[MefAudio]

Well, guess what..Clayton Shaw, the head honcho of Spatial, used to design the EP speakers. They sounded stunning at the Newport show. They run around $2500. And they look fantastic. 

Yeah the designs look very similar with the spatial visually being a cut above. If they are at RMAF I will give them a listen. The problem with upper high-end 2-channel in my mind is I'm always thinking I can get 95%+ of the magic at 30% of the cost. It might take forever to find that but the journey is worth it. I'm trying to put vandersteen model7s in my office for ~$10-15k. We will see how that goes. At least I don't have to audition the moon integrated 600 at $8k, I'll put that right back into the speakers thanks to Schiit!

 

[watchnerd]

an analogues gauge with a real needle showing active measurement of wattage (or something).

 

 
I'd also love some VU meters (the ones on the SPL Phonitor series would look good on Schiit), but I suspect it would blow up the volume and case work economics.

 

[watchnerd]

  I have ripped over 1000 SACDs to my server 

 
In which case they're PCM now and don't need DSD decoding, right?

 

[DigitalFrontEnd]

   
In which case they're PCM now and don't need DSD decoding, right?

Huh? No, ripped to DSD (DSF) and played back in DSD on my Bryston DAC.

 

[watchnerd]

  Huh? No, ripped to DSD (DSF) and played back in DSD on my Bryston DAC.

 
What did you use to get the DSF off the SACD?
 
The only method I know of involves ripping ISO files using a Playstation.

 

[DigitalFrontEnd]

   
What did you use to get the DSF off the SACD?
 
The only method I know of involves ripping ISO files using a Playstation.

Please see my link a few pages back. There is an entirely new method. I used a Pioneer. 

 

[M Paul]

Noob question here:
Fulla II, usb,
what signal is the unit pulling from my laptop MacBook while playing iTunes or a CD in the laptop? Is it analog or digital?

I did have a few fals starts with the unit but after boiling s bowl of pasta I came back and tried again: power usb, then signal usb, then variable pre out, then opened the system preffs. Recognized the F2 instantly. I did plug and replug the cables a few times. Ok, admission of guilt I did plug the aux cable from my little Yamaha into the minni plug in the front of the unit first... 100% Googan

I am a 2ch guy just pationantly waiting for the Frea and vadar to be released. I bought the F2 unit to play with and have a little skin, I was going to type schitt, in the game.

Thanx

 

[watchnerd]

  Please see my link a few pages back. There is an entirely new method. I used a Pioneer. 

 
Thanks, but I gave up on SACD / DSD years ago.

 

[DigitalFrontEnd]

Thanks, but I gave up on SACD / DSD years ago.

Well, that's a shame.

 

[watchnerd]

Well, that's a shame.

 
I have no regrets, traded all my SACDs, after ripping them to PCM (after all, they're mixed in PCM, anyway), for vinyl.

 

[DigitalFrontEnd]

I have no regrets, traded all my SACDs, after ripping them to PCM (after all, they're mixed in PCM, anyway), for vinyl.

Mobile Fidelity, Audio Fidelity, and Analogue Productions SACDs are certainly not "mixed in PCM". And neither are the Japanese SHM
SACDs.

 

[Baldr]

 
All that being said, they are not perfect. I feel they swam upstream by not offering USB inputs at the onset on their DACS.
 

We did indeed offer it as an option.....
I just bitched about how early on it sounded like ass compared to S/PDIF.

 

[watchnerd]

Mobile Fidelity, Audio Fidelity, and Analogue Productions SACDs are certainly not "mixed in PCM". And neither are the Japanese SHM
SACDs.

 
And that's a tiny fraction compared to those that are not DSD-native.
 
In any case, I'm with Schiit on this one -- it's a flat-lined format with no significant growth potential.  Even Sony's dedicated HW + streaming HAP-Z1ES didn't kickstart it.

 

[caenlenfromOCN]

fulla 2 is love, fulla 2 is life.  Gather around children, I have a story to share.
 
The Gods and the Titans grew wary of infinite ages of fighting, and as a gift to humanity, and to seal their first peace contract, they worked together to create the Fulla 2 as an offering to the humans of their peace!  All hail!
 
Fulla 2 until day I die ~, I may buy a second one just in case the first ever dies on me.

 

[DigitalFrontEnd]

We did indeed offer it as an option.....
I just bitched about how early on it sounded like ass compared to S/PDIF.

I don't disagree, but we are talking really early on. At one point, USB caught up and then some. I think one of the major issues was that USB sources sucked.

Virtually evey DAC maker has been offering async USB as a standard input for years. I thought it was odd Schiit chose to make it an add on option at the beginning,

But I don't begrudge your convictions, as the audio press overhyped USB, like everything else.