Post by Owen Y on Oct 16, 2018 9:57:25 GMT 12
Darko at RMAF 2018 conducts a darned interesting interview with the two directors of SCHIIT Audio, about what's coming up from them, including....
[Warning: Their usual sprinkling of entertaining coarse language
]
Choice snippets....
" We could always throw a cartridge on an arm...then we piss off every other cartridge manufacturer! "
(On why their Sol TT will come sans cartridge.)
" streaming sounds like ass "
" USB sounded like F****** ass "
(On why they have obtained their own USB licence & developed their own USB code.)
" If you build a $100 DAC, they'd better be 99% reliable or better...we can't afford to pay somebody (to fix it) "
" It's a good product, it happens to be at a cheap price. "
- New AEGIR amplifier that runs in 'Continuity' (vs Class A). mode
- New SOL turntable, which will retail for only $699 with unipivot tonearm & on-the-fly VTA adjustment.
- The GADGET Digital Music Processor
- SCHIIT Pi (vs Raspberry Pi) computer processor
- Their own new USB standard
[Warning: Their usual sprinkling of entertaining coarse language
]Choice snippets....
" We could always throw a cartridge on an arm...then we piss off every other cartridge manufacturer! "
(On why their Sol TT will come sans cartridge.)
" streaming sounds like ass "
" USB sounded like F****** ass "
(On why they have obtained their own USB licence & developed their own USB code.)
" If you build a $100 DAC, they'd better be 99% reliable or better...we can't afford to pay somebody (to fix it) "
" It's a good product, it happens to be at a cheap price. "
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