First post here too after lurking in the background and enjoying all the advice on the forums.
My main hifi setup is Hegel based (H390) with Icon Audio (HP8 MKII Signature) providing the headphone amplification. Primary cans are HD800S. So not state of the art but not terrible either. I’m certainly pleased with the performance it provides.
Now, apparently I’m a bone fide Schiithead having finally managed to secure a Schiit stack for the bedroom. Intention was to have a bit of the main system performance in a convenient miniature package.
The newly acquired Schiit stack comprises Modi2 MB, Loki Mini+, Vali2++. Streaming is via a rpi4 runnings lms 8.1 with Squeezelite on the same box. I picked up a pair of HD650 from ebay as I like the Senn sound and swapping the 800’s between rooms was a bit of a pain. Current tube on the Vali is stock and having fun reading all of the suggested alternatives here.
I guess my key point to all of the above ramblings is - flippin ‘eck the Schiit stack is good. I’m extremely impressed with the audio performance from the little boxes. Performance per pound (dollar?) is exceptional. The price of the stack, cables, little biddy rack and hd650’s combined is about the same as I spent on the phono cartridge on my turntable. LMS plus plugins means I can stream the same Qobus playlists to the Schiitstack as I can to the main rig... all controlled by an app on my mobile.
No doubt I’ll need to scratch the tube rolling itch at some point but for now I’m just enjoying the music.
Ade.
My main hifi setup is Hegel based (H390) with Icon Audio (HP8 MKII Signature) providing the headphone amplification. Primary cans are HD800S. So not state of the art but not terrible either. I’m certainly pleased with the performance it provides.
Now, apparently I’m a bone fide Schiithead having finally managed to secure a Schiit stack for the bedroom. Intention was to have a bit of the main system performance in a convenient miniature package.
The newly acquired Schiit stack comprises Modi2 MB, Loki Mini+, Vali2++. Streaming is via a rpi4 runnings lms 8.1 with Squeezelite on the same box. I picked up a pair of HD650 from ebay as I like the Senn sound and swapping the 800’s between rooms was a bit of a pain. Current tube on the Vali is stock and having fun reading all of the suggested alternatives here.
I guess my key point to all of the above ramblings is - flippin ‘eck the Schiit stack is good. I’m extremely impressed with the audio performance from the little boxes. Performance per pound (dollar?) is exceptional. The price of the stack, cables, little biddy rack and hd650’s combined is about the same as I spent on the phono cartridge on my turntable. LMS plus plugins means I can stream the same Qobus playlists to the Schiitstack as I can to the main rig... all controlled by an app on my mobile.
No doubt I’ll need to scratch the tube rolling itch at some point but for now I’m just enjoying the music.
Ade.