[Analgesic]

I got my Lyr this week, when I turn it off I hear some funky popping/cracking noises. I thought this was supposed to be fixed?

 

[Cakensaur]

Ordered my Modi 9 days ago, no email from  them yet.. ill give it till the 5th or so and chase up i think.

 

[Barry S]

I got my Lyr this week, when I turn it off I hear some funky popping/cracking noises. I thought this was supposed to be fixed?

Is the relay working? When you turn the Lyr on, do you hear a click from the unit after 10-15 seconds? And the same click a few seconds after you turn the Lyr off?

 

[solserenade]

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I got my Lyr this week, when I turn it off I hear some funky popping/cracking noises. I thought this was supposed to be fixed?

 
That's "normal" for the Lyr, I get the impression. The relay protects (at turn-on) against the really loud pops (not the 'petering out' sound at turn-off).

 

[paradoxper]

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That's "normal" for the Lyr, I get the impression. The relay protects (at turn-on) against the really loud pops (not the 'petering out' sound at turn-off).

20 second relay-switched delayed output and immediate relay mute on turn-off

 

[olddtfan]

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I have switched the tubes but it is still the left channel. I am now able to reliably reproduce the issue, the right channel cuts out every time I remove and re-insert my headphones in. Is this a known issue?

No it's not i would contact Schitt.

 

[gmahler2u]

Hello everyone.
 
I have a question. is new valhalla come with stock tube?
 
Thank you

 

[solserenade]

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Hello everyone.
 
I have a question. is new valhalla come with stock tube?
 
Thank you

 
Is the question, "Does the new Valhalla come with stock tubes?" ?
 
If so, yes it's shipped with stock tubes. Four of them.
 
(though I have a feeling that's not your question! 

  .... or do you mean, "does the new one come with the 'old' stock tubes?" ?

 

[HayU]

Received my Valhalla and Bifrost just before Christmas. Using USB connection from Dell Inspiron Laptop (2007) to Beyer DT990 (600ohms). Really like the sound, would using s/pdif or toslink connection improve the sound? Thinking of getting a USB to s/pdif converter (musical fidelity). ?
 
Thanks

 

[jontron]

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Received my Valhalla and Bifrost just before Christmas. Using USB connection from Dell Inspiron Laptop (2007) to Beyer DT990 (600ohms). Really like the sound, would using s/pdif or toslink connection improve the sound? Thinking of getting a USB to s/pdif converter (musical fidelity). ?
 
Thanks

 
There's a thread on this topic, actually. You can find it here:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/274781/dacs-usb-vs-coax-vs-optical/45#post_9000447
 
The thread is old, but check out my post.
 
If anyone has any updated input on this topic, it would be great to know!

 

[Defiant00]

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Received my Valhalla and Bifrost just before Christmas. Using USB connection from Dell Inspiron Laptop (2007) to Beyer DT990 (600ohms). Really like the sound, would using s/pdif or toslink connection improve the sound? Thinking of getting a USB to s/pdif converter (musical fidelity). ?
 
Thanks

 
The general impressions seem to be that Schiit's USB implementation is quite good, to the point that some people prefer it to the other connections. It mainly seems dependent on the quality of the other connections (apparently some Mac optical connections aren't that great?)

 

[gmahler2u]

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Is the question, "Does the new Valhalla come with stock tubes?" ?
 
If so, yes it's shipped with stock tubes. Four of them.
 
(though I have a feeling that's not your question! 

  .... or do you mean, "does the new one come with the 'old' stock tubes?" ?

Yes...my grammar!! was out of crappy world...
you're right..but not the second question.
"does the new valhalla come with stock tubes?"
 
Thanks again.

 

[paradoxper]

Schiit owners, I've got a question about the clicking noise. 
There's been all kinds of accounts of the normal sample rate changing clicking, reminder clicking
(clicking when no music is playing, like, every 5 minutes or so) and so on.
 
I've just recently realized that I'll get a clicking every time a torrent of mine finishes. I'm on Mac and use Transmission.
Anybody else experiencing this, regardless of OS or application used?
 
And finally, it doesn't bother me one bit, it's a nice indication if I'm not looking that it's done. However I'm open to insight
on why exactly this occurs.

 

[Barry S]

Schiit owners, I've got a question about the clicking noise. 
There's been all kinds of accounts of the normal sample rate changing clicking, reminder clicking
(clicking when no music is playing, like, every 5 minutes or so) and so on.

I've just recently realized that I'll get a clicking every time a torrent of mine finishes. I'm on Mac and use Transmission.
Anybody else experiencing this, regardless of OS or application used?

And finally, it doesn't bother me one bit, it's a nice indication if I'm not looking that it's done. However I'm open to insight
on why exactly this occurs.

Is this a clicking from the dac itself, or a sound passed through the dac to the amp--headphone? I hear a click from within my Gungnir when the VCXOs lock or unlock, but nothing in response to operating system sounds. I think there might have been separate options to set the output of general audio vs. system sounds, so music gets routed to a USB or SPDIF driver while system sounds are fed to the PC speaker driver. I'll have to check to confirm this, but maybe the Mac has some similar settings.

 

[Iamnothim]

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Is this a clicking from the dac itself, or a sound passed through the dac to the amp--headphone? I hear a click from within my Gungnir when the VCXOs lock or unlock, but nothing in response to operating system sounds. I think there might have been separate options to set the output of general audio vs. system sounds, so music gets routed to a USB or SPDIF driver while system sounds are fed to the PC speaker driver. I'll have to check to confirm this, but maybe the Mac has some similar settings.

Yes Barry,
In the Midi setup of a Mac you can route "notification" sound to either the internal speaker output or the source USB/SPDIF output.
 
 
Dox,
 I'm using a Bifrost, Mac, with  Amarra HiFi.
 
Yes, my Bifrost clicks twice externally, (not through the cans) when the sample rate of the source music changes.  I believe that Schiit documents this as normal.
 
My Bifrost will also click periodically when I halt iTunes / Amarra.  This makes sense because it is searching for a clock to sync with.
 
Otherwise no sounds.
 
I have an Amarra software anomaly.
On spurious occasions a song will play for 1 or 2 seconds, stop, reset to the beginning, and play.  I have not considered if this happens during a change in the music source sampling rate.  I'm not paying attention.