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

[RCBinTN]

I'd add Gungnir upgrade. It's overdue.

The only pending upgrade will be the Gen 6 USB that sounds like it will be really great.
Other than that, the GMB is in fine shape

 

[KoshNaranek]

Well, you can order one today...?

How can you be so obtuse? Is it deliberate....

 

[RCBinTN]

11 new products in 2019, huh? Let me speculate for fun and look back in a year.

• Aegir, class AB tranconductance power amp.
• Sol, all metal turntable player.
• Asgard 3, transconductance headphone amp+USB DAC.
• USB Gen 6 upgrade card.
• Mjölnir 3, balanced Nexus amp.
• Ragnarök 2, balanced Nexus amp.
  
• CD transport with BWD.
• Multibit Jil, Analog to Digital Converter.
• Big loki, EQ with more bands.
• Gadget, digital dynamic range expander and pitch shifter.
  
• Fulla 3. Discrete and/or multibit!

Maybe it's just me, but I think this list is way too long. And, y'all keep asking for more!
How many people does Schiit Audio have now, like eight?
Who the hell is gonna do this work?

 

[valiant66]

How many people does Schiit Audio have now, like eight?

20
.

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

I barely listen to headphones at home and I STILL want Schiit.

 

[Deaj]

Looking forward to a big LOKI! (fingers crossed)

 

[FLTWS]

Looking forward to the big LOKI!

Yes, but 2 independent channels of it with one or two additional, well chosen, hinge points are what I would go for.

 

[US Blues]

I barely listen to headphones at home and I STILL want Schiit.

I don't listen to headphones at home and have a good amount of Schiit!

 

[adydula]

Gen 6 USB? For Bifrost!! Yeah!

Consider my order as "placed"!!

:>)

Alex

 

[ScubaMan2017]

They just said they were entertaining licensing the building of 3rd party option cards. No decisions have been made. Personally, I'd like to see a RCA stereo input and a DAC w/ Coax S/PDIF input as options, as I don't really see a need for much more than that and it's certainly something they could w/o going the licensing 3rd party route. I'm sure they'll make whatever decision they feel is best for them and their customers. I do suspect it would be best just to keep in in-house, however.

I still have awful memories of working for a co-manufacturer that was making "product" for the mother-ship. Noooooooooo. I was a representative from the mother-ship and the co-manufacturer got the contract because I was on board. I quit after about a year... Before the litigation erupted.

 

[adydula]

Was thinking of a Schitt AIO...I posted earlier..."the Ultimate Schitt Cube"..

A slot loading CD transport...with an internal MB dac and a good HP amp...

A nice schitt aluminum or steel brushed aluminum square cube shape...

Put the slot loaded CD transport slot on the top of the cube in front...

Wish I could autocad this idea....

Ok Jason...please get on this one..

Alex
:>)

 

[artur9]

Found this from Baldr in the other thread:

The irreducible minimum of digital audio signals are Bit Clock, Word Clock, and Data; BWD. These signals are multiplexed and demultiplexed in all other connection protocols, even in I2S. Three clocks, 6 wires with grounds: 16, 24, or 32 bits of data, which are clocked into D/A converters with each bit clock until one channel of the sample is complete and the word clock starts it over with the other channel. With data overhead, 3MHz at 48K sampling, doubling to 6 and 12 Mhz at 96 and 192KHz sr. This is the most complicated but by far the best sounding way to hook a digital source to a digital converter. Period.

Should there by any error correction (ECC) in such a protocol?

 

[ScubaMan2017]

I want a Schiit DAP! Call it The Schiit Player, and have it sound halfway decent, and you'll find me throwing suitcases full of dollar bills at your office windows.

You and me both. I'll load up my Gauss-Canon with loonies and toonies ($1 and $2 coins) and aim it at North Hollywood. BTW - if you want an amazing SciFi novel series, James S.A. Corey's Leviathan Wakes is a dandy series.

I don't think we need another turntable product, there are already just too many on the market and to be honest I have been out of the vinyl world decades ago and not planning to go back anytime soon. Sorry to say but digital is way better and in line with the future. I am hopping you guys can come up with your own streamer, yeah I know many of those either but none at a reasonable price that has enough features and are top quality, I think you guys can do it.

I'm hoping a dense storage medium eventually gets developed so I can store my music >50 years (and add it to my estate). Schiit Turntable? Nah. Schiit-Quarts-Magic-Smoke-Bit-Perfect-Space Magic (like what's on Elon Musk's orbiting car), sign me up!

....{snip}......How can you be so obtuse? Is it deliberate....

+1. Fantastic movie.

 

[PioBeer]

I would like to see a tube phono pre amp from Schiit. Cant find a decent one under 2k it seems

 

[Old Nuke]

I'd give up 5 of the upcoming 11 new items for an improvement in customer service, the promise of "it'll get better" doesn't fly for me since I'm sitting on 2 useless items. I hate wasting money.