Recent content by nomis3613
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Schiit Lokius Impressions & Reviews
Correct, since the Lokius does all the EQ-ing as single-ended (this is discussed in the Lokius announcement post in the Schiit thread), when it's turned off it just becomes a passive pass-through. Although I did read Jason say somewhere that passing signal through an powered-off device can...- nomis3613
- Post #287
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Hi @Jason Stoddard. Just FYI, the "in the box" list in the Syn user manual is missing the remote control. For this highly important discovery, is my reward a free Syn? :beyersmile:- nomis3613
- Post #122,067
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Lokius Impressions & Reviews
That's a shame, I hope they look after you with the return. Are you using the RCA inputs and outputs? Does it also happen when it's in bypass mode?- nomis3613
- Post #266
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Recently I bought a Rekkr, to see what a mighty 2 Watts could do. They're driving large-ish bookshelf speakers with a nominal sensitivity of 89dB/W in a 16ft long by 22ft wide room. It aced the first test: near-field listening sitting about 3 feet from the axis of the speakers. Then to push it...- nomis3613
- Post #116,247
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Lokius Impressions & Reviews
I haven't measured it, but the output seems similar to other line-level devices. Schiit's product page talks about the RCA output using a single phase of the balanced signal.- nomis3613
- Post #263
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Schiit Lokius Impressions & Reviews
After about 6 months with the Lokius, I'm still very happy with it. Six bands does seem to be a good sweet spot for making tonal changes, without needing to be an audio engineer to avoid creating a spiky monster. I now appreciate why Schiit didn't feel the need to add more bands to the Loki Max...- nomis3613
- Post #261
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Schiit Lokius Impressions & Reviews
Good stuff. It's great to hear that you've found the settings which suit your taste. I agree that making smaller adjustments over a wider range gives smoother results than a big adjustment of a single band. (But for the opposite situation when extreme adjustments are needed in a single band...- nomis3613
- Post #215
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Schiit Lokius Impressions & Reviews
You're most welcome. Have fun twiddling the dials... errr, I mean making carefully considered adjustments to the frequency response!- nomis3613
- Post #211
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Schiit Lokius Impressions & Reviews
Thanks for the invitation to throw in my 2 cents worth! I bought the original Loki Mini a couple of months before the Mini+ was released. To my ears, it is completely transparent when set to flat (also tested by switching back-and-forth to to an amp input that skips the Loki entirely). And the...- nomis3613
- Post #209
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Schiit's Saga Preamp Impressions
Hi Treecloud. Many thanks for sharing your observations, I found them very interesting. I'll keep an ear out for any differences in sound stage between the modes, although it could well be too subtle for my ears. I wholeheartedly agree that this is a great little pre-amp.- nomis3613
- Post #187
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit's Saga Preamp Impressions
Hi Dana. The switch was left over from when I was switching between amps. It seemed to have no effect, since I've removed it and the difference between passive and active on the Saga S is the same. Is anyone able to explain what the audible difference should be between the passive and active...- nomis3613
- Post #185
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit's Saga Preamp Impressions
Dear Head-fi, Could someone please help my curiosity about the solid-state Saga S... What difference in sound should I expect when turning the buffer stage on and off? To my untrained ears, there is no difference when the volume is at unity. With the volume at 50-95%, the active mode is...- nomis3613
- Post #183
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Loki Max Impressions
Ahhh, that's a good idea, setting one aside as a neutral baseline for tweaks. Thanks for the reply.- nomis3613
- Post #12
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Loki Max Impressions
Thanks for the great review. I think that if/when it is available in silver (matching the rest of my stack), I shall be sorely tempted. Regarding the first of your presets, is there a reason for using a Flat preset rather than the bypass function?- nomis3613
- Post #7
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Loki Mini Impressions
Is anyone aware of a device out there that's similar to the mythical Loki Max please? I am seeking a hardware stereo EQ that has at least 8 bands and a remote control. So far my search results are either pre-1990s or modern rack-mount pro gear, neither of which have a remote. Thanks, Simon- nomis3613
- Post #954
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)