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

[macdonjh]

I've been spending more time than usual with my headphones in my bed room system. It's Gungnir's fault. I've been having fun leaning how the G-DS sounds. I've decided it's not my favorite for bands like:

• Parliament
• Rush
• Pink Floyd
• Isley Brothers

However, it sounds really good for music from:

• Mark Knopfler
• Joe Satriani sounds pretty good
• Most classical, especially the bit of chamber music I have
• Small-group acoustic jazz

Overall, Gungnir DS is smooth and musical. Good detail retrieval without being clinical or dry. What I miss is the bass slam (or, given the new lexicon, should that be slaaaaam?) of my Bifrost multi-bit. It's not that bass is MIA. It's there. It extends well and plumbs depths. I want it to be more up-front, more in-my-face. Or at least I want the DAC to have that capability when the music I'm listening to warrants it. So that's what I hope I get when my number comes up in the Gungnir queue. But I hope the multi-bit board allows the Gungnir to do all the things it does so well above 200 Hz. Please don't lose that.

 

[macdonjh]

Nice chair.

It used to be. The lack of air conditioning for the previous six years did a number on the fake, bonded "leather", as you can see. It's actually still pretty comfortable: the padding is still holding up remarkably well. It also adjusts to almost every height I need when looking through the scope. Overall, it was $100 well spent in Office Depot's clearance section.

Now that I've added replacement roller-blade-style wheels it also rolls nearly silently and almost too easily.

 

[StimpyWan]

I've been spending more time than usual with my headphones in my bed room system. It's Gungnir's fault. I've been having fun leaning how the G-DS sounds. I've decided it's not my favorite for bands like:

• Parliament
• Rush
• Pink Floyd
• Isley Brothers

However, it sounds really good for music from:

• Mark Knopfler
• Joe Satriani sounds pretty good
• Most classical, especially the bit of chamber music I have
• Small-group acoustic jazz

Overall, Gungnir DS is smooth and musical. Good detail retrieval without being clinical or dry. What I miss is the bass slam (or, given the new lexicon, should that be slaaaaam?) of my Bifrost multi-bit. It's not that bass is MIA. It's there. It extends well and plumbs depths. I want it to be more up-front, more in-my-face. Or at least I want the DAC to have that capability when the music I'm listening to warrants it. So that's what I hope I get when my number comes up in the Gungnir queue. But I hope the multi-bit board allows the Gungnir to do all the things it does so well above 200 Hz. Please don't lose that.

I moved up from 72, to 68 out of 82, this week. So, the queue IS moving....slowly.

 

[rkw]

Now that I've added replacement roller-blade-style wheels it also rolls nearly silently and almost too easily.

Perfect.

 

[ScubaMan2017]

I've given up on guessing what's up Jason's sleeve...

But my money is on SYS+ or SYSius.

Otherwise known as the 'syssy'...

Bolt some VU meters in it... and some RBG lighting... and I'm all over it (sissy was a common taunt in my household... pshh).

 

[AudioGal]

I've given up on guessing what's up Jason's sleeve...

But my money is on SYS+ or SYSius.

Sys-a-fist? For when you want that extra *slam*?

 

[OldRoadToad]

Sys-a-fist? For when you want that extra *slam*?

Well played m'lady.

ORT

 

[EricDH]

I have 8 Vidar amps. Not sure is that would be Vidars, Vidar or Vidaaa. It doesn't really matter because with 8 of them I can not hear you anyway

Vidae

 

[Plautus001]

Vidae

Vidai?

 

[macdonjh]

Vidai?

The "I Win Schiit Stack"...

 

[macdonjh]

Perfect.

Isn't that a Tom Waits song...

 

[Ableza]

Isn't that a Tom Waits song...

Waits covered P!nk?

 

[filthy mechanical]

Like we're all from Boston?


JC

You mean that isn't a good thing?

 

[Zachik]

Sys-a-fist? For when you want that extra *slam*?

Four-knob-death-punch?

 

[artur9]

In light of no forthcoming class-D amp from Schiit, ... Waiting on a full Audio Science Review article,

Double no-no. Class D, the D stands for Disaster and with ASR it's kind of missing any emphasis on Audio.