Ill chime in as someone who received a defective unit that failed in the first 24 hours, my replacement that was sent has been working Aok for about 2 months now :)

Spacers I made if anyone needs, https://www.printables.com/model/404579-schiit-spacer

Hold long have you had it?

Well looks like I will be keeping my Asgard2 as a backup.....this is lame lol.

Got my replacement Lyr+ yesterday, and there are definitely some differences. 1) The biggest one, I noticed the first defective amp ran really hot, hotter than my Asgard 2 which is saying something. New Lyr+ after 1 hour of use, 86F measured at the Schiit logo on top, 95F after almost 3hrs...

I needed USB for PC (gaming mostly), Coax for the Pi (music). I ended up with the Digione and indeed it is fantastic! This little RPi PiCorePlayer setup has been life changing :O

Just some general advice, getting a little air between your stacks will keep temps down a lot. I 3d printed some spacers for my schiit stack but you can buy larger feet or something as well. Also after the amp is fully warmed and been running a good long time, check you low and high gain. My...

Just an update, in case anyone is in same situation. Schiit sent me a label to send back the Lyr, when they get confirmation I have mailed it back they are going to send me a new Lyr replacement and my 15 day period restarts once I receive that one. This is a pretty good solution I feel, not...

Man that is a super cool looking tube, love that box too!!

One of the links I posted above they had it repaired and then came back and died. Something rubs me wrong about paying for basically a refurbished product out of the gate, especially for 700 bucks. I may just return it and start my search elsewhere I guess, only stack I have bought was Schiit so...

I was afraid you were going to say that, what did you end up getting instead? I don't understand having to have a brand new amp repaired, any other store you walk in and say this is defective and they give you a new one.

Yeah, so there are 3 posts and all are right channel so far. What did they end up doing with yours after it failed the second time. I don't want a repair on an amp that was delivered yesterday, would prefer they just send me a new amp.

Well I didn't realize I was in low gain mode. I changed to high gain mode and my right channel is half the volume of my left channel. Guess its time to message Schiit. Now debating whether I even do a RMA, I was already 50/50 ordering this unit due to the posts I saw in here about problems. This...

Made a remote holder for my Lyr remote last night if anyone needs, https://www.printables.com/model/391595-schiit-remote-holder

Ok awesome, I don't care enough either if its somewhat normal. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't because the internal board was off the standoffs or something. Thanks!!

Sigh...guess I can contact Schiit...this is what mine looks like.

Got my Lyr+ , started to break it in. Just a general question, does your vacuum tube sit perfectly in the middle of the opening, mine is closer to the left side of the opening. Not a huge deal just something I noticed....

Thanks for the reply!

I was looking for a source that could do my local library plus streaming and stumbled upon PiCorePlayer. Pulled out my old Pi2b and am up and running. Issue is I need the USB input for my PC and I read older pi's USB output isn't great. So I found these spdif hats and started researching. Not...

I thought about going Jotun or Asgard 3, but decided to splurge this time in case I get new headphones at some point. My Asgard 2 lasted 10 years and I feel like it was barely making the minimum requirement to power my HE 500. Plus you know, I am old now, get to spend stupid money on crap I...

Yeah I read all 39 pages last night , and have no doubt it's an amazing piece of kit, and will be a big upgrade for me. The last 10 pages or so painted a very bleak picture though haha.

Emailed Schiit and they advised just updating the amp. Figured I would post in case any finds the thread with a similar question :)

Put in my order today for my lyr+ to replace my Asgard 2. Pretty nervous after reading this thread to be honest 😂 Been running my current Schiit stack for 10 years so hoping luck is on my side, which feels stupid to say on a 700 dollar amp.

I have a Bifrost with Uber analog upgrade and a Asgard 2 powering my HE 500. I was thinking of upgrading the Asgard 2 to something like the Lyr+,Jotunheim, or Asgard 3 for some more power. Some of these newer amps have the option to add a DAC board for 100 or so bucks, which made me wonder if my...

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