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

[Doc B.]

Jason, dude, brother! Great story, you had me going "that happened to him too?" so many times it started to make me chuckle.

I think your best nugget so far is "great marketing polarizes". Which is why I challenge you to a mud wrestling match. Tag team. Streamed live from a Head-Fi meet. Our team mates will be hot naked chicks. Naked except for headphones of course. It will be glorious, Schiitheads and Bottleheads will be tagging hotel doors, throwing chairs and knifing each other in the parking lot.

Wait a minute, you would kick my fat old ass.

I challenge Mike instead.

 

[alpha421]

^Now, this would be EPIC!

 

[m2man]

I like the way Doc thinks...

 

[davidsh]

Equipment from the respectable companies must be used as weapons.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

Jason, dude, brother! Great story, you had me going "that happened to him too?" so many times it started to make me chuckle.

I think your best nugget so far is "great marketing polarizes". Which is why I challenge you to a mud wrestling match. Tag team. Streamed live from a Head-Fi meet. Our team mates will be hot naked chicks. Naked except for headphones of course. It will be glorious, Schiitheads and Bottleheads will be tagging hotel doors, throwing chairs and knifing each other in the parking lot.

Wait a minute, you would kick my fat old ass.

I challenge Mike instead.

 
Ah man, don't tempt me! 
 
(I would like to do toilet paper advertising at the next RMAF, though—yes, there are companies that actually do that.)

 

[mangler]

Classic. Made me spit a little coffee.

Personally, I would love to see a balanced Lyr, with 4 tubes, in a larger enclosure like the Mjolnir.

THAT would be the Schiit.

that would be a schiit BOMB !!

I think that's what the hybrid Ragnorok would be. I believe it's still planned, but correct me if I'm wrong ( I hope I'm not, that thing would be awesome!!)

 

[fenderf4i]

Ah man, don't tempt me! 

(I would like to do toilet paper advertising at the next RMAF, though—yes, there are companies that actually do that.)

Yes!! Schiit wipes! I would buy those, you know.

 

[OldSkool]

I think that's what the hybrid Ragnorok would be. I believe it's still planned, but correct me if I'm wrong ( I hope I'm not, that thing would be awesome!!)

Hmmm...I was thinking that I heard the Ragnarok was not going to utilize tubes, but I could certainly be wrong.
 
A balanced Lyr was simply my idle thought, while sitting here on a pile of 6DJ8 variants and lamenting the fact that a Lyr/Gungnir stack is lacking the visual symmetry that my OCD requires.

 

 

[Armaegis]

Jason, dude, brother! Great story, you had me going "that happened to him too?" so many times it started to make me chuckle.

I think your best nugget so far is "great marketing polarizes". Which is why I challenge you to a mud wrestling match. Tag team. Streamed live from a Head-Fi meet. Our team mates will be hot naked chicks. Naked except for headphones of course. It will be glorious, Schiitheads and Bottleheads will be tagging hotel doors, throwing chairs and knifing each other in the parking lot.

Wait a minute, you would kick my fat old ass.

I challenge Mike instead.

 
And then in a surprise twist, they teamed up (Bottled Schiit? Schiit in a Bottle?) then sat back and let the ladies duke it out. Win-Win!
 
Phase 2 of the master plan is to stream the naked mud wrestling on pay-per-view, thus generating more revenue for R&D...

 

[Coq de Combat]

I hope the mud wouldn't be Schiit.

 

[davidsh]

 

Ah man, don't tempt me! 

(I would like to do toilet paper advertising at the next RMAF, though—yes, there are companies that actually do that.)

Yes!! Schiit wipes! I would buy those, you know.

Hilarious.. 
 
A cool product would be a class A 20 watt, A/B 100 watt speaker amp with headphone output that runs purely class A with gain control for optimal use with speakers and headphones. If it could be made to work with everything from IEMs to orthos to speakers.. That would be so cool.. 

 

[Jason Stoddard]

  Hilarious.. 
 
A cool product would be a class A 20 watt, A/B 100 watt speaker amp with headphone output that runs purely class A with gain control for optimal use with speakers and headphones. If it could be made to work with everything from IEMs to orthos to speakers.. That would be so cool.. 

You mean Ragnarok?

 

[davidsh]

 

  Hilarious.. 
 
A cool product would be a class A 20 watt, A/B 100 watt speaker amp with headphone output that runs purely class A with gain control for optimal use with speakers and headphones. If it could be made to work with everything from IEMs to orthos to speakers.. That would be so cool.. 

You mean Ragnarok?

Yeah, pretty much. Not that I know if it will do all listed above? 

 

[madwolfa]

  Yeah, pretty much. Not that I know if it will do all listed above? 

 
Quoted from here... http://www.head-fi.org/t/667711/new-schiit-ragnarok-and-yggdrasil
 
RAGNAROK:
 
"Ragnarok is the world’s first universal amplifier, fully capable of powering everything from ultra-sensitive IEMs to loudspeakers. With 100WPC RMS into 4 ohms, 3 selectable gains, a relay-switched stepped attenuator volume control, and Crossfet™ circlotron-style output topology, Ragnarok befits its name—in Norse legend, Ragnarok was the “end of the world.”
 
Power Output: 100W into 4 ohms, 60W into 8 ohms, 15W into 32 ohms, 9.6W into 50 ohms, 1.6W into 300 ohms, 800mW into 600 ohms
Inputs: 2 balanced, 3 single-ended stereo inputs
Outputs: speaker terminals, 4-pin balanced XLR headphone, TRS unbalanced headphone, balanced and unbalanced preamp outs
Gain: selectable gain of 20, 7, or 1
Volume: (64) 1.25dB steps via relay-switched stepped attenuator
Topology: Fully discrete Crossfet™ circlotron-style stage with no caps in the signal path and no DC servos, all solid state
Management: microprocessor control of quiescent current and DC levels, with monitoring of all fault conditions
Power Supply: 400VA transformer with 4 separate circlotron output rails, over 100,000uF filter capacitance total
Size & Weight: 16 x 12 x 3.875”, 30 lbs
Estimated Price & Availability: $1400-1600, late 2013"

 

[davidsh]

Should've done my research.. Will be looking forward to some detailed specifications etc. on that one!