He was both illuminating and entertaining around the Schiit threads. I surmise he is not now the self we knew. In fact, the first comment signed "Tony in Michegan" didn't have his phrasing and I thought it was someone else. The following comments did sound like him alas, though not the same...

Hi gdhal, of course I don't know the answer to your question, and have no intention of supplying speculation in answer. And...I've not tested whether I hear a difference personally. I do recall - and B1II's experience speaks to this - that most found no difference on most tracks. Thinking about...

Welcome to this forum. Apologies in advance for the long reply. I guess what makes audio most times a journey is that our brains are constantly learning how to hear in different ways. We don't - most of us - arrive at adulthood highly trained in how to perceive and process sound. I've had two...

Hi D2Girls, I think you're missing my point that predicting what another person thinks or will do ("how...treats his customers....I'm convinced that he would simply write me off") is chancey at best. You may be entirely right. Equally, you may be entirely wrong. With Mike, who knows? With...

You were explaining your speculation of a mindset that Mike might have, and reporting it as if fact - "that's just how he is as a person I suppose". Really?! Another possible explanation is that he's a tad busy and doesn't have time to monitor every Schiit thread on head-fi. Of note, he is...

Have you in fact heard them to conclude they are "pretty much the same" or is this speculation? I believe it is the sound Wingtip wants to know about...

Generally true. And droll too

Jan, this is a fantastically interesting and versatile device. Tempting!

OT for this thread but...I have not heard Ragnarok but it's my clear recollection Jason designed and built it as Schiit's flagship headphone amp. That it was configured to drive speakers too speaks to its power capability. It doesn't mean - as I understand it - Ragnarok's headphone section is...

^ Be patient. It's worth the wait ;)

+1 - what @winders states is exactly what Mike has said. Concerning the "no Yggy 2", the context in which that statement was made was speculation that a "Yggy 2" might be in the works. Whilst Jason has produced redesigns of his amps - and added "2" to these sometimes significant revisions - the...

To be fair I think our "Chord lover" may be a Yggy lover too. That said, we have learned from Jason's and Mike's very open disclosures that engineering is a road of many choices and compromises. Rob Watts has his views about which matter, and made his choices. Mike similarly has his views and...

^ We are the wrong people to ask. Try asking Schiit about these deficiencies in their flagship product

There's no transformer update AFAIK. The reference is to how Eitr/USB5 achieves isolation.

Don't have a definitive answer for you sorry, not having encountered a microphonic tube before. Inclined to think burn in won't improve it - because burn in changes are usually related to subtle SQ changes - but I don't know. This thread is valuable but seems to have few active followers. You...

I too like speaking with myself. I find it both agreeable and productive :D Btw, sounds like good advice to use power conditioning.

^ Not exactly the same thing but you may find this hint from Jason relevant

^ This is sad to hear. It seems likely your Yggy has a problem. You should contact Schiit technical support and go from there.

Hmm, thought this old thread had been locked. No direct experience, but googling key words from this thread title together with "audiolab mdac" might work for you since search this thread doesn't seem available any more. Trying this unearthed this very brief impression. There may be others...

I agree with TK16, finding (usually small) changes with some gear and not with others. Personally, I suspect it's less to do with the gear and more to do with my brain adjusting to (a) a different presentation (b) things new gear might do incrementally better or worse than other gear I'm used...

Concerning volume controls, one of the old hands over on the Decware forums used to "ride the gain", meaning he would use both volume controls. Configuring the preamp and Taboo differently gave him the flexibility to dial in a desired 'sound' more easily by adjusting the relative levels. Easier...

@neoluddite, these continue to be well organized, detailed and useful notes. A great contribution.

The LCD2 (rev 1) on the older, mkII Taboo are indeed something; my preferred amp for this headphone. Moreover, the mkII indeed has lower input sensitivity and was frequently paired with the older CSP2+, a preamp which can put out 30V. (Personally, I find the Taboo more transparent without this...

Yes, reports (from early owners) mentioned around 200 hours, playing music not critical. Mine sounded good from the start. I didn't look for improvements over time as I wasn't able to listen regularly - but (Yggy left on of course) I noticed distinct improvements anyway.

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