[GearMe]

I get your point about simple genre buttons being insufficient.

That said, if there were several canned genre settings (similar in concept to the way DSPs currently do large hall, rock concert, jazz club, etc.) AND we could leverage those genre settings 'as is' or just as a starting point to tweak (using 'Frankenstein' mode) and then save the settings, that would be optimal from my perspective. I'd rather not spend hours on end learning/twiddling with a multitude of settings when I can leverage existing settings that get me close and modify them.

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

How about a selector box.
Multiple cans to one amp.
No fuzzing to exchange them.
Just push a button.

 

[Ableza]

  How about a selector box.
Multiple cans to one amp.
No fuzzing to exchange them.
Just push a button.

​Headphone switches already exist.

 

[artur9]

I get your point about simple genre buttons being insufficient.

That said, if there were several canned genre settings ... and then save the settings, that would be optimal from my perspective.

 
I like the idea of savable settings.  How about a thumb drive with settings on the device.  Plug it and boom! it's configured a particular way.
 
I can envision a thriving secondary market of settings.  
 
"These settings make those cans really sing!"
"This setting puts you in the 4th row of the LSO SIbellus 1"
 
etc.

 

[ColtMrFire]

I get your point about simple genre buttons being insufficient.

That said, if there were several canned genre settings (similar in concept to the way DSPs currently do large hall, rock concert, jazz club, etc.) AND we could leverage those genre settings 'as is' or just as a starting point to tweak (using 'Frankenstein' mode) and then save the settings, that would be optimal from my perspective. I'd rather not spend hours on end learning/twiddling with a multitude of settings when I can leverage existing settings that get me close and modify them.

 
If you want to know true madness, get Bughead Emperor music player... with it's literally endless tweakable settings, it will suck you down a black hole of fiddling from which you will never return.
 
I learned my lesson regarding too many options.

 

[45longcolt]

   I can't imagine a simple "genre button" working.

 
Precisely my point. I was, and am, campaigning for ultimate flexibility even if it offers users the chance to mess up royally.

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

I stand by my preference that, at the very least for v1, Mike decides what sounds best and ships it with that one setting and a bypass button. There is enough complexity in this world. The paradox of choice, we know, is that too much (1) causes anxiety and (2) makes us worse at it. Understanding this, President Obama famously delegated every choice he could (wardrobe, meal choice, interior decoration) to others.

 

[Charente]

  There is enough complexity in this world. 

 Indeed !... maybe a 'generic' setting (a la @Baldr) for numpties (like me) and a 'Pro' override
 
EDIT: If the 'Numpty' setting is an 'immersive' version of of the sound I get from the Gumby... I'll be happy !

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

 
​Headphone switches already exist

So does a lot of what will come out.

 

[captkirk]

  I stand by my preference that, at the very least for v1, Mike decides what sounds best and ships it with that one setting and a bypass button.

 
Agreed.  This approach, in either their small or medium chassis, would make the most sense for an initial product launch.  Variations could follow after customer response and input.

 

[Ableza]

... or not.  If you've followed the Schiit story much you'll notice that they do pretty much what they want to do because they like doing it more than they do things that respond to customer input.  I like that about them.

 

[Baldr]

Now for something completely different:  Continued reporting of ersatz audio technology which whips pilgrims into new audio worldviews based upon faith:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/831291/ces-2017-mqa-announces-tidal-masters-and-more/570#post_13350469
 
@castleofargh pops up from time to time with the true gospel that we are all well served scientific honesty.

 

[Kn1nJa]

 
Let's just hope this year is not anywhere near as lossy as last!!

 
Well we're not off to the best start. RIP Chuck Berry.

 

[FrivolsListener]

  Close!

Close!

 
At least it won't be dubbed "Dingleberry" like *cough* another product in your lineup nearly was.

 

[US Blues]

MQA = "Alternate Facts" for Audiophiles.