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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Yes I do. Thanks.- CharlesC
- Post #50,156
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
My idea of a perfect USB interface is that it would make all USB sources sound equally good, so USB on a Raspberry Pi will sound just like USB on a $5000 streamer. Well, nothing is perfect but my hope is that Unison moves the ball in that direction. This might imply that Unison is not of much...- CharlesC
- Post #50,138
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
To those with the new Bifrost: How does the Unison USB handle inferior sources? I am running Roon on a NUC and the performance on my Gungnir Multibit is significantly worse using the NUC USB as a source compared to a Digione. I'd love to remove the Digione and the extra switch from my setup...- CharlesC
- Post #50,132
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Assuming you aren't interested in Roon yet, Volume is certainly competent but a couple of things I don't like: 1) There is a brick wall between locally stored files and streaming service favorites. 2) Streaming favorites can't be sorted in any useful way. 3) And expect to pay extra to access...- CharlesC
- Post #48,528
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
I'm about to start building an Amp Camp power amp and I'm thinking now might be a good time to pick up a used Saga. I have a question about the specs though: In active stage the Saga says it has 0db gain but output at >10V. I'm in the beginning of my electronics studies but to me that doesn't...- CharlesC
- Post #47,130
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
I might be interested in a well priced spinner if the new Unison USB cards have two inputs. The input on my Gen 5 card is taken. Even though the CD transport will probably have other connectivity options, USB is where they are differentiating this device so it would be a shame not to use it.- CharlesC
- Post #46,468
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
At this point I think that the market based reasons that Schiit wouldn't add ethernet to any DACs are persuasive. However, I don't buy the tech based reasons. RAAT does not require interactions with the users to run properly and "firmware" can be updated easily by plugging the device into a...- CharlesC
- Post #46,328
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
A Schiit transport would be a great compromise. And once USB is solved we won't need the LPS, right? This does make me think of the Schiit-Pi.- CharlesC
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Ha. I'm dreaming of a world where network bridges are a thing of the past.- CharlesC
- Post #46,296
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Thanks for this. Definitely informative for me. Unison first! I agree. I hope it will be available on a user installable board for my Gumby.- CharlesC
- Post #46,295
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Believe it or not, you can update software without a UI. Obviously we interpret Jason's words differently.- CharlesC
- Post #46,290
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
As a software project I bet the burrito filter puts the micro-rendu to shame. Just guessing.- CharlesC
- Post #46,288
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
I think Jason made that comment when asked if Schiit would be building a streamer. And I think he said he didn't want to build a UI, which would be required for a streamer but not for an ethernet port. Schiit writes software all the time.- CharlesC
- Post #46,287
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
I don't know what "roon tested" means except that you can plug a Schiit into some USB port somewhere and Roon will stream to it.- CharlesC
- Post #46,277
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
The question is about built in ethernet. This is something that is showing up on more expensive DACs. I have a DigiOne and I know how all that works. Personally I like the idea of fewer boxes and fewer expensive power supplies. I hope that in 10 years we will look back at the bridge as a...- CharlesC
- Post #46,271
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
I'm curious to know if Schiit feels any temptation to add a Roon ready ethernet port to any of their DACs. I know they are fully committed to USB and I think that is great. However, I've recently put together a very reasonably priced NUC based Roon Core so I'm interested in affordable ethernet...- CharlesC
- Post #46,267
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Discussion on the Darko video suggests that Jason thinks it's good. Someday bits will be bits, as they should be.- CharlesC
- Post #46,188
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
So what's up with Gen 6 USB?- CharlesC
- Post #46,167
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Introducing the Matrix M-Stage HPA-3U and HPA-3B, review to follow!
I went ahead and ordered these. At about half the price of the Deckard ( after holiday discount ) I couldn't resist. I've got brand new LCD2-Classic headphones. I've been running them off my Dragonfly Red for a few days. I figure I'll have the option of running the DfR (2.1v line level) into...- CharlesC
- Post #292
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Audeze LCD-2C Classic - Impressions Thread
Got my new LCD-2c yesterday and currently running it off a Dragonfly Red. it sounds good but I'm imagining a bigger amp will make it even better. How easy/hard are these to drive compared to the LCD-X? I assume these are at least as easy to drive as the LCD-2 Fazor, correct? These...- CharlesC
- Post #1,194
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Introducing the Matrix M-Stage HPA-3U and HPA-3B, review to follow!
Is the HPA-3U+ listed on the Matrix website the same device as the HPA-3U discussed here? My first guess is that it is a recent upgrade but I can't find any separate information on it or how it is different. Thanks.- CharlesC
- Post #290
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Audeze LCD-2C Classic - Impressions Thread
I'm excited to hear them and I'm excited that I may not need to rush out and drop hundreds on amplification. Thanks!- CharlesC
- Post #985
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Audeze LCD-2C Classic - Impressions Thread
I'll be getting a pair of these on Christmas morning, lucky me. At that time my Dragonfly Red will be the amp I have at hand. Should I temper my expectations ???- CharlesC
- Post #983
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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JDS Labs EL / OL DAC Owners (AK4490EQ DAC's with filter switch)
I'm very happy with the sound of the EL DAC over SPDIF from the RPi and my Mac. It's a great sounding device. I don't have a lot of confidence in my ability to compare but this seems like a worthy upgrade from my Dragonfly Black. In the past I have had both Modi and Modi 2 Uber and never...- CharlesC
- Post #12
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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JDS Labs EL / OL DAC Owners (AK4490EQ DAC's with filter switch)
Received my EL DAC yesterday. It sounds very good and I expect to enjoy it for a long time to come. Interestingly, running in USB mode off a Raspberry PI (Volumio installed) it produced much lower volumes than USB from my Mac. Not obvious to me why that would be. By this evening I should...- CharlesC
- Post #8
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components