[438555]

I’m no wordsmith. But I jotted down some notes on the new Try amps.
First change was to turn down the sub.
Depth and clarity.
Micro details
Drums and percussion are amazing.
Several times I’ve walked away and came back meaning to research something or another. Half an hour later I’ve forgotten what I was going to do. Too busy listening.
Vidars ran at 109, Trys maxed at 101 with a higher ambient room temp. Power output seems very similar based on the Freya volume dial.



Mike and Jason are gods.

Yes, I’d say gain of 2x Vidar and 2x Tyr are similar for me. At lower volume Tyrs are cooler, not surprising given the larger form factor. I look forward to having the house to myself to push them tomorrow

 

[StimpyWan]

I just read disturbing news on another forum. The OP of the thread, mentioned receiving an email from Schiit, suggesting that URD may not happen; might not be released...! Very surprising, if true...?

 

[SuperRoo]

They gave up on the SOL. Not surprising. Sort of like Google Fiber giving up about on stuff. They dug up my street and ran conduit then they quit.

 

[Roy G. Biv]

Let's not upset our Jersey friends. They have some great peaches too.
"Consumers seek out New Jersey peaches, which are generally considered to be some of the best in the country. “All our peaches are picked by hand at the height of their sugar content."
I like to BBQ peaches.

I've never sampled NJ peaches so I won't pass judgement except for the cooking technique. Grilled peaches are a thing, BBQ'd peaches (probably) are not.

Hmmmmm. I am not (currently) a peach connoisseur. Do you use a tomato-based sauce, or vinegar?

Grilled peaches do not need sauce...

Amaretto and a little butter. Cook them to almost burnt.

...Except for maybe amaretto and butter which I haven't tried. Yet.

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

I just read disturbing news on another forum. The OP of the thread, mentioned receiving an email from Schiit, suggesting that URD may not happen; might not be released...! Very surprising, if true...?

I'd take that with a huge grain of salt. Based on everything that's been going on at Schiit in recent months my guess would be that Urd was put on hold until next year. As much as a lot of people around here are anticipating its release; it's a CD transport, not exactly a high-volume item for them. With the limited bandwidth that the team at Schiit has available, I simply think that they may have just decided that they can serve the community better by focusing on more pressing releases first.

Also, and more importantly:
Emails from Schiit come from their customer support, not Jason or Mike, and Schiit's customer support never gives out any info on upcoming products, period. Until you've heard it from either Jason or Mike that Urd is shelved temporarily or for good, I'd continue under the assumption that it's simply still stuck in development hell.

 

[438555]

I just read disturbing news on another forum. The OP of the thread, mentioned receiving an email from Schiit, suggesting that URD may not happen; might not be released...! Very surprising, if true...?

Would be surprising given how much effort has been put forth and how much teasing of it there’s been. I’ve been waiting for it myself, playing stuff through a blu ray player. If it’s not gonna happen, I’ll probably get a Cambridge

 

[AudioGal]

Guys, do I have to post that Georgia Peach pic again?!?

Please don't. I'm all out of brain wash.

 

[438555]

Can say at this point, though Tyr sounds better at volume through the 1.7i than the Vidar, I’m also hearing more hum coming from the amp itself. Not through the speakers, but audible from the amps

 

[tralsa]

I'd take that with a huge grain of salt. Based on everything that's been going on at Schiit in recent months my guess would be that Urd was put on hold until next year. As much as a lot of people around here are anticipating its release; it's a CD transport, not exactly a high-volume item for them. With the limited bandwidth that the team at Schiit has available, I simply think that they may have just decided that they can serve the community better by focusing on more pressing releases first.

Also, and more importantly:
Emails from Schiit come from their customer support, not Jason or Mike, and Schiit's customer support never gives out any info on upcoming products, period. Until you've heard it from either Jason or Mike that Urd is shelved temporarily or for good, I'd continue under the assumption that it's simply still stuck in development hell.

Tinfoil hat time. It feels like bait to get an official response.

 

[tralsa]

I feel like I was cheated of my time with big floppy disks. I came around to computers they were already on the High Denisty 3.5" ones.

It’s never too late to enjoy the past. I was too late to enjoy computers with big front panels and blinkenlights during their heyday.

 

[tin-ear]

Just to play devil's advocate for a second…
I only ever need the icons for the first day or so of use until muscle memory kicks in. After that initial phase, I never notice them again.
So, at least for me personally, I'd rather have small icons on my gear that look sleek and well proportioned from a product design and general esthetics point of view than something oversized that just makes the gear look unnecessarily ( <- highly subjective, of course) busy.

I'm a sucker for the Bauhaus school of product design. Less is always more for me, and I know that I'm in somewhat of a minority on that front.
But still.
Just my two cents…

I too am a sucker for Bauhaus school of design. I find a problem with many remotes is you have rows or exactly the same button for a wide variety of functions. Some remotes are limited to one button cloned multiple times, as opposed to a different shape. My integrated amp remote has to wedge shaped buttons for volume up and down. Some Bauhaus style remotes have a very few number of buttons but they are exactly alike.
Compare this to automobiles; (pre-Tesla, pre-Merceded Benz with they single control stick thingy). You have a steering wheel, hard to mistake for a clutch, a brake pedal, hard mistake for window control, a light switch, hard to mistake for a transmission, etc.
I would like to see a remote with some limited essential button-type devices, with the shape, style, feel and forth of the "buttons" that somehow makes the function obvious, or at least different.

Spotted at @bcowen's house

A bit of genius, I say. Kinda solves my issue above.

 

[stevodotorg]

True Multibit Card (gen 2 with Unison USB, but no optical input) and Modi Multibit gen 2 with Unison USB have been developed, but on hold until ~Dec 2022 due to parts shortages.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sch...bable-start-up.701900/page-5972#post-16868653

Yeah, figured at much- saw the post as well. I'd probably just end up grabbing a non fully loaded and stack a bifrost on top to get that optical input.

 

[Randolf711]

I just read disturbing news on another forum. The OP of the thread, mentioned receiving an email from Schiit, suggesting that URD may not happen; might not be released...! Very surprising, if true...?

I would guess they might pivot to a simpler design instead of scraping it completely.

 

[turtlerod]

I'd take that with a huge grain of salt. Based on everything that's been going on at Schiit in recent months my guess would be that Urd was put on hold until next year. As much as a lot of people around here are anticipating its release; it's a CD transport, not exactly a high-volume item for them. With the limited bandwidth that the team at Schiit has available, I simply think that they may have just decided that they can serve the community better by focusing on more pressing releases first.

Also, and more importantly:
Emails from Schiit come from their customer support, not Jason or Mike, and Schiit's customer support never gives out any info on upcoming products, period. Until you've heard it from either Jason or Mike that Urd is shelved temporarily or for good, I'd continue under the assumption that it's simply still stuck in development hell.

One of the many great things about Schiit, it is run but the engineers and they won't release a product until it is really ready. Many other companies will release product before they are ready, just to make the number for next quarter. Also Schiit is a private company, so they do not have to "make the books look good."
There are a lot of companies where, I would wait six months to a year before I bought a new product, just to make sure the bugs are worked out. I feel comfortable being a first adopter with Schiit products. So I appreciate the wait.

 

[rkw]

I just read disturbing news on another forum. The OP of the thread, mentioned receiving an email from Schiit, suggesting that URD may not happen; might not be released...! Very surprising, if true...?

I Googled and found it on Steve Hoffman: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/schiit-audio-cdt-urd.1143077/
It is vague, doesn't describe the circumstances for the email, and doesn't quote the actual content in the email. Even if true, it's a badly written post with very little information.