Regarding Gungnir vs Onyx.
I used to own an Gungnir Multibit and now I own an Onyx.
My opinion is that if I had to use the Gungnir I would not bother with being an audiophile. I would sell my HD800 and just quit the hobby. That's how night and day the differences are with that particular headphone.
As far as I'm concerned, it may be twice the price but it's worth every penny and more. The improvements are priceless.
Of course this is just my subjective opinion with one particular headphone.
I did try the Pavane before I bought the Onyx so I knew it would be good because the Pavane was amazing. I never got the chance to test the Onyx against a Pavane L1 so I have no way to gauge the differences. My instinct is that the Pavane is slightly better even though I used Pavane solely with USB (via an ifi micro usb3) and I'm using the Onyx with an OCC Silver AES cable.
I used to own an Gungnir Multibit and now I own an Onyx.
My opinion is that if I had to use the Gungnir I would not bother with being an audiophile. I would sell my HD800 and just quit the hobby. That's how night and day the differences are with that particular headphone.
As far as I'm concerned, it may be twice the price but it's worth every penny and more. The improvements are priceless.
Of course this is just my subjective opinion with one particular headphone.
I did try the Pavane before I bought the Onyx so I knew it would be good because the Pavane was amazing. I never got the chance to test the Onyx against a Pavane L1 so I have no way to gauge the differences. My instinct is that the Pavane is slightly better even though I used Pavane solely with USB (via an ifi micro usb3) and I'm using the Onyx with an OCC Silver AES cable.