You can go further up the food chain (with Schiit or elsewhere) and get even better performance (but generally severely diminishing return/$). The Magni non-multibit and Hel are going to be similar sounding DAC sections. Maybe you love a studio style flat sound, maybe you love bass, maybe you love a punched up V shaped tuning. It's about finding a sound signature that you enjoy (assuming this is a listening setup rather than mastering) and picking components that help you achieve that sound. This may also benefit you with a more convenient volume control location, depending on the monitors and their placement.Įverything is a compromise, even buying the most expensive DAC on the market (think of all the other opportunities you'd have to give up). The obvious alternative here is to run the monitors off the preamp outputs on the Magni. Running direct from DAC to monitors with the stack will either require recabling to switch to headphones or adding in a SYS. Schiit stack vs Hel hits a similar pricepoint so component and design compromises are likely to be similar. You mention running directly from the Modi to the powered monitors, this should be largely similar to Hel as both use the same AKM DAC chip and TI op amp chip. Just replaced my Yamaha HT receiver acting as and amp with a Vidar, driving a pair of Elac B6.2s. I've been running off the line out from my Hel for the past few months.
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