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This is a review and detailed measurements of the Schiit Vidar 2 stereo/mono class AB amplifier. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $799. Nice to see Schiit (finally) put a stand-by switch in the front. They usually have only a power button in the back. Being a class AB amplifier...

This is a review, listening tests and detailed measurements of the Schiit KARA balanced preamplifier and headphone amp with stepped relay control. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $699. Oh wait... that is the picture of our dog, Kara! :D Here is the Schiit version: As I have...

Here is the companion video review of the Schiit Midgard headphone amplifier. It is rather short (for me :) ) at 15 minutes. If you haven't subscribed, please go to youtube and do so. Videos are not monetized but we need to make sure our voice travels as far as the ones that are.

This is a review, listening tests and detailed measurements of the Schiit Midgard balanced headphone amplifier and preamp. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $219. While I am not a fan of the symbols Schiit uses instead of proper labels, there are only two to learn which is no big...

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Schiit Skoll balanced phono preamplifier. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $399. Touch controls select everything from loading of the input (resistance and capacitance) to input type (RCA or XLR), gain and filtering. A remote...

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Schiit Modius E balanced USB DAC. It is on kind loan from a member and costs US $229. The "E" edition swaps the AKM DAC chip for ESS ES9028. See my review of the normal Schiit Modius here. This is a stripped down DAC with no display or remote...

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Schiit Loki Mini+ analog four band equalizer. It is on kind loan from a member and costs US $149/$159 (Black/Silver). We have the usual Schiit enclosure which is fine for this application. Its stamped steel enclosure helps here by making it...

My pleasure. I don't have any other Schiit products to test currently.

We are sad for you....

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Schiit Modi+ stereo USB DAC. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $129. There are three inputs and are nicely stepped through using the momentary switch. The white LED that indicates the selected input is nice but alas, there is some...

...broad brush and doesn't spend a bit of time looking at the performance of specific products, that is on them. If I had said to buy everything Schiit makes blindly, then sure, that would be an issue but I don't. Of course, you all are welcome to develop an idea of the company on your own and...

Review just posted: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/schiit-midgard-balanced-headphone-amp-review.48653/ :)

It is not hard to show differences. I once tested a Topping against Schiit DAC. I played signals at very low level, something like -50 dB. I then boosted the levels to compensate. Difference was easy to hear although getting the parameters right to avoid amplification/capture noise was hard...

...problems with USB interference, visible in their measurements. Here is an example: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/schiit-modi-1-usb-dac-review.10273/ The problem is so acute with this DAC that I routinely use it to test ideas like USB cables mattering, power...

A member sent me a modified version of Schiit Magni 3+ for testing. The modification is based on the fact that the power supply design violates the specification from the IC company (low drop out regulator). Here is the schematic and modifications made: Per note from the member, specs for LM...

Maybe. :)

I should say that I did a crude test once with a Schiit and a topping (?) headphone amp. Tapping the table underneath caused corresponding output of the amp! I traced this to the volume control.

There was never a personal thing with me. What changed was them focusing on objectively excellent products. Once there, whether they were nice to me or not, they were going to get positive reviews. This happened about 3 years ago.

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Schiit Magni Heretic headphone amplifier. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $109. You can get it in silver or back. Either way, the side and back panels are in red which I like. As you see, there is not much to the functionality...

...That aside, the issue was simple: post my measurements and finding quantization error (truncation from 24 to 20 bit resolution of the DAC), schiit fixed the firmware and handed a unit with that fix to Jude. Jude got different results and turned it into my not being competent. Whether Jude...