[wink]

Let's turn this into a [REDACTED] thread.... 

 

[Jason Stoddard]

  Let's turn this into a [REDACTED] thread.... 

Lots of [REDACTED] coming next year...I've provided some hints in past chapters.

 

[Pirakaphile]

 
Lots of [REDACTED] coming next year...I've provided some hints in past chapters.

And even some this year, from what you said last chapter! Unless you just realised that real life will be pushing that date back a month or two.

 

[bretemm]

I'll be looking forward to ordering a 5th Schiit when the products come out. Thank you for having the support you guys have.

Lots of [REDACTED] coming next year...I've provided some hints in past chapters.

 

[Ali-Pacha]

 
Lots of [REDACTED] coming next year...I've provided some hints in past chapters.

E-stat combo, including a bottle of your preferred whisky, 3 k€, leaving Orpheus 2 in the dust. Now you may confess 

BTW, owning a Vali and a Modi2uber, I'll have the privilege to hear some Bimby and Yggy in ten days on my e-stat rigs...can't wait 

Ali

 

[Alex Martin]

 
HAHA. The hell? Since when was Sears an authorized Schiit dealer???

Sears.com allows third party listings- the same as Amazon- ie a company can list their product for sale at Sears, fulfill it from their warehouse, and Sears will take a cut of the money.  The PYST RCA listing is from a drop shipper.  If you were to place an order at Sears.com then a person or computer program at the third party supplier would turn around and order the item for you from our Amazon.com inventory.  When the dust settled, they'd probably pocket $20 - $25 after shipping and sears.com took their cut.  I chase drop shippers who are selling Schiit off of Amazon all the time.  The upside of the drop shipper model is you don't carry inventory.  Much of the task of identifying product, listing, and pricing is done by software.  Many of the drop shippers eventually get banned because of cancelled orders and late delivery.  Since drop shippers don't carry inventory if their supplier is out of stock or late in shipping then the drop shipper has a pissed off customer who will leave negative feedback  Enough negative feedback will get your account closed.

 

[ScottFree]

 
HAHA. The hell? Since when was Sears an authorized Schiit dealer???

Sears.com allows third party listings- the same as Amazon- ie a company can list their product for sale at Sears, fulfill it from their warehouse, and Sears will take a cut of the money.  The PYST RCA listing is from a drop shipper.  If you were to place an order at Sears.com then a person or computer program at the third party supplier would turn around and order the item for you from our Amazon.com inventory.  When the dust settled, they'd probably pocket $20 - $25 after shipping and sears.com took their cut.  I chase drop shippers who are selling Schiit off of Amazon all the time.  The upside of the drop shipper model is you don't carry inventory.  Much of the task of identifying product, listing, and pricing is done by software.  Many of the drop shippers eventually get banned because of cancelled orders and late delivery.  Since drop shippers don't carry inventory if their supplier is out of stock or late in shipping then the drop shipper has a pissed off customer who will leave negative feedback  Enough negative feedback will get your account closed.

Never used one before but if I do I'll certainly watch out. Don't want to get seared from a bad deal


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[bigro]

 
Sears.com allows third party listings- the same as Amazon- ie a company can list their product for sale at Sears, fulfill it from their warehouse, and Sears will take a cut of the money.  The PYST RCA listing is from a drop shipper.  If you were to place an order at Sears.com then a person or computer program at the third party supplier would turn around and order the item for you from our Amazon.com inventory.  When the dust settled, they'd probably pocket $20 - $25 after shipping and sears.com took their cut.  I chase drop shippers who are selling Schiit off of Amazon all the time.  The upside of the drop shipper model is you don't carry inventory.  Much of the task of identifying product, listing, and pricing is done by software.  Many of the drop shippers eventually get banned because of cancelled orders and late delivery.  Since drop shippers don't carry inventory if their supplier is out of stock or late in shipping then the drop shipper has a pissed off customer who will leave negative feedback  Enough negative feedback will get your account closed.

I take it the "Authorized Dealers" Selling Bifrosts and people Selling Vali's For $160 On Ebay Fall Under this Category?

 

[cishida]

 
Sears.com allows third party listings- the same as Amazon- ie a company can list their product for sale at Sears, fulfill it from their warehouse, and Sears will take a cut of the money.  The PYST RCA listing is from a drop shipper.  If you were to place an order at Sears.com then a person or computer program at the third party supplier would turn around and order the item for you from our Amazon.com inventory.  When the dust settled, they'd probably pocket $20 - $25 after shipping and sears.com took their cut.  I chase drop shippers who are selling Schiit off of Amazon all the time.  The upside of the drop shipper model is you don't carry inventory.  Much of the task of identifying product, listing, and pricing is done by software.  Many of the drop shippers eventually get banned because of cancelled orders and late delivery.  Since drop shippers don't carry inventory if their supplier is out of stock or late in shipping then the drop shipper has a pissed off customer who will leave negative feedback  Enough negative feedback will get your account closed.

My mom had a bad experience on Sears.com with one of these "drop shippers". The item was way overpriced (but she didn't realize till after she placed the order). We tried to cancel the order almost immediately but could not get in touch with the seller (the order status switched to "sent to warehouse" almost immediately). She contacted Sears directly and they basically washed their hands of it (i.e. "not our problem - contact the 3rd part seller").
 
We were never able to cancel. The item eventually arrived but it took many weeks.
 
The sellers take advantage of less Internet savvy shoppers who "trust" the the Sears brand and Sears lets them do it.

 

[Alex Martin]

 
I take it the "Authorized Dealers" Selling Bifrosts and people Selling Vali's For $160 On Ebay Fall Under this Category?

 
Schiit does not list on Ebay.  Our dealer policies specifically prohibit Ebay sales.  Therefore, any sale on Ebay would not be authorized.  Ebay is great for the second-hand market, it's just not how we want to sell our new gear.

 

[ganzosrevenge]

Are we going to see a MUMBY?  (Magni 2 Uber Multibit?)

 

[madwolfa]

  Are we going to see a MUMBY?  (Magni 2 Uber Multibit?)

 
They barely managed (with certain compromises) to squeeze it into Bifrost chassis, I don't see it possible in a much smaller, sub-$150 product.
Unless it's going to be even more compromised, beating the whole purpose of such non-trivial exercise. I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[KLJTech]

  Are we going to see a MUMBY?  (Magni 2 Uber Multibit?)

 
That comes after the Magni 2 Plus with the stepped attenuator featuring Vishay resistors. 

 

[RCBinTN]

All,
I want to thank you for the detailed information about 16/44.1 vs. remastered 24/96 sound quality.  My only remaining question is - how do I tell if the original 16/44.1 was well-produced, without buying the CD and taking my chances?  It's less expensive to purchase CD's than 24/96 albums from HD Tracks.
 
Cheers -
RCB

 

[Torq]

  All,
I want to thank you for the detailed information about 16/44.1 vs. remastered 24/96 sound quality.  My only remaining question is - how do I tell if the original 16/44.1 was well-produced, without buying the CD and taking my chances?  It's less expensive to purchase CD's than 24/96 albums from HD Tracks.
 
Cheers -
RCB

 
The "Dynamic Range Database" is one place to start.  Good dynamic range is not a completely reliable, or all-encompassing, measure of production quality or standards, but if the dynamic range is compressed artificially then it certainly doesn't help sound quality.
 
Also you can compare Redbook (16/44.1) vs. HD offerings for some albums - and if the HD offerings are showing the same dynamic range as the Redbook then it's a good indication that nothing much, if anything, is improved.  In such cases, absent other knowledge about mastering etc. I'd opt for the 16/44.1 version.