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

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

Yeah, self-discipline is not my forte.

You say what others think. You're providing a service for the entire community.

 

[adydula]

Yeah, self-discipline is not my forte.

Its a "slippery slope...."

 

[ROSCman]

Nope.

Schrödinger’s product announcement

 

[tafens]

It's okay to slander IKEA on build quality. Years ago there was a profile of IKEA by a journalist who interviewed execs at IKEA headquarters. He wrote that even at IKEA headquarters, they had tables and cabinets that wobbled and didn't align.

Sadly IKEA is neither the quality nor value for money they once were. Speaking from experience having had 90% of the home furniture from said vendor all my adult life, because, well, that’s where you go to buy furniture in this country

Luckily, the cats aren’t from them

 

[M-83]

Oh you definitely "plug it in something". It's a suppository.

The Schiit Pluggr

 

[theeclone]

Schrödinger’s product announcement

New SchiitStreamer with Superposition technology. It both exists and does not exist, thus fulfilling Schiit's promise to never make a streamer!

 

[Ripper2860]

Sounds like WIN/WIN to me!! Giving folks what they want without actually giving it to them.

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

Sounds like WIN/WIN to me!! Giving folks what they want without actually giving it to them.

Not possible.
We would have to become a software company first, and that’s clearly never gonna happen!

But in all seriousness:
No streamer or anything remotely like it is in the works.

I’m just a bit frustrated about the state of the industry, that’s all.

 

[cricket]

Sounds like WIN/WIN to me!! Giving folks what they want without actually giving it to them.

Searching for my transdimensional credit card...

 

[Brubacca]

Not possible.
We would have to become a software company first, and that’s clearly never gonna happen!

But in all seriousness:
No streamer or anything remotely like it is in the works.

I’m just a bit frustrated about the state of the industry, that’s all.

What if you could do a streamer without the software?

Could you do a custom carrier board for Raspberry Pi Compute Module? Tie it to a mimir DAC internally. The board would have the IO and DAC connections. Preferably a linear power supply. Customer could be responsible for providing the Raspberry Pi Compute Module and loading whatever OS they want.
So Schiit supplies metal chassis, motherboard for CM module....

So half way to a streamer without the full software support of the streaming part. It would just have to play nice on the driver's side with standard OS implementation.

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

What if you could do a streamer without the software?

Could you do a custom carrier board for Raspberry Pi Compute Module? Tie it to a mimir DAC internally. The board would have the IO and DAC connections. Preferably a linear power supply. Customer could be responsible for providing the Raspberry Pi Compute Module and loading whatever OS they want.
So Schiit supplies metal chassis, motherboard for CM module....

So half way to a streamer without the full software support of the streaming part. It would just have to play nice on the driver's side with standard OS implementation.

Serious question with no snark intended:
Based on what I have been saying the past few days about the absolutely crucial importance of the entire software and OS stack to ensure a maximum of sound quality, what exactly would be the point of us sticking an “empty” rPi into a case and call it a day?

 

[jsabini1]

I have more of those toys around BTW



Even Unison USB 384 can be further enhanced with the "Silver Bullet"

I thought this was the silver bullet: (awful beer, shouldn't even be called that)

 

[theveterans]

Serious question:
Based on what I have been saying the past few days about the absolutely crucial importance of the entire software and OS stack to ensure a maximum of sound quality, what exactly would be the point of us sticking an “empty” rPi into a case and call it a day?

Lots of careful implementation needed to separate the streamer's noise away from the DAC (why else go through hoops of multiple dedicated power supply for Yggy if power filtering, regulation, etc. isn't a factor in maximizing SQ)

Also, what is probably meant by "empty" meaning you can insert a microSD with Gentoo or Roopie or Moode or Volumio, etc. etc. for the streaming OS.

I reference my post here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sch...able-start-up.701900/page-12647#post-18667158

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

Lots of careful implementation needed to separate the streamer's noise away from the DAC (why else go through hoops of multiple dedicated power supply for Yggy if power filtering, regulation, etc. isn't a factor in maximizing SQ)

Also, what is probably meant by "empty" meaning you can insert a microSD with Gentoo or Roopie or Moode or Volumio, etc. etc. for the streaming OS.

I reference my post here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sch...able-start-up.701900/page-12647#post-18667158

Again:
For a streamer, the software is way, waaaaay more important than the hardware. The hardware shouldn’t be an afterthought, but it’s maybe 30% of the entire equation.

If we ever did a streamer, it would only make sense if we could guarantee a maximum of sound quality, a maximum of usability, and a maximum of Forkbeard-capability.

All of that happens in the software, very little in the hardware. Makes zero sense as a product for us if we don’t do the entire thing.

 

[SpazPlayzz]

Jason dropping bombs on the AMA!