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what about the details on resistors and caps.





Someone asked why is volume asking this. I'm saying why not?

Many manufacturers state these. I see no harm asking.

Not a slight against Schiit but does anyone else notice that the PCBs looks similar to Chinese products.

I don't really care as long as it sounds good. So impressions please?

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post #92 of 380

Looking foward to impressions

 

(That means post them now, darn it )

 

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Someone asked why is volume asking this. I'm saying why not?

Many manufacturers state these. I see no harm asking.

Not a slight against Schiit but does anyone else notice that the PCBs looks similar to Chinese products.

I don't really care as long as it sounds good. So impressions please?



Thanks for backing my post.

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Originally Posted by shawn_low View Post

Someone asked why is volume asking this. I'm saying why not?
 


No, no harm in asking. Just don't really see the point in it is all.

 

And yes, many manufacturers do say what they're using, but really it's little more than marketing buzzwords.

 

 

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Not a slight against Schiit but does anyone else notice that the PCBs looks similar to Chinese products.

 

I don't know what that's supposed to mean.

 

They look like professionally made PCB's to me. What about them exactly looks particularly "Chinese"?

 

se

 

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Thanks for backing my post.



do you guys realize that the guy who responded saying  'why ' was one of the schiit guys...  im only saying this because he may have purposely responded that way to be silly - you certainly never know with those guys... or maybe he was legitamitely asking why you wanted to know... anyway the schiit guys are usually pretty straighforward in their explainations from my experience.. .. thats why im wondering if he is being misunderstood in this context

 

update:  wait maybe im wrong about that guy being from Schiit..  oh hell nevermind.. i dont know...


Edited by Br777 - 9/5/10 at 7:50pm
post #96 of 380

Hey guys,

 

Sorry to be scarce around here. We've been tied up in production (big shock, huh?) Shipments of Valhalla should accelerate next week.

 

To answer a few questions:

 

1. If the post isn't from me, it isn't from Schiit. Mike Moffat is scared of these newfangled communications things. He likes to hide at his bench.

 

2. Caps and resistors? Dales, Nichicons, Wimas, Cornell-Dubilier. Good-quality parts for the price, in short. Will they set the audiophile world on fire? Probably not. Is the amp tuned to work very, very well with them? Yep. Will we have a higher-end amp full of Black Gates, etc etc? Nope. That's not how we roll, sorry.

 

3. PCB made in China? Nope. The PCB, chassis, and transformers are all made here. They are all assembled here. We are all about making things here--really--not throwing a cord in a box and saying "made in USA." The vast majority of our production cost goes to US companies. Nor are we about hiding where things come from (our tubes are Russian, and our Alps pot is Japanese, like it says on our site.)

 

Hope this clears some things up.

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do you guys realize that the guy who responded saying  'why ' was one of the schiit guys... 


Nope.

 

Jason's from Schiit. I'm from Q. Just a fan of Schiit is all.

 

se

 

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Nope.

 

Jason's from Schiit. I'm from Q. Just a fan of Schiit is all.

 

se

 



my bad... Im not sure why i thought that

post #99 of 380

In the right light, the pcb looks.....squinty?

 

 

[/I'mChinesesoIcansaythat]
 

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I don't know what that's supposed to mean.

 

They look like professionally made PCB's to me. What about them exactly looks particularly "Chinese"?

 

se

 



post #100 of 380

Should I sell my WA6 and get one of these?

post #101 of 380

Very interested in this amp!

post #102 of 380

Thanks for the reply.

 

Hell, I'll be ordering one of your amps just because I like your style.

 

Oh and blackgates are overrated.... I find elna's sound much better.

 

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Originally Posted by Jason Stoddard View Post

Hey guys,

 

Sorry to be scarce around here. We've been tied up in production (big shock, huh?) Shipments of Valhalla should accelerate next week.

 

To answer a few questions:

 

1. If the post isn't from me, it isn't from Schiit. Mike Moffat is scared of these newfangled communications things. He likes to hide at his bench.

 

2. Caps and resistors? Dales, Nichicons, Wimas, Cornell-Dubilier. Good-quality parts for the price, in short. Will they set the audiophile world on fire? Probably not. Is the amp tuned to work very, very well with them? Yep. Will we have a higher-end amp full of Black Gates, etc etc? Nope. That's not how we roll, sorry.

 

3. PCB made in China? Nope. The PCB, chassis, and transformers are all made here. They are all assembled here. We are all about making things here--really--not throwing a cord in a box and saying "made in USA." The vast majority of our production cost goes to US companies. Nor are we about hiding where things come from (our tubes are Russian, and our Alps pot is Japanese, like it says on our site.)

 

Hope this clears some things up.



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Should I sell my WA6 and get one of these?


Perhaps you should get it before selling your WA6 and then you can compare them. Then keep the one you love and sell the other.

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Perhaps you should get it before selling your WA6 and then you can compare them. Then keep the one you love and sell the other.




That's good advice. The WA6 is transformer-coupled, remember, and at least on paper should be better driving low impedance headphones.
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Perhaps you should get it before selling your WA6 and then you can compare them. Then keep the one you love and sell the other.


yea plus the valhalla has a 15 day return policy

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