![]() ![]() There then are 3 toggle switches, the first is the input selection, and it is done with a front-mounted 3-way toggle switch. In front, there are 2 outputs, a 4-pin balanced XLR output, and a ¼” single-ended output. Like most other Schiit products, the power switch is still located at the rear, so turning the unit on/off will require reaching for it, which might be a bit inconvenient if the Jotunheim 2 is part of a stack. This is done so that it would be possible to replace the input cards on your own. Opening the Jotunheim 2 chassis is not that difficult, it’s a matter of pulling out the volume knob, removing a screw, and sliding out the top part. This is just more visible, especially when there is something stacked on top of the Magnius. The power indicator on the Jotunheim 2 is a white LED mounted in front, which is a step up from the red LED mounted inside the Magnius. So creating a neat stack with the Jotunheim 2 and an external DAC is also an option. The footprint is also fairly common in the Schiit lineup, which includes DACs like the Modius or the Bifrost. The chassis is also the same as what is used in the previous Jotunheim, the Asgard, and Lyr 3. Not a huge amount has changed in terms of aesthetics from the original aside from the additional toggle switch in front. The Schiit Jotunheim 2 has all the hallmarks of the classic Schiit Audio design philosophy and as with most of their products comes in silver and black. This would give the amplifier the flexibility to deliver the required amount of power even when the music requires a faster transient response from the amplifier’s circuitry.Ĭontinuity, however, is too large to be implemented inside the Jotunheim 2, so Schiit developed Continuity S, which works basically like Continuity, except that it’s less focused on smoothing out transconductance splice between the class A and class A/B mode, but more focused on minimizing transconductance droop. Continuity aims to create a seamless transition from class A mode to class AB mode. ContinuityĬontinuity on the other hand is a technology implemented with their Aegir speaker amplifier. This technology ensures that the quality of the balanced and the single-ended circuit will be more or less the same. Nexus is a special circuit configuration that ensures that balanced and single-ended signals can be accepted by their differential circuit gain stage, and it can output to both single-ended and balanced signals. ![]() Nexus is a technology that was developed by Schiit Audio for their power amplifiers and has now been implemented with their Jotunheim 2. However, with the current manufacturing process, obtaining matched pairs from component manufacturers has become quite a bit easier, and I believe this is what Schiit has done with the Jotunheim 2.Īside from matched components, the Jotunheim 2 implements some trickle-down technology from other Schiit Products, such as Nexus and Continuity, in this specific case, it’s Continuity S. This would then translate to small differences between the left and right channel or even worse, the differences between the (+) portion of the balanced circuit from the (–) portion of the balanced circuit.Įnsuring a perfect match between components used to be costly, since each component needed to be matched manually by testing each one, and discarding the rest that can’t be matched. The reason that Schiit has been touting the Jotunheim 2 as the ‘best $2400 amplifier that you can buy for $400’ is because of the matched components.Įlectronic components come out of a production line with some tolerances that become small deviations from each other. There are some balanced amplifiers now that are being offered for a lot less than Jotunheim’s asking price of $399, THX AAA-based amplifiers selling for as low as $250, and even Schiit themselves came out with a true-balanced amplifier in the Magnius that sells for just $199.ĭespite that, Schiit claims that the Jotunheim 2 is the ‘best $2400 amplifier that you can buy for $400’? Copyright Schiit Audio 2021 Tech Highlights In 2021, the landscape of balanced amplifiers has changed significantly. At the time, it was groundbreaking because it’s a balanced amplifier at below $400 when most other balanced headphone amplifiers cost quite a bit more. Five years ago, the original Jotunheim was released by Schiit. ![]()
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