I will be researching both the Bryston and Mjolnir. Unfortunately, I won't be able to audition them in person so I will be relying on others who have experience with balanced amps in combination with LCD 2 or 3 headphones. I'm actually pretty happy with my Wadia 121 but after hearing the obvious difference that balanced cables made with my Airmotiv speakers I'll probably do something and the mjolnir will be high on my list if only because of the cost and some of the reviews I've read to date. At the low end of the scale, I can buy the Mjolnir and balanced cables from Audeze for under $900 for both. I can go the more extreme route and buy the Bryston and silver dragon balanced cables from Moon Audio and spend over $2000. So, tell me--is the Wadia and Mjolnir combination that significant an improvement???
to my ears, yes,
i was actually pretty skeptical going in, with the whole "balanced" operation , whether is going balanced specifcally, or the mjo just being a better, more powerful amp, or a combination, of both
i very much prefer the lcd2, and the hifiman HE-5LE, balanced out of the mjo, over single ended, out of the lyr, the burson soloist, and the headphone amp out of the wadia
i haven't heard the bryston, i've wanted to, but the mjo is great, i got a feeling i'll stay with this set up for a while
and with the mjo, it has balanced pre-amp outpouts, so it would work with your airmotivs too