New multibit DAC coming from Schiit -

[Svperstar]

Being new doesn't make it better than old. If you look at the measurements in that thread you can see what kind of performance one should expect from the new Schiit models.

For sure but I mean at least they aren't digging up old chips from 1985 and claiming they sound magical, its a new, modern piece of equipment.

 

[gvl]

For sure but I mean at least they aren't digging up old chips from 1985 and claiming they sound magical, its a new, modern piece of equipment.

I kind of wish they did. Like found a big stash of PCM1704-K chips and gave them a proper treatment.

 

[Veri]

I kind of wish they did. Like found a big stash of PCM1704-K chips and gave them a proper treatment.

SMSL was going to do that but the project seems to have died or something

https://twitter.com/x/status/1149247571275259904

 

[gvl]

SMSL was going to do that but the project seems to have died or something

https://twitter.com/x/status/1149247571275259904

I remember that. I suspect they discovered that the only PCM1704 parts they can get these days are either counterfeit or defective.

 

[JWAmerica]

I simply cannot fathom spending $2500 on a Schiit product, no less a DAC. This isn't a Marantz or Denon product that will still work in 30 years.

 

[don'ttrustauthority]

I simply cannot fathom spending $2500 on a Schiit product, no less a DAC. This isn't a Marantz or Denon product that will still work in 30 years.

There are some compromises that must be made to use parts all made in the USA.

 

[ouimetnick]

I simply cannot fathom spending $2500 on a Schiit product, no less a DAC. This isn't a Marantz or Denon product that will still work in 30 years.

In fairness to Schiit, I’m not confident that a brand new $2500 Marantz or Denon piece of equipment will be working in 30 years either. With proprietary and next to impossible to source ICs, they aren’t really repairable like vintage Marantz gear is.

 

[AdamG]

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Please and thank you.

 

[don'ttrustauthority]

Moving a sick kid can overwhelm various indices daily.

 

[Dismayed]

Let the market decide...if there are too expensive and perform poor then by science of economics they will cease to exist.

LOL!!! Science of economics? I studied Econ at U Chicago, but it was after I was educated as a scientist. Econ models typically make embarrassingly bad assumptions and then economists pretend that the results are useful. I’ve long maintained that the very best economists rarely rise to the level of a mediocre scientist.

 

[Nikolaos]

LOL!!! Science of economics? I studied Econ at U Chicago, but it was after I was educated as a scientist. Econ models typically make embarrassingly bad assumptions and then economists pretend that the results are useful. I’ve long maintained that the very best economists rarely rise to the level of a mediocre scientist.

At that time the conclusions came out by observations and not by statistics. So, it was very easy to say "the hand of God will fix everything

 

[Dismayed]

At that time the conclusions came out by observations and not by statistics. So, it was very easy to say "the hand of God will fix everything

No, U Chicago was very mathematical when I was there. And the models were still junk. This is from the era when I studied. And I took option pricing as an elective.

 

[raif71]

No, U Chicago was very mathematical when I was there. And the models were still junk. This is from the era when I studied. And I took option pricing as an elective.

You have such A Beautiful Mind

 

[Dismayed]

You have such A Beautiful Mind

I studied it. I didn’t invent it. That would be more shame than I could bear.