Asgard X with Dac

Asgard X with Dac

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“Back to the past, forward to the future,” is the best description of Asgard X. Combining elements of the original 2010 Asgard, including no-feedback, JFET-input discrete design with a new Class A version of Continuity™, Asgard X brings much Mjolnir 3 to a smaller, friendlier design. And, it accepts the Mesh™ DAC card with Forkbeard, for an insanely capable all-in-one option. 

Rediscover Simplicity

Asgard X strips away complexity, giving you only what you need for fantastic sound. An uber-simple no-feedback single gain stage, based on matched discrete JFETs and BJTs, fronts our Continuity A™ output stage. Continuity A means that both NPN and PNP devices are conducting on both positive and negative rails—something that push-pull Class A amps can’t even claim. 

Experience Halo X™

Asgard X’s innovations don’t stop at Continuity A. It also includes Halo X™-an extension of Schiit's Halo mixed-mode feedback system introduced on Midgard. This allows you to include the driver in Asgard X’s feedback loop—without it having any feedback itself! Halo X is available via the 4.4mm balanced connector, allowing you to compare Halo X with standard output via the 1/4” single-ended jack. 

Make it All in One

Add the optional Mesh™ DAC card to make your Asgard an all-in-one desktop control center. Featuring Schiit’s unique digital filter, the Mesh card combines the best of thier own R&D with an excellent delta-sigma output stage, for incredible sound you won’t get anywhere else. And, the Mesh DAC card includes Forkbeard, giving you a 3-band parametric EQ, balance, loudness, and volume, as well as additional DAC features like NOS mode and absolute phase switching.

Designed and Built in the USA

By “designed and built in the USA" this is what we mean: the vast majority of the production of Asgard X—chassis, boards, assembly, etc— are manufactured in the US. Schiit's chassis and transformers are made in California. The PCBs are made in California or Utah, and it all comes together in Schiit's San Antonio facility.

5-Year Warranty

Asgard X is covered by a 5-year UK limited warranty that covers parts and labour

Specs

SPECS THAT MATTER

Power: plenty for all headphones except a handful of the hardest-to-drive ones (we’re talking HE6, Tungsten, stuff like that)

Noise: inaudible on all headphones and most IEMs

Distortion: not state of the art, but still 10-100x lower than the headphones you're using 

Heat: amp gets moderately warm (it does have Class A bias, after all), this is fine, we have made much hotter-running stuff that lasts farrrrrr past the warranty

Size: very desk-friendly

 

OTHER SPECS

 

Frequency Response: 20Hz-20Khz, +/-0.015dB

 

Output Power 

 

Maximum Power, 16 ohms: 3.4W RMS per channel 

Maximum Power, 32 ohms: 2.8W RMS per channel

Maximum Power, 50 ohms: 1.9W RMS per channel

Maximum Power, 300 ohms: 380mW RMS per channel

Maximum Power, 600 ohms: 200mW RMS per channel

   

THD+N

 

Low Gain: Less than 0.002% at 1V RMS into 300 ohms

High Gain: Less than 0.015% at 1V RMS into 32 ohms 

 

>IMD

 

Low Gain: Less than -90dB at 1V RMS into 300 ohms, CCIF

High Gain: Less than -80dB at 1V RMS into 300 ohms, CCIF

 

SNR

 

High Gain: Greater than 108dB, referenced to 2V RMS

 

Crosstalk

 

Less than -80dB, 20 Hz-20 kHz, 300 ohm load

 

Output Impedance

 

SE ¼” TRS output: 0.7 ohms

4.4mm output: 3.5 ohms

Preamp output: 75 ohms

 

Input Impedance: 50k ohms

 

>Gain: 1 or 4.5x

 

>Topology: Fully discrete, single gain stage, DC in and DC out, no feedback in either gain setting, Continuity A™ balanced NPN/PNP Class A biased output, Halo X™ on 4.4mm output 

 

Protection: Failsafe DC power input and muting relay, overcurrent sensing and output lift, DC servo

 

Power Supply: 100% linear supply with 48VA internal transformer, +60V discrete regulated rail, +/-20V discrete regulated rails, and +/-15V regulated rails, and over 25,000uF total filter capacitance

 

Power Consumption: 14W idle, 22W max

 

Size: 22.86 x 15.24” x 5.08 cm

 

Weight: 3.18 kg

 

 

OPTIONAL MESH™/FORKBEARD™ DAC MODULE

 

USB input: Unison 384™, up to 32 bits/384kHz supported, full UAC2 compliance

 

D/A Conversion: Schiit Mesh™, a unique combination of our time- and frequency-domain optimized digital filter and a standard delta-sigma modulator, in this case via an ES9028

 

Analog Stage: Based on LME49724 and OPA1656, with precision thin-film resistors and film capacitors, DC coupled 

 

Frequency Response: 20Hz-20KHz, +/-0.02dB

 

<0.0003%, 20Hz-20KHz

IMD: <0.0004%, CCIF

S/N: >122dB, referenced to 2V RMS

 

Forkbeard Capabilities:

  • Volume control
  • Balance control
  • 3-band parametric EQ
  • Loudness setting
  • NOS mode
  • Phase inversion
  • Sample rate reporting

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