OK, as the co-founder of Schiit and the architect of Schiit Digital Gear Policy, let me confirm that the prior mentioned shirt exists, and indeed I wore it at the last Can Jam. Yes it harsh and irreverent, but what do you expect from me? At the same Can Jam, I also explained that those who bought into our upgradable products would be eventually be rewarded. So don't get rid of them. All good things come to those who wait. My Dad used to say that.
My real position on delta sigma is that it is cheap compared to multibit. Any moron with marginal reading skills could design one. You do not need expensive R&D. That said, we could not build $100-$150 multibit DACs without delta sigma parts. We build those DACs because few others seem interested in building low cost, low margin gear. Our Modis and ubers kick ass at that level. I have built dozens of them for my own companies and other companies as a consultant as well over the last thirty years or so. So this qualifies me at a minimum as a very experienced moron, and a whore as well.
So my future is multibit - it is not easy, requires R&D chops, particularly if you don't want to stoop to the level of Parks-McClellan non imaging buyable filter chips, which boring as they are, are still an improvement over the complete dogschiit delta sigma filters,either with or without extra filters of dubious value. We've got the original megaburrito filter, inhouse designed, which is the only time and frequency domain optimized one which retains all of the original samples. That is where the uncanny imaging exclusive to us comes from in the Yggy. Just as it took years to figure out the original Theta stuff, it has taken years again to update to 2015 available parts, NOT the few remaining PCM1704s.
To repeat, in the arena of multi thousand dollar gear, delta sigma is cheap to buy, cheap to design, cheap period. The technology is progressive, ubiquitous, and insipid. Anyone who incorporates delta sigma in a such a design is selling multi thousand dollar sneakers with gold threaded shoelaces.
Eventually, we will filter this tech down to the level of all Schiit upgradable DACs. Any and all current owners of these DACs have been helping this design effort and will be offered reduced price upgrades... when we get there. I am personally grateful to each and every Gungnir and Bifrost owner who has trusted and partnered with me so far on this journey.