I recently got my hands on the he500, which I was told were fantastic phones, but they just underwhelmed me when I tried them on my rig. After talking with some music tech masters, I discovered my current amp wasn't putting out enough voltage for these planar headphones and was immediately recommended schiit. I decided to try the magni to see if it would really improve the problems I was having, and I'm happy to say it did. So much so that I immediately upgraded to the asgard 2 after just one listening session. The magni was fantastic for the price, but I knew I wanted to try schiit's even better version of it asap. It really improved my planar headphones. I'm sure many will be very happy with their affordable base model, and I'm very impressed with everything about this. Would highly rrecommend if you need more power for your phones.