Hello dL,
Hm, waaaeelll, my Asgard2 is darn near perfect, can't discover any metalwork issues.
However, from a Car Industry point of view, fit & finnish issues will kill a car sale, we go to great lengths ( nearly obsessive lengths) to manufacture visually perfect products.
In fairness to Schiit, they are only a tiny start-up "Electronics" outfit, they buy their Sheet metal from some outfit that bangs-out these exterior boxes. This is price point "American" production to "Good-enough" standards.
The Schiit people publicly ridicule the "Gold" plated Audio gear, manufacturer's price points and the High-End Segment's need to make "Works of Art" devices.
I suspect that you will discover the Headphone-world generally accepts the fit&finnish level standards that Schiit ship out to their customers , it's a bit low in quality and perhaps the lowest that still meets or exceeds the acceptability standards of the typical american.
But you are not an American are you? You are a cultured Canadian, hmm, can you lower your expectations enough to simply enjoy the musical performance or do you have to polish your shoes and wear a Silk Tie?
[size=x-small] Personally, I would insist you be [/size]accommodated, I would meet your expectations and then I would exceed them with a nice little something or other. I need you out there loving my company and products and I need you to make further purchases, any investment I make in making you happy would eventually be rewarded 10 fold.
[size=x-small]I hope they take good care of you. This headfi site is a good place to get their attention especially if you promise to report how this ends-up,[/size]
[size=x-small]probably Alex Martin is getting a Post-it note about you right now.[/size]
[size=x-small]Tony in Michigan [/size]
