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MIMIR

£330
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An affordable balanced DAC with Schiit's own Mesh™ digital conversion, that’s also a full preamp and EQ via Forkbeard™? And it’s made in the USA? Yes. Welcome to Mimir, maybe the first truly new thing in DACs in, like, ever.

Mesh: Schiit Audio Unique Digital Filter, Made Uniquely Affordable

All of the True Multibit or Multiform DACs has Schiit's own proprietary digital filter, developed through decades of R&D. Now, Mesh brings this unique digital filter to a much more affordable price point, by meshing (ahem) a 32-bit Microchip processor with a standard delta-sigma modulator. The result? Something that sounds a lot more like our more expensive DACs.

Add Forkbeard: Remote, Preamp, EQ, and More

Want even more than the best inexpensive DAC on the planet? Make it a full digital preamp with parametric EQ! Plug in a Forkbeard module, and you’ll instantly have remote volume, balance, a 3-band parametric EQ, Loudness, digital filter switching (Mesh and NOS), absolute phase invert, and input select. 

Unison 384 USB and Linear Override Power Supply

Mimir also includes the Unison 384™ USB input and unique Linear Override power supply, so you can run off the USB input for convenience—or plug in our external AC wall-wart to convert to a linear power supply with much higher voltage rails (and higher output).

Create Your Own Mini Gigastack

Add Mimir to Gjallarhorn F, Vidar 2F, or any other Forkbeard-enabled amp, and you have everything you need for an all-digital system, no preamp or EQ needed. Or, add a Saga 2 for ultimate relay-ladder volume control. Or, pair with Jotunheim, Lyr, or Midgard for an exceptional headphone system.

Designed and Built in Texas

The vast majority of the total production of Mimir—chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, etc—is manufacturing in the US. Schiit's chassis are made minutes from there facility. The PCBs are done just over the hill from them. Yes, the wall-warts aren't made in the USA, but there's some give and take at this price point. 

2-Year Warranty 

Mimir is covered by a limited warranty that covers parts and labour for two years.

Specs

SE or Balanced Outputs:

Frequency Response: 20Hz-20KHz, +/-0.04dB

THD+N: 0.0003% 

IMD: 0.0004%, CCIR

S/N: 118dB, referenced to full output, with or without external power

Crosstalk: -125dB, 20-20kHz

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

Other inputs: Optical SPDIF, Coaxial SPDIF, AES, all up to 24/192

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 an ES9028

Analog Stage: Based on LME49724 for balanced output, OPA1656 for SE output, both independent, with precision thin-film resistors and film capacitors, DC coupled

Output: XLR balanced and RCA single-ended

Maximum Output:

3.0V RMS balanced, 1.5V RMS single-ended when powered via USB cable

4.0V RMS balanced, 2.0V RMS single-ended with Linear Override AC wall-wart

Output Impedance: 75 ohms

Power Supply: USB powered with charge pump rail generator for +/-5V rails, reports as 500mA USB device

Linear override via 14-16VAC, 0.5A+ wall-wart, provides +/-12V rails and reports as 0mA USB device

Forkbeard requirements: schiit.com/forkbread

Forkbeard Capabilities:

Input select

Sample rate reporting

Volume control

Balance control

3-band parametric EQ

Mesh or NOS filter mode switching

Loudness

Phase inversion

Size: 22.86 x 15.24 x 3.81”

Weight: 1 KG

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