Schiit Audio Valhalla 3 – a New Tube Headphone Amplifier
06.05.2025 07:18 | ~1 minute read
Schiit Audio has released a new version of the Valhalla headphone amplifier - Schiit Audio Valhalla 3. The model is ready to “pump up” even complex high-impedance headphones and operates in pure Class A with a triode amplification mode. Tube headphone amplifiers are usually expensive - but the price of Schiit Audio Valhalla 3 at $499, again, violates the accepted foundations of the market.
The company claims that Schiit Audio Valhalla 3 is not an upgrade, but a complete rethinking of the concept with the best technologies borrowed from the top model Folkvangr. Thus, Schiit Audio Valhalla 3 works on the OTL / OCL scheme - without output transformers and without capacitors in the signal path. No filters are used, the circuit design is as purist as possible.
The Schiit Valhalla 3 features a load impedance switch, which allows the amplifier to be matched to headphones of different impedances. The Valhalla 3 offers two gain levels (Low – 1.25x, High – 6x) and a zero feedback disable feature (10x), which frees up all the power for high-impedance headphones. Output power reaches 750 mW at 32 ohms and 250 mW at 300 ohms.
Specifications
This product is in the Hi-Fi and High End Electronics and Acoustics database
Headphones amplifiers — Schiit Audio VALHALLA 3
Model name
VALHALLA 3
Maximum Power, 32 Ohms (mW RMS per channel)
750
Maximum Power, 50 Ohms (mW RMS per channel)
N/A
Maximum Power, 300 Ohms (mW RMS per channel)
250
Maximum Power, 600 Ohms (mW RMS per channel)
N/A
Frequency response low +/- 3dB (Hz)
20
Frequency response high +/- 3dB (Hz)
20 000
Gain (dBu)
N/A
THD (% at 1V RMS, 300 ohms)
0.2
Signal to Noise Ratio (dB)
110
IMD (%, CCIR, 300 Ohms)
0.25
Crosstalk (dB, 20Hz-20KHz, 300 Ohms)
75
Output Impedance (Ohms)
60
Dimensions (mm)
229 x 152 x 51
Weight (kg)
3.2
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