Schiit Audio Mimir
An affordable balanced DAC with our own Mesh™ digital conversion, that’s also a full preamp and EQ via Forkbeard™? And it’s made in the USA? Yes. Welcome to Mimir, maybe the first truly new thing in DACs in, like, ever.
Mesh: Our Unique Digital Filter, Made Uniquely Affordable
All of our True Multibit or Multiform DACs have used our own proprietary digital filter, developed through decades of R&D. Now, Mesh brings this unique digital filter to a much more affordable price point, by meshing (ahem) a 32-bit Microchip processor with a standard delta-sigma modulator. The result? Something that sounds a lot more like our more expensive DACs.
Add Forkbeard: Remote, Preamp, EQ, and More
Want even more than the best inexpensive DAC on the planet? Make it a full digital preamp with parametric EQ! Plug in a Forkbeard module, and you’ll instantly have remote volume, balance, a 3-band parametric EQ, Loudness, digital filter switching (Mesh and NOS), absolute phase invert, and input select.
Unison 384 USB and Linear Override Power Supply
Mimir also includes our own Unison 384™ USB input and unique Linear Override power supply, so you can run off the USB input for convenience—or plug in our external AC wall-wart to convert to a linear power supply with much higher voltage rails (and higher output).
Create Your Own Mini Gigastack
Add Mimir to Gjallarhorn F, Vidar 2F, or any other Forkbeard-enabled amp, and you have everything you need for an all-digital system, no preamp or EQ needed. Or, add a Saga 2 for ultimate relay-ladder volume control. Or, pair with Jotunheim, Lyr, or Midgard for an exceptional headphone system.
Designed and Built in the USA
By “designed and built in the USA," this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Mimir—chassis, boards, assembly, etc—goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. Our chassis are made in California. Our PCBs, assembly, testing, and packaging are all done in our own Corpus Christi facility.
3-Year Warranty, 15-Day Easy Returns
Mimir is covered by a 3-year limited warranty that covers parts and labor. And if you don’t like your Mimir, you can send it back for a refund, minus 15% restocking fee, within 15 days of receiving it.
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Specifications
- Distortion
- inaudible; 100-1000x lower than any transducer (speaker or headphone) you're using
- Noise
- inaudible; far below a typical speaker power amplifier
- Input capability
- accommodates all actual music recordings
- Heat
- runs mildly warm; this is normal
- Size
- desk-friendly
- Frequency Response
- 20Hz-20KHz, +/-0.04dB
- THD+N
- 0.0003%
- IMD
- 0.0004%, CCIR
- S/N
- 118dB, referenced to full output, with or without external power
- Crosstalk
- -125dB, 20-20kHz
- USB input
- Unison 384™, up to 32 bits/384kHz supported, full UAC2 compliance
- Other inputs
- Optical SPDIF, Coaxial SPDIF, AES, all up to 24/192
- D/A Conversion
- Schiit Mesh™, a unique combination of our time- and frequency-domain optimized digital filter and a standard delta-sigma modulator, in this case an ES9028
- Analog Stage
- Based on LME49724 for balanced output, OPA1656 for SE output, both independent, with precision thin-film resistors and film capacitors, DC coupled
- Output
- XLR balanced and RCA single-ended
- Maximum Output
- 3.0V RMS balanced, 1.5V RMS single-ended when powered via USB cable\n4.0V RMS balanced, 2.0V RMS single-ended with Linear Override AC wall-wart
- Output Impedance
- 75 ohms
- Power Supply
- USB powered with charge pump rail generator for +/-5V rails, reports as 500mA USB device\nLinear override via 14-16VAC, 0.5A+ wall-wart, provides +/-12V rails and reports as 0mA USB device
- Size
- 9 x 6 x 1.5”
- Weight
- 2 lb
Manufacturer's Description — Schiit Audio
An affordable balanced DAC with our own Mesh™ digital conversion, that’s also a full preamp and EQ via Forkbeard™? And it’s made in the USA? Yes. Welcome to Mimir, maybe the first truly new thing in DACs in, like, ever.
Mesh: Our Unique Digital Filter, Made Uniquely Affordable
All of our True Multibit or Multiform DACs have used our own proprietary digital filter, developed through decades of R&D. Now, Mesh brings this unique digital filter to a much more affordable price point, by meshing (ahem) a 32-bit Microchip processor with a standard delta-sigma modulator. The result? Something that sounds a lot more like our more expensive DACs.
Add Forkbeard: Remote, Preamp, EQ, and More
Want even more than the best inexpensive DAC on the planet? Make it a full digital preamp with parametric EQ! Plug in a Forkbeard module, and you’ll instantly have remote volume, balance, a 3-band parametric EQ, Loudness, digital filter switching (Mesh and NOS), absolute phase invert, and input select.
Unison 384 USB and Linear Override Power Supply
Mimir also includes our own Unison 384™ USB input and unique Linear Override power supply, so you can run off the USB input for convenience—or plug in our external AC wall-wart to convert to a linear power supply with much higher voltage rails (and higher output).
Create Your Own Mini Gigastack
Add Mimir to Gjallarhorn F, Vidar 2F, or any other Forkbeard-enabled amp, and you have everything you need for an all-digital system, no preamp or EQ needed. Or, add a Saga 2 for ultimate relay-ladder volume control. Or, pair with Jotunheim, Lyr, or Midgard for an exceptional headphone system.
Designed and Built in the USA
By “designed and built in the USA," this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Mimir—chassis, boards, assembly, etc—goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. Our chassis are made in California. Our PCBs, assembly, testing, and packaging are all done in our own Corpus Christi facility.
3-Year Warranty, 15-Day Easy Returns
Mimir is covered by a 3-year limited warranty that covers parts and labor. And if you don’t like your Mimir, you can send it back for a refund, minus 15% restocking fee, within 15 days of receiving it.
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- Acoustic Sounds — online and in-store — Salina, Kansas, United States (website)
- Addicted to Audio — online and in-store — Epping, Victoria, Australia (website)
- Audio Magic - EU — online and in-store — Wola, Województwo mazowieckie, Poland (website)
- Class D Audio USA — online — United States (website)
- Golden Acoustics — in-store — Athina, Greece (website)
- Schiit Audio — online and in-store — Los Angeles, California, United States (website)
- The Analog Shop — in-store — Victor, New York, United States (website)