[SuperRoo]

Same here.

 

[bcowen]

Are these your favorite GE tubes?

LOL! No, my favorite GE's are the other ones.

 

[RickB]

LOL! No, my favorite GE's are the other ones.

Damn, I thought it was the other other ones.

 

[bcowen]

Probably has GE tubes in them too.

Naw, I upgraded to some no-name tubes made in China. Huge improvement.

Actually haven't had those amps in about 16 years. Something about 450 F surface temps on exposed tubes in amps sitting on the floor didn't make good sense with a mobile toddler. Even if Gary had made them.

 

[A Jedi]

Ok so the analog "transport" is out. How about the digital one now? I'm this close to pulling the trigger on a Cambridge CXC. If there's one coming, I'll wait. But I don't want to go without CD usage for an undetermined amount of time just to find out Schiit's not doing a transport.

 

[Rensek]

Ok so the analog "transport" is out. How about the digital one now? I'm this close to pulling the trigger on a Cambridge CXC. If there's one coming, I'll wait. But I don't want to go without CD usage for an undetermined amount of time just to find out Schiit's not doing a transport.

I think Schiit (baldr) has been quite clear that he is working on a transport. But who knows when it will come out? (God is likely the only one).

If you really want the Schiit transport, just buy a cheap DVD player that has coax or optical out and use that till the spinner releases .

 

[tincanear]

I think Schiit (baldr) has been quite clear that he is working on a transport. But who knows when it will come out? (God is likely the only one).

If you really want the Schiit transport, just buy a cheap DVD player that has coax or optical out and use that till the spinner releases .

+1 on the Schiit digital CD (and hopefully more) Transport (maybe it will have USB output for Unison/ gen 5 compatibility).

In the meantime, just dig thru your pile of old electronics-- any CD or DVD player (or maybe even an old gaming console) with coax or toslink digital out will work (hopefully you can find the remote too, and that the batteries were taken out so many years ago prior to mothballing). Jitter using the Schiit Multibit DACs should be less of a problem than with some competitor's designs, since S/PDIF stream is buffered between the S/PDIF receiver chip, and the Sharc DSP-based oversampling combo-burrito (or mega-combo-burrito) filtering.

right now, I'm using an old sony sacd ns500v (converts DSD into PCM thru the coax & toslink ports) and an old denon receiver remote (programmed for sony dvd IR codes cuz I misplaced the original sony remote

 

[audio philestine]

LOL! No, my favorite GE's are the other ones.

I had a friend in college who said (not completely tongue-in-cheek) that his favorite Grateful Dead song was Darkstar, and his other favorite Grateful Dead song was The Other One.

 

[sam6550a]

Naw, I upgraded to some no-name tubes made in China. Huge improvement.

Actually haven't had those amps in about 16 years. Something about 450 F surface temps on exposed tubes in amps sitting on the floor didn't make good sense with a mobile toddler. Even if Gary had made them.

Did you sell the ceramic insulators with them?

 

[A Jedi]

+1 on the Schiit digital CD (and hopefully more) Transport (maybe it will have USB output for Unison/ gen 5 compatibility).

In the meantime, just dig thru your pile of old electronics-- any CD or DVD player (or maybe even an old gaming console) with coax or toslink digital out will work (hopefully you can find the remote too, and that the batteries were taken out so many years ago prior to mothballing). Jitter using the Schiit Multibit DACs should be less of a problem than with some competitor's designs, since S/PDIF stream is buffered between the S/PDIF receiver chip, and the Sharc DSP-based oversampling combo-burrito (or mega-combo-burrito) filtering.

right now, I'm using an old sony sacd ns500v (converts DSD into PCM thru the coax & toslink ports) and an old denon receiver remote (programmed for sony dvd IR codes cuz I misplaced the original sony remote

I literally have no CD players left

 

[valiant66]

I literally have no CD players left

Forty bucks Canadian. Practically free.

https://www.amazon.ca/Mediasonic-DVD-Player-Multimedia-Upscaling/dp/B084SWWVV2/
.

 

[US Blues]

I had a friend in college who said (not completely tongue-in-cheek) that his favorite Grateful Dead song was Darkstar, and his other favorite Grateful Dead song was The Other One.

Two of my favorites as well!

PS- Put me down for a Schiit silver disc spinner, I'll buy it when it's on the website. Please and thank you.

 

[Les Strat]

Ok so the analog "transport" is out. How about the digital one now? I'm this close to pulling the trigger on a Cambridge CXC. If there's one coming, I'll wait. But I don't want to go without CD usage for an undetermined amount of time just to find out Schiit's not doing a transport.

I was in the same boat. I looked at the Cambridge CXC and also Audiolab's 6000CDT (which is £379 in UK), as options while waiting for Mike's new CD Transport.

The longer I go without a CD player, the less I think I need one!

All my CDs have been ripped and I now use Qobuz extensively. Both offer convenience and great sound quality.

I have no doubt at all that Mike's new CD transport will be exceptional, but it will need to be to get me back playing CDs... and to stump up the cash for both a Transport and Preamp , neither of which I currently use.

 

[Les Strat]

+1 on the Schiit digital CD (and hopefully more) Transport (maybe it will have USB output for Unison/ gen 5 compatibility).

In the meantime, just dig thru your pile of old electronics-- any CD or DVD player (or maybe even an old gaming console) with coax or toslink digital out will work (hopefully you can find the remote too, and that the batteries were taken out so many years ago prior to mothballing). Jitter using the Schiit Multibit DACs should be less of a problem than with some competitor's designs, since S/PDIF stream is buffered between the S/PDIF receiver chip, and the Sharc DSP-based oversampling combo-burrito (or mega-combo-burrito) filtering.

right now, I'm using an old sony sacd ns500v (converts DSD into PCM thru the coax & toslink ports) and an old denon receiver remote (programmed for sony dvd IR codes cuz I misplaced the original sony remote

I have a 25 year old Arcam Alpha Plus CD player, which I have used in the past as a CD Transport with its S/PDIF output, but now I am happy with ripped CDs on hard drive and Qobuz streaming 16/44.1.

However, when Mike's CD Transport is launched, I may still be tempted if it is anything like as good as the Yggy….

 

[reedoo]

Re: Power Conditioners, warts, etc. Its not nervosa but it might be my obsessive compulsive design tendencies that make me want a Schitt power solution. I had this box made to the exact size of Vidar. I hide Modi and my Allo DigiOne Signature inside. Thats 3 wall warts right there. I’d love to have a solution that could centralize maybe 4 wall warts with variable output for each. And 3 or 4 power outlets. Nothing fancy. Put it in a Vidar case and call it a day.