[Paladin79]

Not my idea of fun either, but not high enough on the pecking order - everyone except for the plant manager shares an office or sits in a half cubicle farm. Half cubicle because it is just the divider walls between the desks, there is no back giving any privacy.

I make sure my people have space or their own offices. I have also given employees amps I designed as well as Schiit products and headphones so they could relax privately with music. In warm weather, when possible, they work or lunch outside. It is not always money, work environment means a lot.

 

[filthy mechanical]

I make sure my people have space or their own offices. I have also given employees amps I designed as well as Schiit products and headphones so they could relax privately with music. In warm weather, when possible, they work or lunch outside. It is not always money, work environment means a lot.

Agreed, unfortunately basing a project budget in 2018 pricing non-pandemic adjusted and flat out missing some items ($8 million for a building with fit out, $10 million adder on a $30 million due to bad design basis) lead to some budget cuts, like office space in the construction trailers. In theory it gets better post construction, and I know we will have at least 1 picnic table snuck into the budget to fly on top of the EAF office complex (nice view from 60 feet in the air and only 1 flight up from the offices) during construction, but that is still a year and then some away.

Thankfully DT770s keep most of the noise out, Hel 1 lets me use the analog out on my phone to play music when not in one of the many meetings, and the WH-1000XM4 was handy on the flights - haven't needed it at the office yet.

 

[artur9]

But for older MB DAC cards in the A3 the signal was 1.4V. I have two A3s, one with MB card. They can melt your ears when fed by an external DAC at 2V. And can still do so on 1.4V internal MB DAC signal (on high gain). But you can hear the difference, there is more headroom with 2V. Looks like this is moot in the future.

And you can be sure that the difference you hear is from the voltage rather than the fact you used two completely different DACs how, exactly?

 

[artur9]

Thankfully DT770s keep most of the noise out, Hel 1 lets me use the analog out on my phone to play music when not in one of the many meetings, and the WH-1000XM4 was handy on the flights - haven't needed it at the office yet.

Asgard 3 and DT770s make my meetings almost tolerable . Wish my coworkers had more mellifluous voices...

Reminds me, if any of you are ever in Philly on your birthday, https://victorcafe.com/live-opera. Having trained opera singers sing Happy Birthday to you will bring tears of joy. They don't do it opera-style, so don't worry about that.

 

[EricDH]

A Schiit Portable DAC/AMP will be released at the same time as the Schiit Surround Sound Processor

With Dolby Atmos, dbx, MQA, dsd.....

 

[filthy mechanical]

Asgard 3 and DT770s make my meetings almost tolerable . Wish my coworkers had more mellifluous voices...

Reminds me, if any of you are ever in Philly on your birthday, https://victorcafe.com/live-opera. Having trained opera singers sing Happy Birthday to you will bring tears of joy. They don't do it opera-style, so don't worry about that.

Honestly it isn't so much the DT770 itself, it is the closed back giving some isolation - there were for a short time 3 of us in the office (back to 2, the automation eng's manager bitched that they were a supervisor and should be only 2 to an office), 1 mech eng, 1 electrical eng, 1 automation eng so when we are all in a conference call at the same time but 3 different ones! being able to listen to your call and not your coworker speaking was important.

 

[433521]

Since the 6SN7 is not on their list (Saga + only here), what should I pick to aid the cause?

I tossed a 6sn7 in the comment field, as curt as I've been.

 

[tesarpa]

Unless Jason's heart has changed, he has said many times "no batteries."

Portable doesn't necessarily mean with battery. There is plethora of USB dongles (DAC/AMP) without battery.

 

[433521]

For my tastes and choice of headphones, I really like the Raytheon 6BQ7 in place of the stock 6n1p. There are NO substitutes for the 6n6p, however. It's a unique tube.

Did you try no fuse (not sure how to do that without welding the connection together) to compare?

 

[433521]

U can feed Hel2. With a powerbank

Which is all the more frustrating they consider a screen and 4 way arrows 'software'.

 

[OldRoadToad]

With Dolby Atmos, dbx, MQA, dsd.....

I had my wallet out until I read "MQA"...

ORT

 

[Ableza]

Portable doesn't necessarily mean with battery. There is plethora of USB dongles (DAC/AMP) without battery.

Like the two Schiit already offers?

 

[tesarpa]

Like the two Schiit already offers?

Sorry, but I don't see anything like that in their offer. I mean something like AudioQuest DragonFly = USB powered DAC/AMP for portable use.

 

[Stevko]

Sorry, but I don't see anything like that in their offer. I mean something like AudioQuest DragonFly = USB powered DAC/AMP for portable use.

schiit only produces real gear

 

[Ableza]

Sorry, but I don't see anything like that in their offer. I mean something like AudioQuest DragonFly = USB powered DAC/AMP for portable use.

You are correct, they don't make anything like that. Schiit dongle products are designed for desktop and gaming use. If you want a Dragonfly... buy one?