I like the silver. But the silver finish on Schiit's Texas products isn't even close to the nice satin finish of their Valencia products. Stick with the (cheaper!) black finish on products from Corpus Christi.@@TheVeganVicar
A great dac/amp. A very neutral sound, powerful and zero distortion at ear-bleed levels. Absolutely a god send unit for beginners and even more experienced desktop listeners. A great price. If I listen to a badly mastered album, I simply tone control the situation with a separate Lokius eq. Great stuff. Thanks.
Always love your reviews and this one is no different. I am not a new audiophile/headfi listener and I recently noticed that Shiit. is now selling off the Magni+ for $59 so I got one. Can't go wrong at that price. Hoping to drive my HifiMan Edition XS and use Schiit BiFrost as the DAC
@@the12gaugeshotty thanks for the fast reply! Mhhhh.... That's sad >< did you tried it on the PC? The chatbot specified that the USB port only needs 500mA to run the magni with an internal DAC... And nearly every USB 2 port supports this spec when it's plugged in on to the mainboard
@@Queza yes. I have it plugged into a USB 3.2 port on my Windows desktop. If you don't have the AC power supply plugged in it doesn't get power at all. USB is just data only for the DAC. Very convenient for a sub $200 all-in-one amp/DAC. The Schiit Modi+ DAC does get power and data from the USB C but that's just a DAC.
So i feel like I'm going to get heat for saying this...but I just don't get it. I bought this model after using the Fiio E10K for years. Figured it was a good "upgrade". But when I got it I was very surprised....just not for the right reason, it sounded....identical to the E10K (without the bass boost on) and BETTER IMO with the bass boost. I tested it out on a lower powered headphone, but also on my HD600's and honestly couldn't tell a difference sound wise. But with the Magni Unity, it requires a wall plug, and it gets a little warm (like mentioned) when on for a bit. I wasn't going to just leave it on 24/7, so it's annoying having to turn it on and off, with the E10K it's all powered by USB, so when my PC is off, so is the dac/amp. Also, I've heard multiple people mention the volume knob feeling "good" and I don't get that, it has this weird "give" feeling to it when adjusting it. Lastly...it's more than double the price of the E10K AND much bigger, so I legit have no idea why someone would spend the extra for a worse product IMO. I don't have the golden ears, so maybe it was just me but it's so not worth it. I ended up getting the ifi Zen dac V3 and I love it. has the option to be powered by USB OR wall plug for more power, has a bass boost which is really good, and a 3.5 and 4.4 balanced cable plug in, and was technically cheaper if including shipping prices.
Got mine a while ago when i was out of town, finally came home and hooked it up, am i doing something wrong here, because im getting no sound. do i need more hardware or something? I got the internal DAC version so if i understand what this thing does i just flip the switch to use the DAC card and plug in the power and usb c to my usb port on my pc and plug in the headphones and boom, should work right? Somebody let me know if im missing something lol
I recently bought a he1000se but I’m honestly pretty disappointed (I’m coming from a senheiser Hd560s) my stack is the singxer sda 6 pro and a90 so I feel like I should be getting a large improvement from the 560s. I can tell the soundstage is slightly bigger, the bass slams harder, and the there is more treble but other than that there doesn’t seem to be any differences to me. How do you learn to pick apart the differences? Btw I have tenitus from listening to music extremely loudly In the past? Will I just not be able to hear the differences?
With practice I'm sure you can hear many (maybe not all) sonic differences. Your brain will compensate for the tinnitus and still recognize changes in patterns once it familiarizes with enough patterns. I think the big issue you're having here - and this might a tough pill for some to swallow - is the A90. The A90 is not particularly resolving and it doesn't do well with the time-domain-dependent performance characteristics like spatial imaging and separation and attack/decay timing. My guess is the HE1000se sounds very sharp, harsh, and flat? That's A90. Near A90's price I'd look into Lake People G111mk2.
I would rather get 2 separate pieces instead (Dac + Amp) that way you can always add an EQ Loki/Lokius, replace one piece for another and also you get the choice of what dac chip you might prefer with the different models of Modis. Right now you can get an excellent Magni+ and a Modi+ for pretty much the same price as the Unity [2 in 1]. I personally enjoy AKM dac chips more than ESS in this category / price range; i.e. AKM 4490/4399/ & ESS 9018/9029. cheers, either way Schiit has excellent power, sound and variety for insanely low costs.
Interesting, would you say it powers the 6XX better than the IFI Zen Can for example? I always find that to drive my 600s very well for a SS @wavetheorysound
I didn't think Zen CAN powered 6xx all that well tbh. I was in a minority on that view but it distorted in the bass with that headphone more than was acceptable for a product that was marketing itself toward that pairing, IMO.
I have a 660S2 and the Magni Unity powers it perfectly. Gets quite loud at normal gain. High gain really pushes it. Bass is absolutely perfect but the 660S2 are well known for having clean bass response.
@@wavetheorysound thanks, appreciate your perspective...would love to get ears on some Schiit gear at some point as it sounds like powerful gear. Love the reviews, cheers!
