Ah, so you want to taste the tube buffer huh?The Freya S
Ah, so you want to taste the tube buffer huh?The Freya S
I don't get anything electronic from the attenuator. The mechanical sound is only at the device. I suppose you could have something microphonic in the stream, or a problem with the Freya.Managed to snag a Freya S with the welcome surprise of being back in stock
Ive been playing with it this weekend. I’ve noticed some odd almost “micro pauses” in the music when adjusting the relay knob. It seems like the pauses could almost be perceived as a soft “pop” if changing the volume knob fast enough.
I notice this audibly both through speakers and headphones
is this the nature of a relay stepped attenuator, that the sound sort of cuts out then back in really quickly as the relays switch? Not sure if this started concerning anyone else.
Does this sound normal?
I don't hear anything in your video that seems different from mine. Not sure exactly how attenuator works, but maybe when you are between one setting and the next, there is less resistance and more volume than you have at either full step. If that is the case, it wouldn't be a defect, just an attribute of the attenuator, and one that never bothered me. The scale of the steps is audio/ logarithmic, so each step should sound similar in magnitude to your ears.
Seem pretty similar through my Heresy and Focal Utopias. I do think it might get a little louder for miliseconds between steps, but I think it is normal. Since it switches between settings, I suspect that between settings it could either have some combination of resistances in parallel, or have it shut off and then pop back on at the next setting. If that is the case, they certainly picked the right option.Thank you! I agree any sort of jump is nearly inaudible in that video, and I may be attributing what I hear when it's through headphones to what I hear in speakers.
With my eyes closed the volume may not be jumping at 12'oclock but only the slightest disconnect/reconnect - in a matter of small small millieseconds if I had to guess. It seems so much like a bigger jump in volume than any other step before/after 12. Maybe my brains is playing tricks with me. I'm definitely leaning toward "working as designed" with it.
Have you tried running your Freya into a headphone amp by chance? The little disconnects/reconnects seem much more apparent - and sound muchmore "scratchy / poppy" when listening through headphones. It's that sound but less-so when listening through speakers.
I will update this thread with Schiits reply as well!
Seem pretty similar through my Heresy and Focal Utopias. I do think it might get a little louder for miliseconds between steps, but I think it is normal. Since it switches between settings, I suspect that between settings it could either have some combination of resistances in parallel, or have it shut off and then pop back on at the next setting. If that is the case, they certainly picked the right option.
... or I could be totally wrong and hearing momentary increase because I expect to. I never noticed anything before.
I had a PS1 music YouTube vid going and found a better example what going back and forth over 12 'oclock on the knob sounds like. I recorded the vid here comin' out of my Buchardt's
This is a single tone but with me going back and forth over 12 'oclock at the moment where it jumps in db, or micro disconnects/reconnects/whatever is happening. To me it's a lot more jarring than if I was going back and forth over any other point in the knob, 12 o'clock just makes it most apparent where it's not a gradual increase/decrease it's actually more of a "jumpy/poppy" increase/decrease.
This hopefully gives a better example of the worst it can get with the speakers (Buchardt S300 MK II.. not overly sensitve.. somewhat harder to drive 4ohm).. When in headphones (either my Aeon 2 Noire planars, or the Audio Technica M40X's) and you hear this kind of jumpiness/disconnect/reconnect even as you are nearing 12'oclock on the knob
I had a PS1 music YouTube vid going and found a better example what going back and forth over 12 'oclock on the knob sounds like. I recorded the vid here comin' out of my Buchardt's
This is a single tone but with me going back and forth over 12 'oclock at the moment where it jumps in db, or micro disconnects/reconnects/whatever is happening. To me it's a lot more jarring than if I was going back and forth over any other point in the knob (ie: between 9-10 for example), 12 o'clock just makes it most apparent where it's not a gradual increase/decrease it's actually more of a "jumpy/poppy" increase/decrease.
This hopefully gives a better example of the worst it can get with the speakers (Buchardt S300 MK II.. not overly sensitive.. somewhat harder to drive 4ohm).. When in headphones - either my Aeon 2 Noire planars, or the Audio Technica M40X's - you hear this kind of jumpiness/disconnect/reconnect even as you are nearing 12'oclock on the knob.
Unfortunately even when in passive mode whenever I do touch the knob it's usually to go either just to 12 or over.. so it's the one position I'm floating between the most so I notice it quite a bit whenever I go to adjust (sometimes I adjust just to feel the knob.. I'm weird like that)
Something is definitely wrong.
Maybe @T.M.Noble would knowDoes anyone here have a bead on the SLA targets Schiit likes to hit for customer support response times? Comin' up on day 3 now and I haven't heard back from them. I know people can get busy just wanted other peoples input to maybe get an idea of how long to expect.
The way this Freya is handling turning up and down volume (the function it's supposed to excel at) is really starting to drive me crazy
Did you at least receive an immediate automated acknowledgement of your message? If not, I'd try again.Does anyone here have a bead on the SLA targets Schiit likes to hit for customer support response times? Comin' up on day 3 now and I haven't heard back from them.
Did you at least receive an immediate automated acknowledgement of your message? If not, I'd try again.
You should have certainly heard back from then by now. Not knowing enough about the situation makes it difficult. Did you send the email to [email protected]?Does anyone here have a bead on the SLA targets Schiit likes to hit for customer support response times? Comin' up on day 3 now and I haven't heard back from them. I know people can get busy just wanted other peoples input to maybe get an idea of how long to expect.
The way this Freya is handling turning up and down volume (the function it's supposed to excel at) is really starting to drive me crazy