EricDH
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I never understood it that way, but you may be right of course...
Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
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I never understood it that way, but you may be right of course...
HumanFly
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I might just have to.
I want to hear more and different setups but I have no people around who even care about sound.
It`s all sonos everywhere over here and I don`t even try to convince these slaves to ease of use anymore.
They look and my set and go: you should get a Sonos play3 and put it under the sofa so you can get rid of all that stuff in your livingroom. Plus there is an app!
Then I tell them I have a ridiculous phone too and there is no windows mobile app for sonos-farts-from-under-the-sofa.
I just figured out why I have a hard time making new friends.
Paddlefoot
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to answer your question, yes they do.. the sonic stabilizer work with with Herbie`s Tenderfeet, there are four of those under the Freya and under the Bifrost. i have use these with great effect on previous tube and SS gear. i won't listen to my gear without them. the tube dampers are a blessing to microphonic tubes, also help cleanup the sound if your speakers are as close the rack as my are. better focus, bass, mids and treble from Herbie`s products. i use his TT mat as well, love his stuff, and very effective and reasonable price too!
Pietro Cozzi Tinin
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It may have to do with getting married, getting children, dividing funds, losing intrest and so on.
HumanFly
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Ha! What are the odds?
Well...now we can talk about all the apps we don`t have when we meet.
Edit:
I do miss vivino
pietcux
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Me too, but my Nokia 1520 is showing it's age.... They need to bring something soon...
Pietro Cozzi Tinin
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How about all the apps you don't need.
Bring your own DAC and we'll do some comparison.
When you leave I'll write you a prescription for anti-depressants.
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wout31
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[QUOTE="I suppose it would be "more cost effective" to go 3x and find good XLR->RCA transformers. But excess is so much fun![/QUOTE]
http://www.neutrik.com/en/accessories/inline-adapters/na2m-d0b-tx
http://www.neutrik.com/en/accessories/inline-adapters/na2m-d0b-tx
Ahhhh, well here goes! They're up and running.
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Pietro Cozzi Tinin
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http://www.neutrik.com/en/accessories/inline-adapters/na2m-d0b-tx[/QUOTE]
Hee Wouter,
Kom ook. Doen we een mini Canjam.
Pietro Cozzi Tinin
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Take off the pictures.
Your address is readable.
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Ableza
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re: Yggdrasil and Gungnir
The Yggdrasil was the first Schiit DAC I ever purchased. Until it came out I was a dedicated user of tube-buffered DACs, with the three in my systems at the time being from Wavelength and Kora. But I was using a Schiit Lyr headphone amplifier and I knew Mike Moffat's work from Theta and Theta Digital and I used to lust after the Theta Laserdisc players and DACs from the 80's and 90's, so when I read what Mike had to say about Yggdrasil I knew I wanted one. And I was blown away by it. It was smooth and pure, turned digital bits into sweet analog music with none of the harshness I normally associated with solid state DACs from companies like Ayre and Benchmark and other companies I had owned and tried. After a side-by-side comparison with both my Crimson and my Hermes II DACs, I found I preferred the Yggdrasil in both cases. And not by a slim margin. So the high-end tube DACs were sold and Yggdrasil replaced them. I was using a Wavelength Brick for my headphone system but didn't really have room for another Yggdrasil... and just then Schiit released the Gungnir Multibit version and the Mjolnir 2, so I jumped on them replacing the Brick and the Lyr. Wow, a much better sound. Then because I could I compared the sound of the Gungnir MB to the Yggdrasil in my headphone setup and found that I preferred the Gungnir's slightly warmer tone. Not by a lot, but enough for me to notice. Hmm, I thought, what about in my 2-channel system? So I toted the Gungnir into the stereo room and compared it to the Yggdrasil there, and found that the detail and accuracy of Yggdrasil sounded better. Not by a lot, but enough for me to notice. So that's my opinion: I prefer the Yggdrasil for music in a 2-channel setup, and I prefer Gungnir MB for headphones. Is one better than the other? Only your ears can know for sure. For me, I liked them both but for different applications. As always, YMMV.
The Yggdrasil was the first Schiit DAC I ever purchased. Until it came out I was a dedicated user of tube-buffered DACs, with the three in my systems at the time being from Wavelength and Kora. But I was using a Schiit Lyr headphone amplifier and I knew Mike Moffat's work from Theta and Theta Digital and I used to lust after the Theta Laserdisc players and DACs from the 80's and 90's, so when I read what Mike had to say about Yggdrasil I knew I wanted one. And I was blown away by it. It was smooth and pure, turned digital bits into sweet analog music with none of the harshness I normally associated with solid state DACs from companies like Ayre and Benchmark and other companies I had owned and tried. After a side-by-side comparison with both my Crimson and my Hermes II DACs, I found I preferred the Yggdrasil in both cases. And not by a slim margin. So the high-end tube DACs were sold and Yggdrasil replaced them. I was using a Wavelength Brick for my headphone system but didn't really have room for another Yggdrasil... and just then Schiit released the Gungnir Multibit version and the Mjolnir 2, so I jumped on them replacing the Brick and the Lyr. Wow, a much better sound. Then because I could I compared the sound of the Gungnir MB to the Yggdrasil in my headphone setup and found that I preferred the Gungnir's slightly warmer tone. Not by a lot, but enough for me to notice. Hmm, I thought, what about in my 2-channel system? So I toted the Gungnir into the stereo room and compared it to the Yggdrasil there, and found that the detail and accuracy of Yggdrasil sounded better. Not by a lot, but enough for me to notice. So that's my opinion: I prefer the Yggdrasil for music in a 2-channel setup, and I prefer Gungnir MB for headphones. Is one better than the other? Only your ears can know for sure. For me, I liked them both but for different applications. As always, YMMV.
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I don't have an Eitr, but interestingly, I have the same issue on my Singxer X-1, which is actually powered through it's USB connection.
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Well I briefly switched from Vidar balanced mode to se(rca mode ) running only one Vidar.
IMO running Se is not even close to the audio resolution and clarity in my system.
I will run the Vidars in monoblock mode period .
One thing I noticed is volume is quite a bit lower in monoblock configuration running two Vidars than Se mode running only one Vidar . I wonder why that is ? In other words, running one Vidar is much louder at the same spot on the Freya volume knob than running two Vidars in monoblock mode . When it's not in tube mode I really have to crank it to (3 o'clock ) to get loud volume .
IMO running Se is not even close to the audio resolution and clarity in my system.
I will run the Vidars in monoblock mode period .
One thing I noticed is volume is quite a bit lower in monoblock configuration running two Vidars than Se mode running only one Vidar . I wonder why that is ? In other words, running one Vidar is much louder at the same spot on the Freya volume knob than running two Vidars in monoblock mode . When it's not in tube mode I really have to crank it to (3 o'clock ) to get loud volume .
