myquealer
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Just a two word review:
They can't print that!
Where did they print that?
That's not real.Schiit sandwich?
They can't print that!
Where did they print that?
That's not real.Schiit sandwich?
Music is a waste of time. If you have the money to buy records, playing them is a fun way to listen to music.Vinyl, like MQA is a total waste of time!
As mentioned before, I managed to find a used Freya S recently. It receives two different DACs (one an Yggdrasil), and it feeds a Goldpoint switch to one of two headphone amps. I finally have a way to switch easily between my favorite DACs and amps, and adjust level to deal with the different output voltage ranges of the two DACs. The "negative" in this is that by making it really easy to compare the two DACs, I concluded that the Yggdrasil dominates the other (NOS) DAC in most situations. Another used NOS DAC going on the market, I guess, but I still have a soft spot for NOS so it's likely that some other NOS DAC will take its place.Makes me want a Freya S even more
Music is a waste of time. If you have the money to buy records, playing them is a fun way to listen to music.
Sleep can also be a WHOLE lot more fun, I especially like the flying dreams and the ones where I get to go on adventures…snip
That and the waiting time for a Magnius is a bit much for a restless toad such as my self.
It is time to rest. Sleep is death with out the responsibility so it's time to croak for a bit.
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You are either a fast decisive shopper or a terribly slow reader. I'm going to go with the former.
I wouldn’t put any device in the chain unless it’s a must. With high class DAC and amp in place I wouldn’t put Lokius in between unless I need it and is a must. Shortest path for signal is the best path. No matter how high end the device is it does have an affect on SQ.So this is what I missed reading @Jason Stoddard 's announcement: Given that the Lokius has an internal Single-ended (as opposed to balanced) circuitry, how exactly. does it impact the sound when positioned/connected between a fully balanced DAC (say, an Yggy) and a fully balanced Headphone amp (say, a Niimbus US4[+]), and the connections are made both ways with analog XLR cables? Will the Lokius degrade the balanced signals it is receiving from the balanced Dac (the Yggy) in some way before feeding them to the balanced Amp (the Niimbus) if all the equalizing tweaks on the Lokius are left inactive and in a "neutral" position?
If the Lokius can transmit the received signals without compromising them in any way under these conditions, then I shall buy in, but I am not sure how to evaluate this situation because of my lack of the required expertise. I just want to be sure, however, that if the Lokius is applying tweaks to the sounds it is transmitting between DAC and amp in this particular configuration, then it is tweaking and transmitting the full "bandwidth" of the signals it originally received from the DAC, in all their integrity, without having compromised them first simply by virtue of its internal SE circuitry. Do I have any such "compromising" to worry about?
That is the best I can do in formulating this question as a layman without any command of the technical jargon that experts would normally use in such situations. I do hope the question still makes sense just the same.
All helpful forms of input are welcome. Thanks in advance.
I sent an email on Thursday and after 4 business days there is no answer from Schiit. Do they answer emails at all?
Still waiting.I think they're swamped. I had to wait 3-4 days for an answer too.
I agree @kumar402I wouldn’t put any device in the chain unless it’s a must. With high class DAC and amp in place I wouldn’t put Lokius in between unless I need it and is a must. Shortest path for signal is the best path. No matter how high end the device is it does have an affect on SQ.
DittoIs there a reason that I should hold out for Loki Max? I think I missed something in Jason's post but can't put my finger to it