Bigman80
Grandmaster
AA Founding Member & Bigbottle Audio Creator
Posts: 16,091
|
Post by Bigman80 on May 15, 2019 5:29:30 GMT
I’ve only had one Schiit. It was the Asgard 2 headphone amp inad it was a mighty fine piece of kit. Very nicely built, lovely to use and sounded absolutely spot on. Clear and natural with the ability to let you hear everything that was going on without shouting at you.
I do fancy more Schiit. I just don’t know whether I’m ready to try the teensy boxes yet. I like the larger cases. A phono stage would be nice to try. Anyone had one?
For once, I have no need of tone controls but if is did, I’d want to try their tone control box too.
Finally, I’m looking forward to seeing their turntable.
Anyone else planning a Schiit in the near future?
|
|
|
|
Post by macca on May 15, 2019 17:00:46 GMT
I've not had a Schitt of any kind. ASR has reviewed some of their stuff, unfavourable in terms of build quality, measured performance and safety. Ofc they don't review sound quality on ASR...
Their DAC technical babble is just fantasy, and lies, although they're far from the only offender there. They seem to have got their name out there with the funny name, the looks, the 'built in the USA' schtick and some clever viral marketing. I think it's just tat really. Sorry.
|
|
Bigman80
Grandmaster
AA Founding Member & Bigbottle Audio Creator
Posts: 16,091
|
Post by Bigman80 on May 15, 2019 20:52:00 GMT
No need to be sorry, I have t tried the cheaper stuff so I don’t know about the build on that, but the Asgard was a lovely thing in the flesh and felt very nice to use. I’d have another headphone amp, whether another Asgard or a Valhalla.I do like my Claymore more, sonically though. Asgard was prettier though and felt better to use,
|
|
|
|
Post by antonio on May 16, 2019 4:55:54 GMT
Never heard anything from the brand, wouldn't buy simply because of the name.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 12:46:40 GMT
Never heard anything from the brand, wouldn't buy simply because of the name. Really? S. |
|
|
|
Post by savvypaul on May 16, 2019 12:56:59 GMT
Never heard anything from the brand, wouldn't buy simply because of the name. Really? S. I'm not a fan of Naim, either... |
|
|
|
Post by macca on May 16, 2019 13:03:26 GMT
Never heard anything from the brand, wouldn't buy simply because of the name. It's a bad name but not as bad as Von Gaylord. About the only brand name worse than that is Amstrad. |
|
|
|
Post by savvypaul on May 16, 2019 13:05:35 GMT
Never heard anything from the brand, wouldn't buy simply because of the name. It's a bad name but not as bad as Von Gaylord. About the only brand name worse than that is Amstrad. Alles klar...  |
|
|
|
Post by macca on May 16, 2019 14:50:08 GMT
For you, Savvy, zee war is over...
|
|
|
|
Post by antonio on May 16, 2019 14:53:12 GMT
Never heard anything from the brand, wouldn't buy simply because of the name. Really? S. Absolutely, the same as I have never purchased anything by the fcuk company. |
|
|
|
Post by hifinutt on Mar 28, 2023 14:02:34 GMT
well ordered one of these to play with
|
|
|
|
Post by robbiegong on Mar 28, 2023 14:09:19 GMT
Never heard anything from the brand, wouldn't buy simply because of the name. and same here too, fickle i know but no way - 'what kind of amp you got mate?', 'a Schiit one ....'  |
|
|
|
Post by misterc on Mar 28, 2023 14:10:23 GMT
Fun things, slightly flawed but musical and great value for the outlay
|
|
tcf
Prospect
Posts: 9
|
Post by tcf on May 22, 2023 21:59:43 GMT
I had a modi 3, for the money it was fantastic. Well made and with a decent power supply even better, also very repairable if that matters to you.
|
|
|
|
Post by hifinutt on May 23, 2023 8:51:52 GMT
had a saga valve pre which was super vfm and great for what it was . also had a freya which was ok but not my fav . had some trouble with valve noise with it
|
|
|
|
Post by brucew268 on May 23, 2023 9:21:14 GMT
When I was trying a starting desktop headphone rig, the Modi Multibit DAC sounded better to me than the ifi Zen, Topping E30, JDS Labs Atom. That's all at a particular pricing tier and I ended up deciding the headphone format doesn't work for me. Since I'd always rated the sound of Theta DACs back in the day, I've been curious about the Yggdrasil DAC for some time but not had a listen.
|
|
|
|
Post by bencat on May 23, 2023 10:05:06 GMT
Is their a connection between Schit and Theta ?
|
|
|
|
Post by brucew268 on May 23, 2023 10:58:35 GMT
Is their a connection between Schit and Theta ? One of Schiit's principals was Theta's key designer in the 90's. |
|
|
|
Post by brucew268 on May 23, 2023 13:24:34 GMT
Here's an interesting article from 1992 interviewing Mike Moffat (Theta) on their approach to digital.
|
|
|
|
Post by hifinutt on Nov 10, 2023 18:59:50 GMT
The new schiit urd transport finally available in uk !!
|
|
