How Schiit measures their shit

SSL · August 28, 2015

Interesting write-up by Schiit co-founder Jason Stoddard: http://www.head-fi.org/t/701900/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up/6990#post_11763661

The article covers the tools and methods they use to measure their amps and DACs and what the measurements mean. Significant stuff, as plenty of the audio companies out there don't bother with this kind of rigorous design and testing.

Note that the post is the part of a lengthy multi-part series on the history of Schiit; also worth a read. The infamous nwavguy/Asgard incident is covered.

Lays · August 28, 2015

I think the whole Asgard incident was handled poorly, but back when I bought a Lyr from head-fi and it didn't have a relay in it, I contacted Schiit and they offered to put a relay in it for free, I just needed to pay the shipping to them. (Which was like $18 or something)

When I got my unit back, they had actually replaced it with a brand new unit instead of just fixing mine, and also gave me another set of tubes & power cord, was pretty cool!

I wish they would of handled it that way to begin with though.

soaringchicken · August 28, 2015

Just, 'Schiit' :lol:

SSL · August 28, 2015

I think the whole Asgard incident was handled poorly, but back when I bought a Lyr from head-fi and it didn't have a relay in it, I contacted Schiit and they offered to put a relay in it for free, I just needed to pay the shipping to them. (Which was like $18 or something)

When I got my unit back, they had actually replaced it with a brand new unit instead of just fixing mine, and also gave me another set of tubes & power cord, was pretty cool!

I wish they would of handled it that way to begin with though.

Reading their take on it, it sounds like they had only been around as a company mere months at the time. A simple mistake, probably not due to lack of engineering competence as some like to claim.