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In the interest of our April Foolery topic, thought I'd share this link.
9 Best Company Fake Gags of 2017
9 Best Company Fake Gags of 2017
When are you installing a sauna..?
Some products need steam...!
Re: teddy pardo. Lots of talk about the power supply no mention if this is a class D amp. More expensive than Vidal and not stereo.
Re: teddy pardo. Lots of talk about the power supply no mention if this is a class D amp. More expensive than Vidal and not stereo.
Good point! Not mentioning the class makes me assume Class D because of the case size. But Vidar is almost as small, so it may be a wrong assumption. We can't tell by looking.
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FIFY
Crumpets vs strumpets. I actually checked that. Strumpet is a female of low report. Crumpets is slang from the 30s for a desirable female.
So, do we want women of low repute at the Schittr (with or without desirability) or do we want desirable females that may not be of low repute?
I think all Schiit amps should be labeled as a class of its own.
"SA class" if you like.
Teddy told me his amps are not class D. But he didn't elaborate as to how they are classified.
Another "Something-I-wish-Schiit-would-do-but-they-never-ever-will-so-why-do-I-even-bring-it-up" :
Make some or all of their products available as kits for home builders.
Scoff if you will, but maybe this isn't so far-fetched. At least, it's not impossible. See, even though Jason was all leading edge when it came to marketing in the digital age, he does seem to have a fairly wide nostalgic streak. (I wouldn't be surprised to learn that his home is decorated in mid-century modern, there are tiki torches in the yard and 60s muscle cars in the garage.) Thus he will be well aware that for many decades DIY was a huge part of the home hi-fi scene. Sometimes I think of Schiit as the Dynaco of the 21st Century. Hope Jason doesn't take that as an insult 'cause I sure don't mean it that way.
For those of you for whom "google" was never not a verb, Dynaco made great-sounding gear in modest cases at friendly prices. And if you wanted to save even more, you bought the Dynakit and plugged in the soldering gun. The other big player was Heathkit. No, not the guy from Wuthering Heights, but a company whose offerings allowed you to make not only amps, but anything from a clock radio to an oscilloscope to a TV set, in your basement workshop.
And, offering kits would get some of the monkeys off Schiit's back. Including the complainers (like me) who are always whinging on that Schiit won't build exactly what they want. Well, if you're bored with plain brushed aluminium, buy the kit and wrap your mimby in hand-hammered Damascus steel if that's what puts the light in your eye. Use whatever color and brightness of LEDs you prefer. Add meters, nixie tubes, magic eyes or all of the above (taste and restraint are optional.) Put the power switch right out there on the front!
Imagine the ads:
"It's not a kit, it's a Schiit Kiit!"
"The latest Schiit Kiit is a hiit!
And the beaming, solder-encrusted DIYer proudly holding up his Valhalla and proclaiming, "I schiit all weekend and this is what came out."
Or just, "I schiit this one myself."
And so on.
Of course there are more reasons this will never happen than Schiit has sold Asgards. Number one: quality. Number two: control. Not to mention a whole 'nother level of customer service nightmares. Plus, they gotta keep some secrets. On that basis alone, I can't see Ygg or the MP becoming kits unless many of the bits have all the numbers scraped off and then get potted in black epoxy.
But, one can daydream. Anyway, my soldering iron has been cold and neglected for far too long. And no, that is not a metaphor...
To detect that which is not there.
To paraphrase the Christ, it is easier for a layman to pass a 0000 AWG wire through the eye of a needle than for a frAudiophile to enjoy music. They listen to equipment and through that, their nerdy little manlet of an ego. Their is a sad imitation of life.
Another "Something-I-wish-Schiit-would-do-but-they-never-ever-will-so-why-do-I-even-bring-it-up" :
Make some or all of their products available as kits for home builders.
Scoff if you will, but maybe this isn't so far-fetched. At least, it's not impossible. See, even though Jason was all leading edge when it came to marketing in the digital age, he does seem to have a fairly wide nostalgic streak. (I wouldn't be surprised to learn that his home is decorated in mid-century modern, there are tiki torches in the yard and 60s muscle cars in the garage.) Thus he will be well aware that for many decades DIY was a huge part of the home hi-fi scene. Sometimes I think of Schiit as the Dynaco of the 21st Century. Hope Jason doesn't take that as an insult 'cause I sure don't mean it that way.
For those of you for whom "google" was never not a verb, Dynaco made great-sounding gear in modest cases at friendly prices. And if you wanted to save even more, you bought the Dynakit and plugged in the soldering gun. The other big player was Heathkit. No, not the guy from Wuthering Heights, but a company whose offerings allowed you to make not only amps, but anything from a clock radio to an oscilloscope to a TV set, in your basement workshop.
And, offering kits would get some of the monkeys off Schiit's back. Including the complainers (like me) who are always whinging on that Schiit won't build exactly what they want. Well, if you're bored with plain brushed aluminium, buy the kit and wrap your mimby in hand-hammered Damascus steel if that's what puts the light in your eye. Use whatever color and brightness of LEDs you prefer. Add meters, nixie tubes, magic eyes or all of the above (taste and restraint are optional.) Put the power switch right out there on the front!
Imagine the ads:
"It's not a kit, it's a Schiit Kiit!"
"The latest Schiit Kiit is a hiit!
And the beaming, solder-encrusted DIYer proudly holding up his Valhalla and proclaiming, "I schiit all weekend and this is what came out."
Or just, "I schiit this one myself."
And so on.
Of course there are more reasons this will never happen than Schiit has sold Asgards. Number one: quality. Number two: control. Not to mention a whole 'nother level of customer service nightmares. Plus, they gotta keep some secrets. On that basis alone, I can't see Ygg or the MP becoming kits unless many of the bits have all the numbers scraped off and then get potted in black epoxy.
But, one can daydream. Anyway, my soldering iron has been cold and neglected for far too long. And no, that is not a metaphor...
If you want to build your own headphone amp, get on over to garage1217. No surface-mount involved.