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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    You might probably wanna take a look at Kara
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    Schiit Kara - Impressions Thread

    Tyrs are VERY CAPABLE monoblocks. I did some back-and-forth between Freya-S (about 4 yrs old) and Kara (new) and I felt that Freya is holding back the Tyrs and Kara was more like "just go with whatever you can". As for tone/music etc, I played acoustic instrument for >10years as an amateur and...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I am totally with you there. When listening to Tyrs driving LS50s, the Tyr COMMANDS the LS50 to do their biddings and the LS50 never had a second word.
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    Schiit Kara - Impressions Thread

    And we have the passive mode, which is something I haven't given as much time to yet myself. It sounded to me that if 1x is a light bulb at full brightness, then the passive mode is a much turned down light bulb suitable for a night light.
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    Schiit Kara - Impressions Thread

    I use Kara with a pair of Tyrs. 1x and 4x selected depending on my mood. 1x is Laird back and fluid, often great when I'd like to relax or just have the music on as BGM. 4x brings on more excitement and impact, it works well when I want to be more immersed in music or TV/Movie.
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I'd highly recommend to just save up for Tyrs, you won't regret it.
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    Schiit Kara - Impressions Thread

    Well it's there all the time, switching back and forth is so easy. The only gripe I have is that the dent on the volume knob is invisible for a guy my age sitting 2 meters away. I need to add some appendage to the knob to make it more visible.
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    Schiit Kara - Impressions Thread

    To me the 1x is more polite and less up front, I can't say it's my cup of tea.
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    Schiit Kara - Impressions Thread

    I moved from Freya S to Kara a couple of weeks ago. LIM -> Kara -> Tyrs -> LS50. When I was using Freya S, I generally use the 4x mode for the excitement it brings, but sometimes I'd go back to the passive mode especially with Jazz music for the transparency and the "bounciness" of the sound...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I used to think that USB-C would be the saviour until I got the Multibit card into my Jot1. Buzzing issues pops up sometimes and it can be fixed by unplugging and replug. Sometimes my MBP would fail to recognize the card unless I flip it to another side. For USB-B, it was all plugs and play, no...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Interesting that you have both Mj3 and Tyr, how would you compare their characteristics? Are they closer in terms of dynamics, power and timbre?
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I finally pulled the trigger on Tyrs, 2 of them of course. Bought them in the US while on a biz trip and then moved them home as checked baggages. Luckily for me, 22kgs per box is slightly under the overweight threshold (did you guys do this on purpose or was that just coincidence?). Got home...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I bought a Freya S when when visiting Schittr a few years back and had been happy ever since. With Kara out it is very tempting to make the trip again. I'd like to name it 'Starbuck' if I were to buy one this time.
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Pizzahut in Taiwan has always been very creative on the toppings.
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    @Jason Stoddard would you guys consider updating the Unison module for Yggdrasil to UDB-C? It's pretty easy to get good quality USB-C to C cables nowadays.
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