But if you use the Freya or Saga in between the turntable and headphone amp, you have the double volume control issue which is what they're all concerned about.

What tube did you settle on?

:popcorn:

There's another schiit event coming up? When is it?

If one were to build the Solaris without the input transformers (and without balanced inputs), how much would that shave off the $6-8000 price?

Is there a possibility of the Stratus being upgraded with balanced inputs? Essentially a consumer version Solaris, but with less "boutique" components to hit a lower price point?

Solaris may be the droid I'm looking for...

Yggy, Gumby, and Bimby.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Talk about overkill...

Yggy + "euphonic" tube amp?

People who say the Yggy sounds the same as their old DAC is akin to saying a Lamborghini is the same as an BMW M3 because they are both fast cars that get you from point A to point B. If all you want from your DAC is to get you from point A to point B. Don't bother purchasing a Lamborghini.

Regarding the dearth of detailed interviews:   It is very hard to put what you experience with the Yggy into words. You stop thinking about the different arbitrary characteristics we have made up to describe sound. It just sounds like music. When you go to a concert, you never think to...

It seems you have a bone to pick and I get it. I'm a skeptic at heart, just like you seem to be. Schiit had growing pains in their first couple months of operation like any new start-up. That, the hype surrounding it, and their "nonchalant" attitude made me initially avoid their products. So I...

Except the AD5791 is brand spanking new, bleeding edge technology, that was released in 2010, and is the first true 20-bit DAC. Do you know how many hoops Mike had to jump through to get a DAC the caliber of the AD5791 to work for audio? Why didn't he just use the PCM1704 since it has the same...