Schiit AudioAsgard 3usedSchiit Audio Asgard 3 DAC / Headamp / Preamp.  Sumptuous Black Finish!3rd Gen Schiit Asgard with Multibit DAC upgrade. Excellent condition. Sumptuous Black Finish. Light use in a desktop system, 6 months in service. Many excellent reviews out there on the web abou...299.00

Schiit Audio Asgard 3 DAC / Headamp / Preamp. Sumptuous Black Finish!

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Ships fromSan Diego, CA, 92115
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3rd Gen Schiit Asgard with Multibit DAC upgrade.  Excellent condition.  Sumptuous Black Finish. Light use in a desktop system, 6 months in service.  Many excellent reviews out there on the web about this gem of a DAC / Preamp / Headamp.  All original factory packaging, power cable, and owner's manual are included in the sale.   
Here's all the schiit on the Asgard from the manufacturer's website:   
Asgard 3 is a highly powerful, highly affordable, modular headphone amp and preamp that gives you a complete, single-box solution for all your desktop needs. It’s a re-thinking of the headphone amp that started it all (for Schiit, anyway—the original Asgard, introduced in June 2010, was our first product.) Asgard 3 features our unique Continuity™ topology that extends the benefits of Class A output, and accepts all the same modules as Jotunheim and Lyr 3.
The Strong, Silent Type 
Asgard 3’s all-new Continuity output stage delivers 3.5W into 32 ohms—a whopping 3.5X more than any previous Asgard—while also running 500mW of Class A bias. What this means is you have tons of power for virtually any headphone—and, since full power is delivered to the ¼” jack, you don’t need balanced headphone cables to take advantage of it. At the same time, Asgard 3’s low noise floor means you are ready for the most sensitive IEMs.    
 A Complete Desktop Control Center 
Select from the internal card or rear-panel analog input, and pick high or low gain with convenient front switches. Connect the preamp output to your powered monitors for a complete desktop system—or use it as a front end to your speaker power amplifier. Asgard 3 provides all the flexibility you need.   
Customize to Your Specific Needs 
Want more than an amp, without a bunch of boxes on your desk? Select from two different DAC modules, or no module at all to tailor Asgard 3 exactly to your needs. Plus, this unique modular design means Asgard 3 won’t be dumpster-fodder when technology changes—just swap a card!   
Multibit DAC Module. 
Choose the optional True Multibit™ DAC Module to get Schiit’s unique digital filter and multibit DAC architecture for $200.

Designed and Built in California   
By “designed and built in California" this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Asgard 3—chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, etc—goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. Our chassis are made minutes from our facility. Our PCBs are done just over the hill from us, or done in NorCal. Our transformers are also made in California. You get the picture.   
 

Questions for the seller
It's hard not to ask the question, why sell this. Just curious? I am interested.
Hello Otto. It's more of a business decision than a trade up / trade down scenario. I am testing another DAC at my desk that we may be able to deal in our online store, so something's gotta go as I'm not one to hang on to unused components. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Asgard, it's an amazing value and a great performer, with excellent build quality. Best, Rob
Can l connect this directly to a power amp? If l am not mistaken this IS a multibit. Lastly what is the difference between this and the Jotunheim? Thank you..
Hello, and thanks for your question. The Asgard 3 can serve as a preamp, and as such be directly connected to a power amp, yes. This unit was purchased with the multibit DAC installed. The differences between Asgard 3 and Jotunheim appear to be the balanced headphone connection, as well as the balanced inputs and outputs of the Jotunheim, so basically one of features opposed to performance, if I am not mistaken. Refer to Shiit's website and / or online audio forums for more info on this. Thanks again, Rob

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