New name. Busker Schiit.It makes it sound like you are there listing to the music live.
You know, one of those live performances at a street fair with cheap equipment that is poorly setup and pushed way past its limits. It is like being there.
New name. Busker Schiit.It makes it sound like you are there listing to the music live.
You know, one of those live performances at a street fair with cheap equipment that is poorly setup and pushed way past its limits. It is like being there.
The cavalier attitude Schiit clearly has for electrical safety, has been demonstrated time and again in the ASR reviews of these devices showing the internal construction.
We have a litany of sins from this outfit:
Transformers not secured except via solder pins (several instances), including transformers ripping off PCBs. This was obvious it would happen.
Inadequate spacing/insulation under PCBs to chassis.
Un-insulated live fuses/switches with metal toggles and
No effective safety earth on metal cased mains powered products.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...ga-grounding-and-hum-issues.4737/#post-104653
And now 'slide on, fall off' T0-220 heatsinks, where they have saved a few cents by bending the heatsink to hopefully hold on, rather than screw, washer and nut.
And the blatantly deceptive, fake CE logo.
Does it take an electrocution and a lawsuit before this is taken seriously?
Unfortunately this is what happens with many brands.Its a total joke. But even with these performance and safety issues, I still come up against hoards of Schiit fan boys online that won't even read objective information about the products. I've even had a Mod on Drop disagree! (‘It’s Easier to Fool People Than to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled’ rings true). Unfortunately, it seems that Schiit was able to generate some hype and brand recognition in a market without informed consumers or transparency, and they've been riding that wave ever since.
This was already done and the products were trash.I am confused as to why you would review a DAC that is no longer in production as if it is a representative of their current product. To my understanding, I have read your reviews as an attempt to determine objective standards and ratings for audio equipment. This lacks anything remotely like objectivity. You received an eight year old unit, far out of production and no longer representative of the product, from a third party from which you cannot verify the treatment of that product during those years. You then draw conclusions about Schiit's current practices based on their standards and equipment from 2011. This post drips with inauthenticity. Your conclusions judge a companies standards of today when you are critiquing a unit built in a garage almost a decade ago. If you feel that the only way you can find objective results is buy testing customer units, become a customer when testing units. Purchase the unit under a pseudonym and test it objectively and honestly. If its bad, say its bad based on fair test conditions.
Some notes:I am confused as to why you would review a DAC that is no longer in production as if it is a representative of their current product. To my understanding, I have read your reviews as an attempt to determine objective standards and ratings for audio equipment. This lacks anything remotely like objectivity. You received an eight year old unit, far out of production and no longer representative of the product, from a third party from which you cannot verify the treatment of that product during those years. You then draw conclusions about Schiit's current practices based on their standards and equipment from 2011. This post drips with inauthenticity. Your conclusions judge a companies standards of today when you are critiquing a unit built in a garage almost a decade ago. If you feel that the only way you can find objective results is buy testing customer units, become a customer when testing units. Purchase the unit under a pseudonym and test it objectively and honestly. If its bad, say its bad based on fair test conditions.
Just to prevent Shiit becoming the victims of such rumours: There is no such thing as a "fake" CE mark. This is an urban legend that seems to be impossible to eradicate.That is a FAKE "CE" mark! See: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/beware-the-fake-ce-mark.6315/
Which begs the question: Did Schiit knowingly put the FAKE one on it? Or is this unit actually made in China?
I'm not sure what you are talking about? CE is a self certification anyway.Just to prevent Shiit becoming the victims of such rumours: There is no such thing as a "fake" CE mark. This is an urban legend that seems to be impossible to eradicate.
This simply a badly rendered CE mark, so merely evidence of sloppy work, but not of evil will. A manufacturer does not gain anything by not adhering to the proper proportions of the symbol, as EU customs might reject such products at the border, or even destroy them without compensation to the owner. But the manufacturer or importer will not be less liable or responsible than with a properly rendered CE mark.
There are countless fake CE marks from products coming out of China for example. Whether Schiit is doing the same is up to them to positively deny. Have you seen them provide that or any statement of compliance?There is no such thing as a "fake" CE mark.
It matters because I have examined some Schiit products and they have dubious safety measures. See: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...otunheim-headphone-amplifier.3733/#post-89406What does that matter?
You better have tested the product to comply. Since companies like Schiit are likely not big enough to perform such tests themselves, it is reasonable to ask them to provide said certificate. Without such testing, it is NOT legal to use that mark.You do not have to have any certifications, and still can legally apply a CE mark.
Just to prevent Shiit becoming the victims of such rumours: There is no such thing as a "fake" CE mark. This is an urban legend that seems to be impossible to eradicate.
This simply a badly rendered CE mark, so merely evidence of sloppy work, but not of evil will. A manufacturer does not gain anything by not adhering to the proper proportions of the symbol, as EU customs might reject such products at the border, or even destroy them without compensation to the owner. But the manufacturer or importer will not be less liable or responsible than with a properly rendered CE mark.
What's the "real ce certification"??You're talking out of your ass bud; they're putting a baboon / altered version of the CE mark like the Chinese crooks do. The different proportions are a trick, as the real CE certification verifies that the product is a safe device according to European regulations. Schiit has made a multitude of mistakes and wrong actions, so I'm not surprised to see this. They're a backyard operation and a danger to the public if I ever saw one. Save this post as a reminder: Schiit is going to be closed down by a massive lawsuit in the future due to dangerous and illegal engineering and business practices.