really schiit, REALLY?

[hashtagswagarino]

http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2014/06/five-new-pieces-of-schiit-land-at-t-h-e-newport-beach-2014/

 

Let me introduce you to the all new Schiit Wyrd, USB "Decrapifier"?

 

[SAV1OUR]

what the ScHIiT is this?  

[JAKEBAB]

The owner use to always come home to his wife saying i gotta do shit at work (or something along those lines) so his wife said why dont u just call the company shit since u say it so much and there u go the company schiit was born 

[qwertywarrior]

huh ?

not sure whats up with OP but its a reputable  brand

[KamiKatze]

Dude, this is getting out of hand!

[KamiKatze]

huh ?

not sure whats up with OP but its a reputable  brand

 

They brought out a device that does nothing else than taking USB input, 'cleaning' it and putting it out again.

 

edit: i bet on the inside there's nothing but a cable that goes around 1 time and comes directly out of the device again.

[qwertywarrior]

They brought out a device that does nothing else than taking USB input, 'cleaning' it and putting it out again.

 

edit: i bet on the inside there's nothing but a cable that goes around 1 time and comes directly out of the device again.

ohh omg i thought it was a DAC with a USB cable thats shielded

lol ....

[hashtagswagarino]

They brought out a device that does nothing else than taking USB input, 'cleaning' it and putting it out again.

 

edit: i bet on the inside there's nothing but a cable that goes around 1 time and comes directly out of the device again.

 

haha, that would be hilarious, I bet even if that is what it was, someone would still buy it!

[WinNut]

What's with the snake oil jokes on the forum?

[creatip123]

Well, I can understand if there is an electronic device that helps minimizing the 'electrical garbage noise', but tagging it for $99, the same as their magni or modi, is kinda too much.

 

But then again, they produce it because it could potentially sells. Tyll from Innerfidelity uses a much bigger version to 'clean' the AC power signals

 

 

skip to 0:57 if you just want to see the device

 

*not saying it's true, or pure snake oil, because I don't have nearly enough experience nor the knowledge to make a claim....

[h264]

>Stoddard and Moffat don’t need to play hard ball with demos and sales talk. Schiit’s now established price/performance ratio pretty much sells itself.

 

>“Valhalla 2 is now fully ready for efficient, low-impedance headphones, with switchable gain and only 3.5 ohms output impedance in low gain mode (14 ohms in high gain). And Valhalla 2′s performance into high-impedance headphones is even better than ever.

 

:rolleyes:

 

>“We’re not going to make any claims about sonics, but it’ll definitely stop USB noise and power problems in their tracks. Some people say Wyrd makes everything sound better. We don’t know how it can possibly do so, so we’re going to stay Swiss on the subject.”

 

well at least they're honest that it's a one port USB hub with a "clock" chip.  Least hilarious part of the article, ironically.  What's funny is how they now have to list their output impedances every time they release a new product.

[hashtagswagarino]

>Stoddard and Moffat don’t need to play hard ball with demos and sales talk. Schiit’s now established price/performance ratio pretty much sells itself.

 

>“Valhalla 2 is now fully ready for efficient, low-impedance headphones, with switchable gain and only 3.5 ohms output impedance in low gain mode (14 ohms in high gain). And Valhalla 2′s performance into high-impedance headphones is even better than ever.

 

:rolleyes:

 

>“We’re not going to make any claims about sonics, but it’ll definitely stop USB noise and power problems in their tracks. Some people say Wyrd makes everything sound better. We don’t know how it can possibly do so, so we’re going to stay Swiss on the subject.”

 

well at least they're honest that it's a one port USB hub with a "clock" chip.  Least hilarious part of the article, ironically.  What's funny is how they now have to list their output impedances every time they release a new product.

 

 

can anyone honestly tell a difference between bitperfect an resampled though? the conversion on windows vista and higher using direct sound is so good, I don't think any distortion is audible.

[h264]

can anyone honestly tell a difference between bitperfect an resampled though? the conversion on windows vista and higher using direct sound is so good, I don't think any distortion is audible.

 

pre-vista it used to suck in windows.  It's fine now.  There are all sorts of anomalies associated with usb audio and resampling, but unless you happen to believe in Shannon-Nyquist, you'll just be like this guy only with audio:

 

[hashtagswagarino]

pretty mcuh

 

 

I know some "audiophiles" only use WASAPI/ASIO to get bitperfect playback but I cant for the life of me tell a difference.