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Schiit Modi+ DAC Review

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  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 4 1.5%
  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 10 3.7%
  • 3. Fine (happy panther

    Votes: 160 59.3%
  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 96 35.6%

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Robbo99999

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Almost identical performance to Atom DAC+ except for the weaker filter.
Yeah, it's a better product overall and also for less money. (although no coax input)
 

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Nice review. Wondering what it cost to add DSD support to a product when the DAC chip supports it?
 

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I hope they sent the updated Modius for a review as well
 

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Not made, assembled. Most likely the PCB is made in Far East.
"Designed and Built in Texas
By “designed and built in Texas" this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Modi+—chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, etc—goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. Our chassis are made from Texas steel in California (yeah, we know, weird), and the PCBs are done in Nevada and Utah. Who needs global trade when you have statal trade? (Just kidding, of course…it is still a global economy. But you get the picture.)"
 

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"Designed and Built in Texas
By “designed and built in Texas" this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Modi+—chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, etc—goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. Our chassis are made from Texas steel in California (yeah, we know, weird), and the PCBs are done in Nevada and Utah. Who needs global trade when you have statal trade? (Just kidding, of course…it is still a global economy. But you get the picture.)"
Why say assembly then?

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I am Canadian and do not know the requirement to get a made in USA tag. In Canada what they describe count as made in Canada. Sometimes it's just not worth the hassle to have to justify what percentage of this and that. Don't know, it doesn't matter that much to me, just responding to your "Most likely the PCB..." With the actual info on their website. Built, designed, assembled, made, it's just tags. Obviously not all the parts are american made.
 

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Clearly built to a price. No DSD not an issue for me. I’d rather play an originally mastered flac with good dynamic range than more modern remastered DSD stuff that’s had the dynamic range sucked out of it. YMMV of course

The back of the unit looks like a 10 year old wearing an eye patch was in charge of socket alignment. It looks atrocious. The ASSY wording is comical too.
 

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Great to see Schiit continue the (new) tradition of optimizing objective performance
This is simply not OK in terms of science or not accurate enough as you don't see all their production, you see only what they want you to see. Nevertheless it's nice to see them performing better than before.
 

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nce or not accurate enough as you don't see all their production, you see only what they want you to see.
How could you possibly evaluate the entire production of any manufacturer? If so none of these reviews here are ok in "term of science". What do you mean exactly? They post measurment reports, they send samples, what more do you need?
 

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His comment simply implies all their production is heading towards better performance, this is simply false or not accurate enough as ASR sees only what they send-in, in this particular case only a small fraction of their products range.
 

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"Jitter performance oddly is best on Coax with USB being in the middle and Toslink bringing in the rear:"

Yes, by all means, bring in the "rear"... ?

Text dont match image info - both pics says "Toslink"...

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His comment simply implies all their production is heading towards better performance, this is simply false or not accurate enough as ASR sees only what they send-in, in this particular case only a small fraction of their products range.
I think you imply what you want to imply, the last Schiit product reviewed, the Freya+, was unrecommended both subjectively and objectively.
 

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Built, designed, assembled, made, it's just tags.

it’s not just tags. It’s a federal definition.

“Made in USA”

To qualify for a ‘Made in USA’ or ‘Made in America’ label, a product must be “all or virtually all” manufactured in America according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This encompasses all fifty states, US territories, and the District of Columbia. Products bearing this label should have little to no overseas content. However, some parts may be imported from other countries in order for the US manufacturer to successfully produce. This is usually based on availability of certain raw materials and/or the assembly requirements of certain components or parts of a product.

“Assembled in the USA”

In contrast, products displaying an ‘Assembled in the USA’ label will contain a higher percentage of imported components but will be physically assembled in America. The FTC states that these products need to have undergone a significant transformation on American soil. What this means is a good portion of the parts and components, whether imported or manufactured in the US, will need to be assembled together directly in the US and must produce a distinct product that is unique to the assembling company.

 

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Here is what Schiit says:

"And—it bears mentioning—we believe that close-coupled, local control of all of the aspects of production delivers better products. That's why we design and produce our stuff here in the USA, with the vast majority of parts cost going to US-based companies manufacturing in the US. We need all of that clarification in there because some people have played games with what "Assembled in USA" means. When we say it, it means that our chassis guys are right over the hill in the San Fernando Valley, our transformers are made here in California, our boards come from the east coast (of the USA), and we design, assemble, and test everything here in Valencia, California."
 

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Being relatively inexpensive, the components—certainly not made in USA—represent a significant part of the final cost and disqualify the Modi+ from a “Made in USA” tag. Schiit would have to increase the price considerably in order to label it “Made in USA”…:facepalm:
 
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Text dont match image info - both pics says "Toslink"...
sorry. Put a note in there indicating the first graph is Coax. The second one is Toslink.
 
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