Schiit Asgard 3 - The best budget headphone amp no-one's talking about

A review of the Schiit Asgard 3 budget, single-ended headphone amp including comparison vs the Topping L30 and Schiit Magnius balanced headphone amplifier
Specs and info here: https://www.schiit.com/products/asgard

00:00 Introduction
02:05 Design and pricing
03:43 Volume channel balance
04:36 Pre-amp functionality
05:43 Sound impressions
06:53 Glamour video
07:37 Discrete vs chip-based
09:23 Vs Schiit Magnius
10:46 Vs Topping L30
11:50 Vs Burson Fun V6 Vivids
13:02 Headphone pairings
15:46 Final conclusions

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Desktop Sources Playback software: Roon https://roonlabs.com/r/St5em2YsbUqGXcQGT4H36A
Primary DAC: Chord Hugo TT2 https://tinyurl.com/y4vys4zq
with Chord M-Scaler https://tinyurl.com/y6hcm3kw
Secondary DAC: Schiit Bifrost 2 https://www.schiit.com/products/bifrost-1
USB cables: Curious Evolved https://curiouscables.com/
and AudioQuest Coffee https://amzn.to/3059qiA

Active Speakers: Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 3 Speakers

Amps
Bottlehead Mainline DIY kit tube amplifier https://bottlehead.com/product/mainline-headphone-amplifier-kit/
Topping A90 https://tinyurl.com/AposA90
Burson Soloist 3XP https://www.bursonaudio.com/products/soloist-3x-performance/
Topping L30 headphone amp and pre-amp https://tinyurl.com/AposL30
Burson Audio FUN: https://www.bursonaudio.com/products/fun/ with Sparkos Labs SS3601 op-amps: https://sparkoslabs.com/product/single-discrete-op-amp-ss3601/

Headphones (that I regularly use)
Open: Meze Audio Empyrean https://tinyurl.com/y6gfyquz
Open: Focal Clear https://amzn.to/37Ihgky
Open: Sennheiser HD800S https://amzn.to/3oFtUdC
Open: HiFiMan Sundara https://tinyurl.com/AposSundara
Semi-open: Beyerdynamic DT880 Premium LE massdrop.7eer.net/L6633
or https://amzn.to/3bBg7xs
Closed: AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon (these may have been discontinued)

Portable
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S10+ https://amzn.to/37MzTUA
DAC for phone: Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt https://amzn.to/36AzpAB
Digital audio player: Astell & Kern AK240 Stainless Steel (no longer available) - other A&K players are available here: https://tinyurl.com/yy9ypfm7

Earphones
Audiofly AF1120 Mk2: https://amzn.to/2ZoTuHZ
Noble Kaiser 10 custom IEM (discontinued) - universal version available via Drop https://massdrop.7eer.net/vkaWy
Shozy Form 1.4 https://amzn.to/3cIL0Az
Tin HiFi T2 Plus https://amzn.to/3fqCbxu
Bluetooth Headphones / Earphones
Nuraphone https://amzn.to/2N7G2Tu
AudioFly AFT2 https://amzn.to/3e8goKx
Nuraloop https://amzn.to/2HKVZzi

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