StanD
Headphoneus Supremus
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One thing I kinda hate about a company like schiit, is that when you buy something like an asgard, and you see how good it is (for me, i started laughing like a mad man with tear in my eyes the first time I used it at home with my favorite stuff), you look at the more expensive gear and think to yourself "How good can that be?" and immediately after the next thought is "Should I start saving for that?" .
Lets look at this from my point of view:
I had a Fiio E17 (dead now) with an asgard amp and loved it. Now I get to choose my next dac:
Modi, probably great value, but I can afford a bit more.
Bifrost/Bifrost Uber, starting point... this must be soooo good.
Gungnir, the very expensive upgraded awsome dac... Id like it, but yeah, so expensive.
And then they come up with the yddgrasil and you brain explodes. You want it, but you cant get it... like those girls in the disco that dance in the center of the dancing floor and have a "I dont even know you are there, but if I did, Id ignore you" facial expression .
And the worst part? It is actually better, so If you try it, you are doomed. You cant go back to your gear after that...
And the worst part? It is actually better, so If you try it, you are doomed. You cant go back to your gear after that...
One thing I kinda hate about a company like schiit, is that when you buy something like an asgard, and you see how good it is (for me, i started laughing like a mad man with tear in my eyes the first time I used it at home with my favorite stuff), you look at the more expensive gear and think to yourself "How good can that be?" and immediately after the next thought is "Should I start saving for that?" .
Lets look at this from my point of view:
I had a Fiio E17 (dead now) with an asgard amp and loved it. Now I get to choose my next dac:
Modi, probably great value, but I can afford a bit more.
Bifrost/Bifrost Uber, starting point... this must be soooo good.
Gungnir, the very expensive upgraded awsome dac... Id like it, but yeah, so expensive.
And then they come up with the yddgrasil and you brain explodes. You want it, but you cant get it... like those girls in the disco that dance in the center of the dancing floor and have a "I dont even know you are there, but if I did, Id ignore you" facial expression .
And the worst part? It is actually better, so If you try it, you are doomed. You cant go back to your gear after that...
I started with a iBasso DX90. I'm the buddy that bigro mentions, as he started to get this Schiit together and let me listen, I was impressed and it was Schiit I could afford (until wife was fired, damn you scottrade). I was really hooked after listening to bigro's Vali, even with tubes that were resonating, it was awesome when it would quiet down. That was sent back, new one works great, got to borrow that for a day (quality control here). When I saved up enough for my first piece of Schiit, I went with the Magni 2 Uber and just used my DX90 as the source. Ro fried his Modi and Wyrd and sent them home for mama to fix and bought new goodies to replace, now that the repairs are done, he's been letting me use the "extra" Modi and Wyrd. Scrapped up enough to order Modi 2 Uber Sunday, it will be here tomorrow.
I'm hoping that eventually I can swing the Bifrost Uber after the wife starts working again. Yggy is just too far out of reach for a long time...sigh.
In the meantime, I'm hoping for a Vali 2 and/or Vali 2 Uber (mostly to match my other Uber Schiit, natch).
Once you go frosty, you might not need another DAC. You just might be surprised at how good the Modi 2 Uber is.
Why is talk of USB 3.0 persisting? Can anyone explain?
Why not talk about USB 3.1 and type C connectors, USB 3.0 is so 2008. Don't see what this has to do with Schiit tho.
Audiophiles love larger numbers and often even claim that they can hear the differences. Whilst they show a strong preference for sequences like 48, 96, 192, 384, etc, at a pinch, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1 will do, although they may result in differences that are subtle, rather than night-and-day.
No schiit.
EDIT: out of eight numbers, I typed two wrong.
signed: the innumerate audiophile.
3.0 is obviously 50% better than 2.0!
I would even say it's better by a half
or you are missing half the experience?