[reddog]

Switch-gate continues....:confused_face:

The utter horror will never cease. I am still to loopy to have a rational opinion. Will just go listen to Zappa's You are what you is . Lol

 

[aamefford]

The utter horror will never cease. I am still to loopy to have a rational opinion. Will just go listen to Zappa's You are what you is . Lol

Are candles still too bright, and whispers too loud?  Take care of your head!  Folks like me enjoy you with your wit intact!

 

[tonykaz]

Mr.BearFNF,
 
"Switch-Gate",
 
 Jason brought it up!;  Schiit keeps the Switch thing "in play" and it's kinda fun, in a "Way-Minor", quirky, sort of way.  No worries!
 
Besides,
 
Do you remember the 1970s thru the mid-1980s when Linn in Scotland introduced the Turntable-Gate?, that was a Way-major series of controversies about "Front End" importance vs. Loudspeaker importance.  That was a "gate" people sunk their teeth into and bit hard.    
 
Hobby Audio, Audiophile Audio is loaded with Neurotic stuff like this.  I and my business partners used to think of Audiophiles as the Lunatic Fringe: a name that still applies to this day: Audiophiles will remove the loudspeaker Grill Clothes for audible reasons that any normal person would scratch their head over, Plus the Tip-toe crowd, on and on they pursue strange things.  Go-figure!!!
 
Tony in Michigan

 

[Mr Rick]

If it were my call I'd build something and put a switch on the front........................I just wouldn't connect it to anything.
 
I'd call it.................. Whathe Schiit.

 

[bearFNF]

 
Mr.BearFNF,
 
"Switch-Gate",
 
 Jason brought it up!;  Schiit keeps the Switch thing "in play" and it's kinda fun, in a "Way-Minor", quirky, sort of way.  No worries!
 
Besides,
 
Do you remember the 1970s thru the mid-1980s when Linn in Scotland introduced the Turntable-Gate?, that was a Way-major series of controversies about "Front End" importance vs. Loudspeaker importance.  That was a "gate" people sunk their teeth into and bit hard.    
 
Hobby Audio, Audiophile Audio is loaded with Neurotic stuff like this.  I and my business partners used to think of Audiophiles as the Lunatic Fringe: a name that still applies to this day: Audiophiles will remove the loudspeaker Grill Clothes for audible reasons that any normal person would scratch their head over, Plus the Tip-toe crowd, on and on they pursue strange things.  Go-figure!!!
 
Tony in Michigan

Heh, I watched my uncle go through that time, I was too young to worry about it, though. I just got dragged around to different "listening rooms" to watch him audition components. Oh and I had to pass a "test" before I could touch the B&O turntable and how to turn the system on in the right order etc... The planar speakers he had were something else, though.

 

[senorx12562]

The utter horror will never cease. I am still to loopy to have a rational opinion. Will just go listen to Zappa's You are what you is . Lol

Have a Vike for me.

 

[Ableza]

I will absolutely NOT buy a (redacted) if it has a switch on the front.  Just sayin. 

 

[gikigill]

I will buy 2 if it has a switch on the front to make up for a lost sale!!

 

[Insidious Meme]

Now I can't wait for the Uber-(redacted)!

 

[AudioBear]

WhattheSchiit.  I love it!
 
I plug everthing into a single power strip and turn it on and off so I could care less where the put the switch.  That said they have 4 good reasons for leaving it alone now that's it's there: 1) changeover costs which might not be insignificant since the assembly process will get more complicated--with the switch on the board mounted to the steel plate that slides into the aluminum shell nothing needs to be connected to the front panel of the shell so it's easy to slide the guts into the shell (duh), 2) the transformer is in the way, 3) it might introduce AC noise if the power came past all those oh-so sensitive circuits, and 4) it would knock the s**t out of the continuing discussion of the placement of the switch.  It really is clever of them to keep this ball in play.
 
Jason: thanks for another great diary post.  Could you knock off all the Schiit with running this company and just write for us?  I always really enjoy your essays. 
 
 
EDIT: yes I know the switch could still be mounted to the board and just protrude thru the shell but it would not be the best way to do that.

 

[drez]

Switch is some kind of cursed word lol.  TBH feel kind of guilty for my contribution.  I think this issue has been more than adequately covered and we should be satisfied that this is not some kind of oversight and hopefully move on...

 

[Jones Bob]

Now I can't wait for the Uber-(redacted)!

 

[kothganesh]

Heck with switches and all that... I wanna be Bill... just listening to the music and nobody disturbs him..

 

[Mr Rick]

  Heck with switches and all that... I wanna be Bill... just listening to the music and nobody disturbs him..

 
In another life I had that job. I wore out many a pair of HD 414s.

 

[Sarvasaha]

  Do you remember the 1970s thru the mid-1980s when Linn in Scotland introduced the Turntable-Gate?, that was a Way-major series of controversies about "Front End" importance vs. Loudspeaker importance.  That was a "gate" people sunk their teeth into and bit hard.    

That would be the Schiit in Schiit out philosophy.