Product Comparison: Schiit Asgard 3 vs Schiit Magni 3

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Schiit Asgard 3 Headphone Amp and Preamp

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Schiit Magni 3 Headphone Amp and Preamp

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General Specifications

Brand

Schiit

Model

Asgard 3

Magni 3

Origin

USA

About the Product

Asgard 3 is a powerful, affordable, modular headphone amp and preamp 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.)

Go ahead. Compare the third-generation Magni to anything out there at its price. We think you’ll find there’s really no competition. This is no “starter amp.” Magni 3 has the power, performance, resolution, and versatility to meet all your needs.

Key Specs

Built-in DAC

AKM AK4490

Type

Desktop

Sample Resolution/Rate

32-bit / 768kHz

24-bit / 192kHz

Signal/Noise Ratio

115 dB

108 dB

Schiit Asgard 3

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What customers say about "Key Specs"

Schiit Asgard 3 Headphone Amp and Preamp

Huge powerful DAC - the Asgard 3 will drive just about anything.
The Asgard 3 offers an incredible amount of resolution and refinement for such an affordable price.
Asgard 3 is almost sure to be a really nice amp is quite a palatable price.
It’s pretty much unheard of to make a newer, better featured, equally high quality product and then charge less for it than the product it replaces.
Sometimes, actually, alot-a-times if you listen to a lot of poorly mastered music, you probably won't like what you hear.

Schiit Magni 3 Headphone Amp and Preamp

I have paid way more for headphone amps in the past that don't sound this good.
Fantastic product, I reccomend Schiit to anyone who wants top end audio through headphones of audiophile quality.
This amp has Incredible sound. As audiophile I highly recommend this.
I'm using this amplifier to amplify audio from TV to stream audio via bluetooth streamer to my hearing aids and it works wonderfully well.
This is the best headphone amp short of spending hundreds more, and I would say even at that, this still competes.

Size & Weight

Color

Silver

Height

2 in.

1.26 in.

Width

9 in.

5 in.

Depth

6 in.

3.5 in.

Weight

80.07 oz.

15.87 oz.

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Schiit Magni 3

Schiit Asgard 3

Schiit Magni 3

Schiit Asgard 3

Schiit Magni 3

Schiit Asgard 3

Schiit Magni 3

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Schiit Asgard 3 Headphone Amp and Preamp

Tiny and nice unit. Also it's very quiet - virtually no self-noise.
I do love to see Schiit keeping up their amazing local design and production. As always the device is amazingly looking and tiny.
It's well made, takes a small space in my apartment. Looks good as well.
Asgard 3 really seems to measure pretty well. Good sized device.
Great builded little DAC that going to increase sound quality for my headphones.

Schiit Magni 3 Headphone Amp and Preamp

Sound quality is impeccable. It feels well built. Compared to other amps this one is a lot smaller.
I am sure this little unit will be helping me hear my beautiful records in my headphones for many years.
I love this thing. It is made from a solid aluminum chassis with solid feeling switches and volume knob. Other side the device is not even close to be big.
What a nice little product. It sounds great, powers my Beyerdynamic DT 770 pro.
The problem with this amp is the power brick, it's too big to use. It will block any surge protector.

Features

Enclosure Material

Aluminium

Max. Frequency Response

20 kHz

Min. Frequency Response

20 Hz

Controls

Volume knob, Gain, Input Selector, Power On / Off

Volume knob, Gain, Power On / Off

OS Compatibility

Apple OS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple iOS, Android

Wireless Connection

Interfaces

Phones, Analog Stereo RCA, Pre Output

Analog Stereo RCA, Phones, Pre Output

Extras

Powerful class A headphone amp, Low noise floor to accommodate IEMs, Customize to Specific Needs

Built-in time-delayed start-up and instant shut-down, Low distortion

Min. Frequency Response
Max. Frequency Response

Schiit Asgard 3

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Schiit Asgard 3

Schiit Magni 3

What customers say about "Features"

Schiit Asgard 3 Headphone Amp and Preamp

Big soundstage with lots of detail. Great performance.
Continuity addresses some of the major drawbacks of Class-A amps.
Been listening to it for the past couple of hours. It sounds it's best on High Gain.
Low gain setting is just there as a extra feature that should only be used when its necessary, like when using extremely sensitive headphones with the amp.
Chassis can become very hot on the bottom of the device.

Schiit Magni 3 Headphone Amp and Preamp

The sound for the headphone outputs and preamp outputs are the same neutral no distortion no noise and plenty of power.
Simply put, excellent feel, excellent sound, excelent company. A safe purchase. I would recommend to both headphone users and speaker users that want a solid preamp output.
Two minute hookup and Voila, it works. No distortion even at highest levels.
It has quite a low noise floor so you're getting what the artist wanted you to hear without coloration or distortion.
The problem is the smallish volume knob is right next to the headphone jack which blocks its use.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

3 year(s)

2 year(s)

Certifications