Bye bye "Buy Better Gear" as a Schiit feature. An important goal was happiness and unity in the marriage of digital sources (transports, tv and satellite receivers, digital audio audio over USB, etc.) to digital to analog converters. The best way to achieve this is to allow clocks in the D/A...

A bit of elaboration of the upcoming Urd’s sockets/IO: There is, of course an onboard transport, its output being connected tp S/PDIF, AES/EBU, and USB. In addition, there are two additional USB inputs which can be switched to compare the transport along with two other USB inputs (streamer...

With respect to the above requested discussions, I begin with Urd. Between redesigning all of our engines under duress due to supply chain issues I made an inadvertently fubar choice in violation of Moffat’s law number 2: “Early adopters always end up uncomfortably penetrated.” The early...

Hey all, Once upon a time I used to post here.... After dealing with: 1. Dual delta sigma designs on all of our less expensive DACs to keep them in production. 2. Dual DSP platforms on all of our higher end DACs to keep them in production (still in process, but getting better). 3. Translating...

Thread title: “What a long, strange trip it's been -- (Robert Hunter) “ Huh? What does that mean?? Robert Hunter?? Who? A little explanation is in order. A reader of this thread may conclude that I am a fan of Germanic opera; true, that. Also, that I am not particularly a fan of light Italian...

Less is more (see tomorrow)

The Slippery Slope from Science to Orthodoxy to Creed to Opinion What do I sell in my D/A converters? The clear answer is science. Yup, absolutely. Seems that science is a continuously evolving corpus of verifiable and repeatable knowledge of physical universe events. Definitely what I build...

Point taken, Perhaps I am naive assuming that founders are as interested and influential in their own companies as Jason and I are.

How NOT to do business (Vol 2); also, why customer service is a beyaatch. First, the how not: I recently purchased a home solar/battery system from an iconic company whose founder just benefited from a government contract to land spacecraft on Europa, Jupiter’s moon. I elected to pay for the...

You know, 45 years ago there was a well oiled, thriving, audio market. The buyers were accustomed to the notion of audio as a hobby. This required the user to be (usually) self trained in the aspects of the audio. There were few experts as the users did not need them. The buyers of the gear made...

Love that cycle!!

How NOT to do business: I know, I know we are not perfect. One of the good things about finding companies run by inane policy wonks and corporate apparatchiks Is it that, despite our failings, it makes me feel good about how we do schiit at Schiit. I live out in the boondocks. The only choice...

It seems we are finally shipping the USB switchers which are the pre beta switching evaluation for the upcoming Urd. We had a software glitch which Dave has fixed and out they go. May all the beta testers try them with lots of USB inputs so we can get on to the beta of the Urds themselves. We...

This post is just a clarification of my Disney Hall in LA comments. First, let me say I am a huge fan not only of Gustavo Dudamel, but of the LA Philharmonic as well as the LA Opera. I think they both strike a fantastic balance of artistic and technical achievement. For those of us who have...

Before I rush off to California Schiit, let me hasten to add a few comments on opera houses, mostly good as well as bad. Please note I am not a FLIO (Fan of light Italian Opera) to speak of. My opera world revolves around mostly Wagner and Richard Strauss. Oops, forgot Mozart. Mecca=Bayrueth...

Point taken. How about yesterday’s or obsolete science? The state of science is an evolving one. My favorite science quote is Richard Feynman’s: “Science is belief in the ignorance of experts.”

Selective/Incomplete Science:

Mosquito farts, lab coats, and incomplete "science" In this missive I address the worship of one false audio god, namely the assumption of the valid “science” of audio measurement circa 2021. What’s wrong with measuring audio equipment? Nothing actually as long as you understand that these...

Well, it seems there are two technical versions of DACs we make which have very different competing chipsets. DS, delta sigma, reduced bit which are dominated now by ESS and AKM before their fire. The sonic differences between these two brands of chips do exist, although subtle in the context of...

Hey there all – sorry so long without commenting. A couple of small points: please let me admit that I stream from time to time with two subscription services. The reason is that it is cheap. Lets me listen to a huc ton of music to see if I like it. By and large, it ain’t bad. When we get some...

On streamers vs. Physical media: As I write I listen to the Handsome Family In the Air album HD (96K) streamed through an experimental DAC. It is not bad, after all. It defies all logic that a CD should sound better; all of the mechanical motion with resultant motion flutter/jitter as well as...

A bit of transport (Urd) clarification follows: Please forgive me if any of this seems redundant or condescending. Prior art transports require physical media in the form of a CD and convert it to S/PDIF output, either TOS, coax, or both. The Urd converts the physical media data to S/PDIF coax...

Well, Thursday evening seems to have arrived. As I write we await the complete kit of parts for the switch board (USB) for the prelim beta on the transport. I have been catching up on over a years worth of paperwork while I was hucced up sick - OMG I am just about there! As I work I have...

A post that deals with Yggy alt-analog boards: Yup we’re making them. I don’t know the price, since I’m still trying to make up lost time from last year. We are releasing at least two. They are alternates or sidewaysgrades where opinion has been split. It is a way to add garlic, if you love...

Now we have a brief post that deals with deals with DSD: Those who have followed me know that I am not a fan of DSD; it does not matter whether I am right or wrong. What matters is that to add DSD as a feature costs far more than the percentage of users who would utilize it. This degrades the...