Schiit Fulla 2 Released

If your 5:1 statement was true, manufactures would either sell either <99 products or 5x<99 dollar products. That's obviously not true. Anyway, let's see. I think 199 for something that took on the LH GO and the Mojo would do a lot better than 99 for something that takes on the dragonfly.

 

Yeah, I mean the last time I saw a knob that big.. awwscrewit..

 

A big knob just feels right in your hand

 

Speaking of knobs, this guy knows what he's talking about... http://knobfeel.tumblr.com/

 

I had some of the Fiio products up there - the Fiio e07k docked on the Fiio e09k, which I believe is essentially the same components as the Monoprice Headphone amp/dac - The Fulla2 is waaaay better sounding than this ever was. Also had the DF 1.2, Fulla2 definitely better. The DF Red is hard for me to compare with the Fulla2 - I have compared these two, switched back and forth, etc - I believe the two have a similar level of DAC sound quality, both of these seem really good in the DAC dept. The Fulla2 definitely has more power, goes much louder, but I can't say for sure which is really better. My gut says the Fulla is better on the high Z hps like hd650, but at lower power levels, they are very close, imho. We need someone with better ears than me. But the DF Red is also $200.

 

To be fair the audiophile level 0 to 30 would take much less convincing to go with a FiiO than a Schiit, since FiiO is very prevalent in the low end of the market.

 

OT I know, but I seriously thought this "audiophile level xx" stuff was tongue in cheek. Seems like it's not? A quick Google search didn't yield anything. What's the deal with audiophile levels?

 

Your audiophile level simply isn't high enough to comprehend audiophile levels.

 

It is tongue in cheek. I suspect @Marvey is the progenitor of this, becase of his fondness for D&D type level, alignment, etc references. It's like being a level 42 wizard, it's just that level 42 audiophiles never survived any battles, so they're not in the Player's handbook.

 

Ha! Thanks for the quick education on that

 

There's a lot to be said for a proper volume knob, especially a big smooth one like that. Yes, we're trapped making big knob jokes, I admit, but a real and non-fiddly volume control? A real quality of life feature right there.

 

Actually, it can.

 

Can anyone confirm/deny this? Assuming the pot is turned all the way to the right, the fixed and variable DAC outputs both output at the same level, and the only real difference besides any attenuation from the pot is the slightly different I/O behavior as described here?

 

To clarify: does this mean that the 1/8" analog input overrides both the fixed and variable DAC outputs (as well as the headphone output)? Or just the headphone and variable DAC outputs?

I already ordered one of these by the way. Major kudos on the design. Got a few setup ideas I have in mind that I'm just trying to think through.

 

@tirisredjuh Hey, just a heads up, everyone will like it if you post a quick (or long) introduction in the "New Members - Introduce Yourself" thread. It's like compulsory friendliness, lol, but it's also part of creating community. or something.

 

Did a quick test and the analog input seems to only pass audio to the headphone and variable output, not the fixed