Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
All that being said, this thing is a beast. It really does have AMAZING sound quality, rivaling many other higher end machines. Cant really say anything about the Joutunheim... The real value of this comes from its surround sound capability. If you are a gamer and want to have surround capability, this is where the buck stops. If you are happy with stereo, there are other more affordable options. I bought this to use with my PS4 and later with my PC since it can have multiple devices connected to it. It really is one of only 3 headphone DAC/AMP devices that can decode DolbyDigital 5.1 (others are by astro or turtle beach and both of those sound awful). Don't forget that you can swap out the OpAmp in this to change the sound signature and drastically improve its SQ.
If you are reading reviews for this and seeing people giving it 3 or 4 stars out of 5, just remember that many are framing their reviews around monetary value of purchase. Yes, it is expensive but it really is a unique offering.
If you are on the fence about this thing, don't be. You wont regret it. (Be aware, in order to use mic input with a console, you will need to separately purchase a BT-W2 Bluetooth dongle)
Be aware: if you purchase this inside the US, creative will not pay shipping on warranty issues. You would have to pay to ship it to and from.. If it's from Amazon, they just replace it and cover most of the shipping.