From Furutech website "... NCF features a special crystalline material that has two ‘active’ properties. First, it generates negative ions that eliminate static. Second, it converts thermal energy into far infrared ..." I wonder how long takes before it runs out of negative charge ? (or do you...

edit: @Paladin79 answered :)

Pretty sure the one tested in the link (I thought the wiring adaptor he used might have helped you) http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/HFN/ADC/USBrecording.html was a 1st Gen, 2nd Gen was better and current 3rd Gen better again and has the "air" setting. There are some 2nd Gen still available in my...

Back at https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701900/page-3508#post-15275144 Jason said Focusrite Scarlett 2i2? Edit: Missed post while typing :disappointed: See Hifi recording test (earlier 2i2?) with Behringer comparison...

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Fortunately Amazon in Australia is pretty rubbishy, I think some people put products on there using the idea that - Amazon is the best price - to try and sell stuff at inflated prices. I recently bought something from an Australian ebay store for $27, on Amazon people were trying to sell the...

Yet Jason himself used it only 10 days ago :open_mouth: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701900/page-3476#post-15251494 weeks after he asked people not to :disappointed: "Rggy" was never a thing, only 3 people have ever used the...

RAAL SR1a don't use a 1/4" headphone jack, so the Jotunheim R doesn't provide one.:confused:

I did tag Jason in my original post - re the facts, but maybe David Aldrich picked it up for Schiit instead ? :disappointed: Anyhow, the Schiit looks like a good option and maybe if you buy the SR1a and Jotunheim R together you will be able to save on the "Ribbon/Amp Interface" :fingers_crossed:

Did you see previous posts (?) https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701900/page-3497#post-15265306 and earlier ones like...

14.2 Amp at clippiing direct into 0.2 Ohms is 20 Watt. It doesn't say "is equivalent to"

From the link: "The prototype amp Schiit is working on for the RAAL-requisite SR1a Earfieled Headphone Monitor will include a DAC and is said to put out 1000 watts of power" :astonished: DIrect drive into the RAAL SR1a (including cable) would be more like 20 Watts, I reckon. :thinking: Perhaps...

Or, ... you can get these on special. https://trueaudiophile.com/takatsuki-300b-vacuum-tube-worlds-finest/ I'm sure @bcowen will have a box full :ksc75smile:

The linked Swissonic Converter AD 24/192 doesn't appear to have a USB output which would make it a poor Jil replacement for recording analog to PCM in a PC. A Focusrite scarlett 2i2 might be a much better bet (cheaper than a Jil and works as a DAC as well).

I think the PCB layout was OK, he just used Australian switches by mistake. :upside_down:

If only I could see the whole THING on my screen at once ... It seems often the pictures that would be worthwhile in high pixel count, aren't, :disappointed: and those where it is of no value are. :rolling_eyes: just my POV, see sig P.S. loved Bosie's pics of the opera houses etc., so...

As you say the link refers to older high end Naim DACs, they used the expensive PCM1704 (multibit) DAC chip with a Naim DSP upsampling Filter, the Uniti Nova has the DSP but uses a PCM1792A "advanced segment" DAC (like my STX sound card :ksc75smile:) the Uniti Atom uses the lower spec PCM1791A...

You obviously need some High Fidelity Cables with "Magnetic Conduction" technology https://www.highfidelitycables.com/ :rolling_eyes: :smile::sweat_smile::laughing::joy:

Paul Rigby? That's the guy who wrote in a USB cable review: "... Normally, when you push music through a USB cable, the data, which arrives in blocks, includes narrow bits which represent the high frequency portions of the final music. Within current USB cables, these bits are largely lost...

Certainly feels like the Great (Greatest, Best Ever) Tribulation is starting :scream:

The RAAL SR1a are very low impedance, a load of 0.2 Ohms (mostly supplied by the cable). To get the necessary current from a normal amplifier it would need to be able to supply 100 W + into the 5.6 Ohm load of their Ribbon/Amp Interface . The amplifier Jason is doing is designed to supply the...

You can add a DAC HAT to the Pi, of course. To be an endpoint, for example see: https://roonlabs.com/partners/hifiberry.html google raspberry pi as roon endpoint for more

I was wondering why I was a Schiit fan, and then it hit me :face_palm:

I'm still waiting for details on the cheap DS DAC (chip?, implementation?) Mike really liked :astonished: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been-robert-hunter.784471/page-735#post-15027001 I am so curious.:nerd: edit: :sleeping: or did I dream it?

Unplugged? :confused: