Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

[sixergixer]

Edit: Redacting a pointless joke on Thanksgiving Eve.

 

[Rensek]

Zero chance. Where would it go?



Yes, the card can be installed anytime. I'll get it added to the Upgrades section.

Oops, will fix. Also has -10dB.

We all just assume you are a next level genius and could figure out where to put one, if the mood struck...

 

[dstrimbu]

Wouldn't be that hard to add a battery pack for the wall-wart powered gear... just probably not inside the case. <g>

 

[riffrafff]

Love your setup but do not find your wallpaper calming, at all. FWIW.

That was the APOD pic for that day.

 

[corndog71]

HA!

Have you listened much in NOS mode? I thought that I heard some interesting differences with MiB NOS vs. up-sampled, but I didn't listen long...

Funny that you ask. When I put it in my living room rig, I hadn’t really messed around with settings. It sounded a little weird at first but not bad. Just figured it needed a little break in. After a couple of days I couldn’t help noticing all of the lights on it. Either it came in NOS mode or I inadvertently activated it while sliding it into my tv stand. Apparently I flipped the phase too. I was impressed in that it still sounded good but also a little odd. I think I heard a touch of reverb. Once I realized it, I set it back to normal. Haven’t looked back.

 

[rkw]

Can I please pay you guys to make a Magni Unity with an OUTPUT toggle switch on the front instead of an input toggle switch?

Do you mean toggle between headphone and preamp output? The headphone jack essentially does that (preamp out is muted when headphones are plugged in).

 

[adias]

Funny that you ask. When I put it in my living room rig, I hadn’t really messed around with settings. It sounded a little weird at first but not bad. Just figured it needed a little break in. After a couple of days I couldn’t help noticing all of the lights on it. Either it came in NOS mode or I inadvertently activated while sliding it into. Apperently I flipped the phase too. I was impressed in that it still sounded good but also a little odd. I think I heard a touch of reverb. Once I realized it I set it back to normal. Haven’t looked back.

I can’t understand using NOS mode without feeding an upsampled file produced by Audirvana or some competent upsampler. Without that you are listening to a conversion through a very steep low pass filter with artifacts of phase linearity and possible aliased components. To do that is to go back to the early ‘80s to listen to early CD players and then complain about digital sounding. Just my opinion.

 

[JamminVMI]

Yggy GS owners -- I've read a lot of opinions about the original GS, with some folks saying it was a sleeper "best Yggy" and others saying they preferred the A2 upgrade or other flavors. As someone who never owned an OG A1 but now owns an OG A2 and MIB, both of which I love, am I missing out by not having experienced the "OG OG" of the A1? Trying to decide whether to grab a GS2 while they're available.

I got off the fence earlier today, and got a shipping notice. Silver with unison. Will report when it arrives. Damn, there’s a holiday in my way!!!

 

[JoeDoe]

I got off the fence earlier today, and got a shipping notice. Silver with unison. Will report when it arrives. Damn, there’s a holiday in my way!!!

Same but mine is in black. Looking forward to comparing to my black Gumby A2.

 

[dstrimbu]

I can’t understand using NOS mode without feeding an upsampled file produced by Audirvana or some competent upsampler. Without that you are listening to a conversion through a very steep low pass filter with artifacts of phase linearity and possible aliased components. To do that is to go back to the early ‘80s to listen to early CD players and then complain about digital sounding. Just my opinion.

Yeah, exactly.

But have you listened?

Qobuz via AURALiC -AES/EBU-> MiB -balanced-> Loki Max (bypassed) -SE-> MJ3 -balanced-> HD820s

Listening to Peter Gabriel's New Blood (Special Edition) at 44.1/24. It sounds just incredibly crystal clear, the background is silent, the pacing is perfectly-timed (THIS DAC understands the time domain) - but at the same time, a bit stripped-back. NOS-mode feels a bit more chiseled, and maybe even a bit stark at times. Incredibly listenable. I say, let's leave the math behind for a bit and just listen to the outcomes. My goodness, the piano in "Wallflower" is inside my head. Best piano I've heard with MiB, IMHO. YMMV.

I've already listened to Sara K's "Live in Concert (Are We There Yet?)" 44.1/24 Qobuz, over the speakers, earlier in the evening, using NOS mode. Now I'm re-listening with 'phones, still in NOS mode... such a different presentation!

Just sayin'. My system is limited only by the room its in, right now... thinking about how to fix that, too. <g>

 

[adias]

Yeah, exactly.

But have you listened?

Qobuz via AURALiC -AES/EBU-> MiB -balanced-> Loki Max (bypassed) -SE-> MJ3 -balanced-> HD820s

Listening to Peter Gabriel's New Blood (Special Edition) at 44.1/24. It sounds just incredibly crystal clear, the background is silent, the pacing is perfectly-timed (THIS DAC understands the time domain) - but at the same time, a bit stripped-back. NOS-mode feels a bit more chiseled, and maybe even a bit stark at times. Incredibly listenable. I say, let's leave the math behind for a bit and just listen to the outcomes. My goodness, the piano in "Wallflower" is inside my head. Best piano I've heard with MiB, IMHO. YMMV.

I've already listened to Sara K's "Live in Concert (Are We There Yet?)" 44.1/24 Qobuz, over the speakers, earlier in the evening, using NOS mode. Now I'm re-listening with 'phones, still in NOS mode... such a different presentation!

Just sayin'. My system is limited only by the room its in, right now... thinking about how to fix that, too. <g>

I have 2 Schiit DACs with NOS. I have listened and I pass. I could have tried driving it with upsampled tracks by Audirvana, but why? Mike Moffatt's reconstruction filter is very good, I doubt Audirvana will improve over it.

You mention headphones... maybe with that is different. I rarely listen to those and mine open Joseph Grado original Signature Series HP1000 do not benefit from that.

 

[Timster]

So, care to tell the main direction of the idea of the upgrade?

The giveaway is in the word you used. "Up"

 

[Timster]

Now that we have Magni Unity, can anyone elaborate a bit on the sound signature difference of:

Magni Unity
Midgard
MJ3

Good
Better
Best

??

 

[Andrew Randle]

On the Valhalla 2 does anyone know the role of the transistor? Is it an additional buffer stage, or a constant current source for the valve?

Andrew

 

[Hyde00]

Good
Better
Best

??

Lol I mean to my understanding is that Midgard is very neutral sounding, and MJ3 can be warm depending on mode.

I wonder where Magni Unity stands in all this.