[ThanatosVI]

Incorrect. We prototyped one. Then came to our senses and decided not to do it.

I posted photos of it, sometime way back.

Maybe reconsider ?

 

[paradoxper]

Incorrect. We prototyped one. Then came to our senses and decided not to do it.

I posted photos of it, sometime way back.

Breadboards don't actually count.

 

[Ableza]

With so many complaining about rear mounted power switches it’s a wonder a Schiit Power Strip with master front power switch hasn’t been offered.

All kinds of power strip products available on the market, including some calling themselves "audiophile" and selling for thousands of dollars! Go wild!

Or get a decent quality strip for about $30 from Furman or Belkin.

 

[Hofy]

I, for one, am very happy with black Schiit and the silver knobs. Going back to the 80's I always thought the Mark Levinson and Counterpoint gear was the best looking around. Now I can live out that dream with my Schiit gear.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

Breadboards don't actually count.

It wasn't a breadboard--it was a complete PCB--actually, three rounds of complete PCBs that went through development and iteration. 6SL7/6SN7 based. DC in, DC out. Not super different than a lot of stuff Broskie has talked about, but with a nifty DC servo implementation. It would have had to be 6 tubes for production to get decent bandwidth.

We decided it was too much of a distraction--and, with +/-500V rails, before regulation, probably something we didn't want to deal with, and, with 6 tubes, probably not at the 3-figure price point we wanted to hit. And, today, with tube availability, yeah, looking even worse as a plan. Hence, dead. And not coming back.

It's an important thing to realize that the world doesn't need us to do yet-another-one-of-the-sameish-thing.

 

[paradoxper]

It wasn't a breadboard--it was a complete PCB--actually, three rounds of complete PCBs that went through development and iteration. 6SL7/6SN7 based. DC in, DC out. It would have had to be 6 tubes for production to get decent bandwidth.

We decided it was too much of a distraction--and, with +/-500V rails, before regulation, probably something we didn't want to deal with. Hence, dead. And not coming back.

It's an important thing to realize that the world doesn't need us to do yet-another-one-of-another-thing.

I don't recall you posting Xap.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

I don't recall you posting Xap.

I posted it somewhere, I think in a chapter on bad ideas. Or maybe just a post.

Edit: Found it. 5 years ago: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sch...bable-start-up.701900/page-1542#post-13636532

 

[paradoxper]

I posted it somewhere, I think in a chapter on bad ideas. Or maybe just a post.

It was definitely recalled in the failures but no accompanying pics, tease.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

This is not a picture?

 

[paradoxper]

This is not a picture?

Ah. A beautiful failure!

 

[ThanatosVI]

I posted it somewhere, I think in a chapter on bad ideas. Or maybe just a post.

Edit: Found it. 5 years ago: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sch...bable-start-up.701900/page-1542#post-13636532

Sad to see, would love the Revival of the Xap project.

Nonetheless I can understand your reasons not to do it, but what customer would I be, if I didn't express my wishes...

 

[GenEricOne]

Sad to see, would love the Revival of the Xap project.

Nonetheless I can understand your reasons not to do it, but what customer would I be, if I didn't express my wishes...

I'd also support a Xap revival.

Estat amp world has been murky for me and I feel like everything is overpriced for what it is. It's ultimately kept me at arms length from Estats (I have the Koss x Massdrop collab, which is decent! and the base Stax energizer with the excellent SR-404LEs, but have never done more than dip my toe because of lack of comfort with the amp market).

 

[433521]

Funny, it’s the opposite for me.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯I guess you can never do right by everyone.

I prefer the FV switch, it's easier to find and I've had the fancy one fail on a Vali of the old sort after being in storage badly. Also I like the fact it's easy to find, for a headphone amplifier that is less likely to be used on a switch I like the change.

 

[433521]

Freya S is a quite a deal. ampsandsound sells a transformer based xlr to rca with attenuator for $800.

I suspect Freya S has more capability for less.

Indeed, Lokius does.

 

[Zachik]

It's an important thing to realize that the world doesn't need us to do yet-another-one-of-the-sameish-thing.

Jason, I REALLY love your posts. So much wisdom in them!! I have a LOT of respect to your business decisions.
So many times management in companies I worked for, decided to do just that (introduce yet-another-one-of-the-same-thing product) and 2 years later... endless post mortem discussions on "why have we failed to generate profits from this product?"...