[DigitalFrontEnd]

I believe he was talking about a pair of mono Vidars due to their not being officially specified for 4 ohm loads when driven as mono blocks. Though I would think you would have to play them crazy loud for it to an issue. Anyway, a single Vidar has no issues with the 4 ohm load.

Sweet!!! One Vidar sold...very soon!

 

[schneller]

Am I the only one who is interested in a Schiit Yiggy+Pre Amp (in one case) with balanced outputs and fully balanced topology for specific use with 2x Vidars?

 

[ToTo Man]

Couple more questions (apologies if I'm going too far OT here but...) -

If I get EITR, can I split the 75 ohm coax output into two different DACs?

If I get Yggy, can I split the Balanced outputs into two different preamps like you can easily do with SE outputs?

 

[Rowethren]

If I get Yggy, can I split the Balanced outputs into two different preamps like you can easily do with SE outputs?

That should work fine. I use XLR splitters with my Gumby to my Mjolnir 2 and Rotel RA-1570 and it has never caused a problem.

 

[US Blues]

Am I the only one who is interested in a Schiit Yiggy+Pre Amp (in one case) with balanced outputs and fully balanced topology for specific use with 2x Vidars?

No. I have an Yggy and a Freya, but am waiting until after my forthcoming move to obtain the requisite Vidars. Having a new listening room will be huge bonus.

 

[DamageInc77]

Am I the only one who is interested in a Schiit Yiggy+Pre Amp (in one case) with balanced outputs and fully balanced topology for specific use with 2x Vidars?

No, but I am interested in finding a cheap way to convert an unbalanced signal to a balanced signal, as I want to run two Vidars but I don't want to have to purchase a Freya or other balanced preamp to do so.

 

[DamageInc77]

Also, I really hope that the UK dealer of Schiit gets the Eitr tomorrow.

 

[winders]

No, but I am interested in finding a cheap way to convert an unbalanced signal to a balanced signal, as I want to run two Vidars but I don't want to have to purchase a Freya or other balanced preamp to do so.

That won't work. The XLR inputs need to come from a device with true balanced and differential XLR output. You can't just convert to XLR and have it work.

 

[rkw]

Which model Maggies? I used one (the pre-production unit they showed at Axpona) with the .7 for a few days at the LA Audio Show and it was an excellent pairing. For many people, the best combo we had in our room. Even the folks from Magnepan that checked our our setup were impressed by it. Plenty of power for the 12.5X19.5 foot room we were in.

Were you using the DWM bass panel? I ask because it apparently causes the impedance to drop down to 2 ohms.

 

[deserat]

USB Gen 5 in my Gumby came back today. Been warming for about 4 hours.

It's hard to say there is a difference, since subbed my Bimby into the chain in place of the Gumby while it was out and so my ears have tuned to that setup. What I can say is that the difference between the Bimby ( with USB Regen) and Gumby (direct) used to be subtle. That is no longer the case. The later is clearly more natural and revealing now. I don't know all the terms to describe it, but I'm glad I made the upgrade ( though still annoyed I sent it in.) I'd recommend if your amp is clean enough pass the changes through.

EDIT: OK I take back the hard to tell the difference with it being out of in schittland. Have put it through a wider array of music now... it hit me most clearly with acoustic music, detail in the decay of instruments is much more detailed. The room the instruments are being played in is much more apparent. Is not subtle.

Gumby > Bottlehead Mainline > HD800

 

[slefty]

Were you using the DWM bass panel? I ask because it apparently causes the impedance to drop down to 2 ohms.

No we didn't use the DWM. At the show we ran them on their own. At home I used a small Emotiva sub (BasX S8), not to extend the bottom end, but by adjusting phase and crossover point to help tame some dipole cancellation in the 70 to 90 Hz range. That would have been fixed by moving them farther into the room, but my wife put a limit on how far from the wall they could go in our living room! However, she loved the Maggies.

 

[DamageInc77]

That won't work. The XLR inputs need to come from a device with true balanced and differential XLR output. You can't just convert to XLR and have it work.

There must exist an active transformer box that will turn an unbalanced signal into a balanced one.

 

[Ableza]

There must exist an active transformer box that will turn an unbalanced signal into a balanced one.

http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/tidu038/tidu038.pdf

 

[sam6550a]

That won't work. The XLR inputs need to come from a device with true balanced and differential XLR output. You can't just convert to XLR and have it work.

You can with a transformer that has an unbalanced [2 terminal] primary and a balances, center tap grounded secondary. These transformer adapters should be available----try amazon.

 

[Brubacca]

USB Gen 5 in my Gumby came back today. Been warming for about 4 hours.

It's hard to say there is a difference, since subbed my Bimby into the chain in place of the Gumby while it was out and so my ears have tuned to that setup. What I can say is that the difference between the Bimby ( with USB Regen) and Gumby (direct) used to be subtle. That is no longer the case. The later is clearly more natural and revealing now. I don't know all the terms to describe it, but I'm glad I made the upgrade ( though still annoyed I sent it in.) I'd recommend if your amp is clean enough pass the changes through.

Gumby > Bottlehead Mainline > HD800

I beleive sending it in got you 2 more years warranty, also you were practically first in line. I'll wait for the home install version, but that may be some time.