It's one of those good news, bad news situations. The good news is that the SYN is working as it's 'supposed' to. The bad news is that the optical input from my television WILL NOT be functional due to the Brennan USB input to the SYN. If I unplugged the USB cable at the Brennan, all good. If...

Great news about the Unison setup!! I've thought about the suggestions you've made and Schiit CS made some of the same. They're not familiar with the B2 so I'll try the other USB jack on the back of it. You may be right about the B2 pulling power even though it's turned off. The B2 does come...

Tbone, you bring up great points regarding that C-Media chip. The kicker is that the B2 was turned off when I discovered this. I'd have audio playing thru the optical feed and if I plugged in that powered down USB, the optical feed stopped. I might be able to live with it if the optical would...

This is getting more and more curious. I've been swapping emails with the Schiit support staff and the most recent suggestion is to try the SYN with nothing but the optical hooked up. So I did this yesterday evening and it worked just like it was supposed to. But . . . if I plug in a powered...

Okay, I've been fiddling with this today and may have some up with something. I'm swapping thru different optical cables to see if that makes a difference. Yeah, I did this before. No real differences. My television is on and muted but the optical is still active. However, this time I'm...

Tbone, I'm having an issue with my SYN that maybe you can help me sort out. The optical input appears to be non-functional. The USB and analog inputs work fine. I have sent the SYN back to Schiit for repair but they tell me it's functioning properly. Like you, I can plug the same optical...

Following up..... I finally got my SYN purchased and hooked up as a standard stereo amp. Basically, it freakin rocks!! I'm feeding it from my Brennan B2 via USB into the SYN. Apparently the inboard DAC supplies ample power to drive the Acurus 150 amp it's driving. Feeding that into a recently...

Just a bit of a follow-up to this post. I'd almost forgotten that I sent a DM to Mr. Stoddard asking about the same questions as above. I sort of got a reply that confirmed what I'd finally figured out. It goes something like this: Since the Syn has an internal DAC, the DAC will provide output...

Thanks to Autiomatic and SLC1966. I understand that you're satisfied with the Syn and that's great news. The Zero dB of gain for the L/R main speakers still has me stumped. Even on the Magni+ (Schiit's website) I'm seeing Gain: -8dB, 0dB, or 14dB, selectable via front switch on the Specs tab. My...

I did that regarding the Saga and never got a reply from them. That's why I haven't asked them. Figured maybe Mr. Stoddard might see this post and reply. That was a few years ago. I wonder if their customer service has gotten any better?

Hello, New forum member and first post here. I have a question about the preamp gain on the Syn. I have a first generation Saga and I was actually disappointed that it was basically a passive preamp. You could switch the tube buffer in and out but it made little difference in the output level...