[dstrimbu]

Agree. Surprised he didn't pair the URD with a Unison USB MB DAC for a proper comparison.

+100.

 

[dstrimbu]

Jason, thanks for being such a boss and running your company like you do. You keep the bar high. I only paid $54 for this amp on eBay, but it's my favorite by far and it pained me seeing it dead for these last years. I missed it a lot!

Totally agree, @Harum7 - and by the way this is a great pic of Schiit's OG silver finish vs. today's silver finish.

While my silver Urd is beautiful, I prefer the OG grain. But, of course... YMMV. (●'◡'●)

 

[golfbravobravo]

Y'all attendees do not fail to chip-in to the Graham appreciation fund. Cost of the venue should not be borne solely by the meet organizer. HP Meets 101.

Actually, Schiit are picking up the room and food costs.

So thank Jason and Denise for all her organization.

Cheers

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

Schiit's approach to customer relations and community building is on another level.

 

[Paladin79]

Actually, Schiit are picking up the room and food costs.

So thank Jason and Denise for all her organization.

Cheers

My donation for door prizes will be my personal IOU to make a two shelf wood and copper rack for any of the three sizes of Schiit gear.

I am working on the angles for a headphone stand I will be donating.

Also I will build a set or two of quality interconnect cables and possibly an AES cable.

 

[RCBinTN]

Actually, Schiit are picking up the room and food costs.

So thank Jason and Denise for all her organization.

Cheers

Wow man, is that cool or what! Thanks, Jason and Denise.

 

[Paladin79]

This is just scrap wood for a headphone stand and not quite long enough but I had to be sure the angles were correct. There are at least six more steps before the actual stand would be glued. There is a 15 degree lean so basically you add and deduct that from 90 degrees to get 105 and 75 degrees, divide by two and the angles that need to be cut are 52.5 and 37.5. Add those together and you get 90 degrees. The glue for the prototype has not set so there is still painters tape securing the piece for now. I will adjust the height and make a longer base once I figure the proper overall length.

 

[dhcarquinez]

My South African dentist always reckoned that you haven't been insulted until someone insults you in Afrikaans

One I thought was especially creative:

Gorrel my spyt kak.

 

[Dr. Cube]

There could be a market for these. And of course, custom little racks for the smallest of the Schiit stackables.

I'm not sure anyone's suggested it, but one option would be to upload the remote holder model to Shapeways or a similar site, to allow people to just order it from a vendor that does the 3D printing. For people who want to design an assortment of things and tweak them, it makes sense to own a 3D printer, but for people who just want a finished thing now and then, it's nice to be able to just get something printed and have it show up in the mail. If I were going to do that I'd probably take the Schiit logo off it first, as that could get dicey if you're selling them on a storefront.

 

[FLTWS]

This is just scrap wood for a headphone stand and not quite long enough but I had to be sure the angles were correct. There are at least six more steps before the actual stand would be glued. There is a 15 degree lean so basically you add and deduct that from 90 degrees to get 105 and 75 degrees, divide by two and the angles that need to be cut are 52.5 and 37.5. Add those together and you get 90 degrees. The glue for the prototype has not set so there is still painters tape securing the piece for now. I will adjust the height and make a longer base once I figure the proper overall length.

Nice. What are you planning for the HP cable, a fat dowel on the back?

 

[Paladin79]

Nice. What are you planning for the HP cable, a fat dowel on the back?

There will several different tapers in the wood so I will match those and it will be more of a rectangular piece. It will be parallel to the top and bottom. The finished stand may start at 4 inches on the base and taper to two inches for the headphone support. I have to take this in stages. Another tricky factor is you are reversing the patterns on any board you use. I want to use at least two types of wood for contrast.

 

[FLTWS]

Rounding the top edges of the upper headband support board to keep from leaving impressions on the underside of the headband?

 

[Paladin79]

Rounding the top edges of the upper headband support board to keep from leaving impressions on the underside of the headband?

I definitely have plans for that, I may have a separate rounded piece that fits into a dado on the top. I considered covering it with copper and then sealing it to cut down on oxidation. Leather or lambskin might work as well. Right now the biggest concern is how to cut all the angles and in what order. Those first two cuts are crucial or the piece at the top would not be parallel to the bottom. Cutting a 52.5 degree angle when your table saw and chop saw stop at 45 degrees took some thought.

 

[sopranomi]

Years ago worked with a natural language search engine that did semantic expansion.
Our Indian QA consultants never did understand what fly had to do with baseball.

Ah, but they'd succinctly explain what a silly point has to do with cricket!

 

[adydula]

After a few days of "putzzing" with the new Freya Noval, tubes, dacs, sources....
Today the magic is back with the stock tubes, the Modi Multibit 2, SE, a streaming via the convience of Qubuz...
Comparing to three other dacs, all good, multiple NOS tubes in both sides, balanced vs SE...a few cabling issues.
That caused some mis-leading conclusions here...

Basically the Freya Noval with the stock tubes, those nasty Russian ones...with the extremely high cost Schiit Modi Multibit 2...
bring me close to as good as it gets for 2 ch stereo in my room and budget..

Yes the speakers and room acoustics have a lot to do with it...

For the bucks IMO that little MB 2 is the heat...and a Freya Noval for $599 is the deal of the century...YMMV.

I see a few left at the Schiit site...soon to be gone!

These fellows whole-heartedly concur with my findings!!

LOL!
Alex