook up to it with the RCA inputs on the back?

Hello All,   I'm planning on picking up an LCD-2 soon but was wondering what would a good AMP/DAC Combo be for it <$1000.  I currently have the Schiit Magni/Modi but heard that may not be enough to power it. Would Bifrost/Asgard, Valhalla or Lyr be a good match? Or would you reccommend...

Hi, I have a budget of $500, that can go up to $750 if necessary. I want a really good amp/dac combo for my HD 600s, seperate units or a single combined unit works. I am running off a windows desktop that has optical, headphone, and usb. Any reccomendations?

I am interesting in getting a Schiit Lyr, but its rather high THD bothers me. According to Schiit's own specifications, Lyr has THD less than 0.1%, which is considerably high compared to many other amps around the $500 range. Many of them have THD less than 0.01%, which is ten times less than...

DAC+AMP combo is fine, stand alone units will also work. I would prefer the headphones to be open.   Please leave suggestions, thanks.

Hey all, well it's that time to upgrade again. I poke my head around these forums every now and then and read a little bit but really can never find a distinct answer so I'm just running with this idea. Currently running an eBay Aune with a Genalex tube and AKG Q701s, I think it's the amp/dac...

Hi    So i've just got my shiny new Lyr and i'm unsure how 'firmly seated' the tubes should be? I've lined up the pins but there's still quite a bit of free movement and they don't feel very secure.    Also, it says I should power up the amp *before* connecting the source. Does this mean...

Hello there, I wonder if there is a cheap amp for the LCD 2 that is still decent because the LCD2 are expansive and I don't want to ruin myself while buying an amp :)

Hi guys, running a foobar>Uberfrost>Lyr with stock tubes>LCD2, I keep hearing a 'click' every now and then in one of the sides, not occuring when no music is playing. I tried to quickly search for it in the forums and found nothing. Anyone know of this phenomena? Thanks.

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Hi I'm looking for new Headphones + AMP and DAC I'm mainly listening to metal (melodeath, death, black, hardcore, metalcore) but also Dubstep, Drum n Bass and House. a little bit to Hip Hop and Classic So the headphones shouldn't have a problem with fast music. My price range is around 950€...

Hello, What headphones do best job with Vocals, (80's-90's Pop, Rock)  Pop, Rock, R&B, Electronic and same instrumental?    Audeze LCD 2 rev. 2 + Schiit Lyr + Schiit Bifrost  OR Hifiman HE-500 + LaFigaro 339 + Schiit Bifrost 

I am looking for an amp/DAC and I have a budget of about, hmm. Lets just say.. $1000 would be a very nice budget, but I can definately go over, if worth it. At $1000 we have some good choices, like the WA7 and Lyr/Bifrost. But hey, go over by all means.    I'm looking for a amp/DAC that will...

hey guys, thought asking you would get me closer to an unregretable definite choice, i own both hd800 and lcd2, thing is that i run both through the schiit lyr and i feel that this amp does not exert the full potential of the hd800, im satisfied with the sound of the lcd2 but i dont wanna sell...

Can I get suggestions for affordable ($0-400?) desktop amps for sensitive headphones? (16-32 ohms, 100-110 db SPL, let's say)   So, it must have less than 1 ohm output impedance, must be solid state, must deliver high current, must have low gain, must have RCA input, and the hardest point to...

Hello guys,   I'm quite new to headphone world (while experimented in hifi), and want to go for a tube amp for a HD650.   Reading this forum a lot, I started to select one, and then basically choose: - Schiit Lyr, - Woo WA3, - Woo WA6 (or WA6-SE), - eventually Ray Samuel Raptor...

Hey guys, Iam contemplating investing in a new amp/dac but iam unsure if it will be worth the money!! I currently have an aune t1 + genalex gold lion and it seems pretty decent to be fair, Its connected to my imac and i use spotify for most (but not all) of my listening and my headphones are the...

Hello I have spent a couple of days reading about headphones and amps. My old HD 595 is dying and I am looking for a replacement so I thought I could buy the HD 800 and "just plug it" into my pc. Then I realized that I was going to literally throw the money to the trash if I didn't pair them...

I use the sennheiser hd800s with a schiit lyr amp and no DAC, just plug the RCA cables into a RCA to standard headphone jack converter and that into my laptop. Now, I'm hoping that the setup sucks and it's no surprise to hear that this 2000 dollar setup sounds only slightly better than my 250...

Hello guys, I bought a sennheiser HD600 this week, it will arrive next month, and I am planning to buy an amp and a DAC to pair with the HD600, so, my budget is $550 to the Dac and the amp, and I wanna know the best way t spend that money, if $200 on the DAC and $350 on the amp for example. I...

Hi everybody, I planed buying a Schiit Lyr for my LCD2 r2 at Xmas event this year but i found the Pan Am review on Headfonia website: http://www.headfonia.com/portable-desktop-alo-the-panam/ and this seems to be very good for the LCD2s. The reviewer also said that this is better than the...