Quote: Yes.   The two main questions to ask yourself when auditioning a new amp will be... Does it sound better? Is it loud enough with some volume control rotation to spare?   Simples     

  Quote: Regarding...   Your point 1) If the amp can deliver the required current then higher voltage swing = more volume. Distortion depends upon many aspects, not just voltage swing from the amp.   Your point 2) More swing (volume) does not directly / automatically improve...

Hello dBs, I've not read all of the VoltSecond information, but what I did read seems generally fine, so you may have possibly misinterpreted some stuff?   Maybe I misunderstand but it seems that in your request to Electra-Print you asked for a transformer capable of handling DC (i.e...

Blind testing beer... I like the sound of that!   I get the feeling that after a few it's not really going to matter...   

  Quote:   Don't just dangle that and then walk off !   Guessing hat on: separate rails per channel, negative supply, with positive ground? Current sources on input and output followers feed to negative rail hence high PSRR ???   C'mon, one more clue?      

Some things you might want to check out when considering home building interconnection cables...   Capacitance Microphonic signal generation Shielding from airborne electromagnetic interfearance Temperature effects Physical protection from chafe, crush and cut   The vast majority...

Quote: I am pleased to hear it, as that was the clear and simple message in my reply to the question raised by Br777. I do not understand the subsequent reaction from yourself or Steve Eddy.   Never mind.  

Quote: Yes, that was the whole point. 

Quote: Kevin, I am sure you will agree that is just opinion and not fact.   My point was / is that good cheap amps have previously existed. I am not detracting from the work of Schiit, just stating fact to help someone who asked a question.

Quote: Yes, I think you may well be right about overseas manufacture. (But that may just reinforce my point about them being 'marked down' for not being local to your neck of the woods). Actually my main point was that good cheap amps have already existed, and Schiit are not the first...

Quote:   They did. The Creek OBH 11se was made some years ago. However they sold it via dealers and hence dealer and distributor margins pushed up the price to over $300.   The amp was fine, but suffered because of simple prejudice. It was viewed negatively because it was not...

Quote:   Yes, that was one of my underlying points. I didn't want to say it explicitly as I hoped that it would actually dawn on those chasing square waves that it's a $250 amp not a $10,000 Krell or whatever.   (However if anyone would like to illuminate how square waves relate to...

That's an interesting article / presentation, especially the bit about the speaker choice. I suspect a lot of 'audiophiles' would automatically choose the Martin Logan simply on magazine status endorsement. This reinforces the view that we should divorce ourselves from aesthetics, close our...

Quote: Please explain. Perhaps you could start another thread so we don't side-track this one. Thanks.  

Quote: Please understand that any positive review is indeed promotion or endorsement of some type. The more experienced the reviewer, the more serious the review will be taken, the more promotional and endorsing the review becomes. (You may not see it that way, and that is OK, so be...

  Quote: Yes I know a music signal can be dissociated into component parts, but IT NEVER IS unless you push it into a meter. As far as I know it only has value in respect of looking at an oscilloscope trace, and does not actually tell you how it will sound. I may be wrong, and if you...

I can hear the modders reving up already...   external transformers, better volume control, raised feet, black anodised enclosures... : )  

Quote:   It doesn't matter what you use, but one day it will matter what you promote. Whether you choose to see that or not is not my problem; I simply hope it doesn't come back to bite you.       Regarding the heat of the amp, the output devices are screwed to the base, so...

Preamps do this:   Select the input Adjust the volume Provide output 'drive'   In addition they can also do this:   Convert balanced to unblanced signal transmission and vice-versa Adjust left / right balance Provide a mute function Provide signal polarity inversion Have...

Quote: @chesebert Why? Have you discovered how square wave response directly relates to sound quality? Please tell.

Quote: @chesebert Why? Have you discovered how square wave response directly relates to sound quality? Please tell.   @Jude Just a feeling that you're on thin ice. If you give this amp an amazing review you are going to pI55-off all of the other vendors of low priced amps that...

Quote: Your first statement is factually inacurate. When an appropriately specified vacuum tube is professionally applied in a well proportioned circuit of appropriate topology the results can be very fine both objectively and subjectively.   However, in my experience many...

Thanks for the fast reply, looking forward to the inside shots. Good luck with it.  

Quote:   Seconded on that score. The hobby could certainly do with less bunkum and elitism.   My girlfriend's brother is younger and in search of an amp, so I'll point him at these guys.  

  Quote:   Hello Jason, (which seems a preferable name to SchiitHead, or even Mr. SchiitHead),   First I would like to say best wishes with your new venture. It is good to see variety in the market, and refreshing to see a company committed to not out-sourcing manufacture.   I...