Schiit Mjolnir - Manual (Page 3)

welcome to mjolnir!
Mjolnir is Thor’s hammer. You know, the ultimate weapon to crush your
enemies. Or something like that. We’re from the USA, so we may not be up
on all the Norse mythology, unless we saw it in a movie or something.
But back to Mjolnir. Don’t use our Mjolnir to crush your enemies, use it to
take control of the hardest-to-drive headphones on the planet. Or to add
new life to ultra-sensitive cans. Because even though Mjolnir is stout
(delivering 8W RMS into 32 ohms), it’s also quiet enough to be used with
efficient headphones as well.
Why? Thank Mjolnir’s Crossfet™ circlotron-style output stage. It’s unique in
the headphone amp world, and it delivers both excellent performance and low
noise. High-voltage JFETs provide voltage gain, while MOSFETs make up the
Crossfet output stage for current gain.
Yeah, we know, we’re swinging too hard into engineeringland here, but bear
with us. The main thing is: this is one seriously cool headphone amp, not just
two of the same amps in a chassis, or a single-ended amp with balanced
connectors, or a balanced-to-single-ended-to-balanced converting amp with
tons of extra circuitry.
Take a look through the top vents, and you may be surprised by how simple
Mjolnir is. Or you may just want to look at the pretty lights. Which aren’t just
pretty lights. They’re actually voltage references for the front-end current
source.
Yeah. Engineering. It’s fun. Tell your kids. And enjoy your time with Mjolnir.
ONE
Mjolnir headphone amplifier
ONE
Power cord (for, like, well duh)
ZERO
Stick-on feet (because the amp already has screw-in feet—you’ve
reached the big leagues now, guys)
IN THE BOX
GETTING STARTED
1. Choose an input and connect your source. Mjolnir provides both
balanced XLR and single-ended RCA inputs, but you can only use one at a
time. Choose the one you want and connect your source.
2.
Plug in your amplifier and turn it on. Some amber lights will glow inside
the chassis and the power on LED will light. After 20 seconds, you’ll hear a
click as the relay engages the headphone outputs.
3.
Plug in your balanced headphones. You can use 4-pin or dual 3-pin XLR
connectors. You can run two sets of headphones at once. You can even plug
them in before you turn the amp on, too.
And, in case you missed it: BALANCED headphones. Not single-ended with a
balanced adapter. That’s a bad day. You’ll trigger the internal protection of the
amp and you won’t get any sound.
4.
Press play. And enjoy your music!