New Schiit / Preamps and Power Amp (was Putting the Schiit Signal Up)

Discussion in 'Preamps' started by purr1n, Oct 6, 2016.

  1. Cspirou

    Cspirou They call me Sparky

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    It has a passive section and a SS section. It should be able to work without tubes.
     
  2. Comzee

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    I'm slightly a 6sn7 junky, some of my selection, every one has a different design, everyone sounds different. A few 6SL7 mixed in there.
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    I'll be buying the Freya first day it comes out. Except my current amp only takes one 6S*7 tube, so I'll have to invest in some quads. Good thing is I already know what I like from my other tube amp rolling.
     
  3. Merrick

    Merrick A lidless ear

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    Any reason to get the Freya over the Saga if all my components are SE?

    My headphone setup, which is mainly balanced, will remain separate from my speakers, which is where the preamp will go.
     
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    Freya has JFET Buffer operation mode. Wonder if it's Class A or A/B?
     
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    Am I reading the info correctly that Saga is purely passive/tube buffer no gain?
     
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    thegunner100 Hentai Master Chief

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    If this is true... would using it as a tube buffer between the Yggdrasil and a headphone or integrated amp be a good idea? Holy shit did they actually implement Marv's idea of making a tube buffer for the Yggdrasil?
     
  7. yotacowboy

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    aaaaaand its time to go balanced/separates... that settles it.
     
  8. MrTie

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    pretty nice looking.

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    I believe Jason was against tone controls since the beginning. Plus, he has always embraced the keep it simple philosophy.
     
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    Preamps are almost invariably class A. The low power requirements mean no need for class B push-pull.
     
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    Form factor?
     
  12. Merrick

    Merrick A lidless ear

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    Well it does look pretty on that rack there but seems like a lot of extra money to spend for more chassis if I'm not going to use the balanced in/out. Eventually I do plan on getting a Yggdrasil or Gungnir Multibit but that's a ways off and for now I'm going to run my Modi Multibit as my DAC. Guess I could buy it now and know I'll have the versatility to switch out components as needed later without worrying about having to upgrade my pre.
     
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    I'm not entirely sold on having a separate pre-amp, in my mind it just adds more connections and cables and what not. I think it would make sense to eventually launch an Yggdrasil with a tube output stage and volume control.

    Then you could connect Tuggy --> Power Amp --> Speakers and that would be that.
     
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    If the DAC is your only source, sure. For those of us who have more than one source, a preamp is necessary by default.
     
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    Would be nice if on the preamps, one of the front panel buttons is a selector for passive/tube or passive/jfet/tube, to put the tubes to sleep, and not have to completely shut off the preamp (tube life). Maybe that's accessible on the remote also.

    BTW, how is the actual remote? Anyone see it yet?
     
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    $699 for 400W Monoblocks from a quality manufacturer... Back in the 90's I would never have dreamed of getting so much potentially clean power for under a kilobuck. Too bad speakers are still not feasible for me. If I ever decide to DIY some speakers, I know what power amps I'm going to look at first.
     
  17. zerodeefex

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    By your logic, we should just hope for total all in ones.

    Active speakers with a full linux based server system that has a super short I2S connection inside from it to the Yggdrasil board, foregoing USB and bypassing the traditional output stage (sue volume control and amplifier section inside.
     
  18. GoodEnoughGear

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    A balanced stack would be Yggdrasil or Gungnir-->Freya-->Mjolnir or Jotunheim and Vidar+Vidar. That's presuming Freya has two balanced outputs, though. Otherwise you'd have to put the headamp upstream of Freya which would be defeating the purpose kinda.

    Hope there are two balanced outs...

    (edited to remove half-baked thought output)
     
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    Oh, is there such a thing?
     
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    I'm sure Schiit designed it so you would be able to put Freya upstream of the amps. Besides, wouldn't monoblocks only need one of the channel outputs?
     

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