Article: A Halo Over My Schiit

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Thanks for the article @bobfa

I'm really happy you have the Schiit Urd. As you know, it's a very misunderstood product and I can't wait for you do spend even more time with it. Great stuff at a great price. 

Who says HiFi is priced outrageously these days?!

I really want an Urd! Thanks for the write-up. Hope to be able to afford one soon.

Love the clickbait title!  And glad you have your Schitt together (sorry).  

I purchased a Modius DAC when my usual DAC (at the time) needed repair since I wanted to use the same AES input cable and balanced output cables.  What a surprise!  Really enjoyable from the moment I plugged it in.  At that price, astounding.  Had expected to listen mostly to background music to get me through the weeks needed for the repair, but ended up enjoying it on all kinds of music.   

Schitt gear is the perfect demonstration of diminishing returns.  

I can’t believe that the SBT is still working! Mine quit years ago. Should be in a museum somewhere. Have fun.

8 hours ago, Bob2803 said:

I can’t believe that the SBT is still working! Mine quit years ago. Should be in a museum somewhere. Have fun.

I have two that still work.

It's one of the best hi-fi values of all time. Sounds great and is extremely versatile.

Attach a pair of powered speakers and it's a complete hifi system with a screen, including a server (using the USB with a HD attached) if you don't mind having a bit of an underpowered server (works, but you can't stress it too much). 

21 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Thanks for the article @bobfa

 

I'm really happy you have the Schiit Urd. As you know, it's a very misunderstood product and I can't wait for you do spend even more time with it. Great stuff at a great price. 

 

Who says HiFi is priced outrageously these days?!

@The Computer Audiophile  I will have a lot more to say about the Urd and Schiit in general.  There is some cool hardware in the Urd: USB input switching!  DDC outputs, Nice.  

While the Urd kind of sits in the background a bit the Modius and the Midgard are front and center here.  I was and am so pleased with the purchase of this pair.  The team at Schiit keep iterating and improving.  The Halo headphone output  has some interesting magic with at least my HD6xx headphones.   I just ordered a balanced cable for my Meze 109Pro headphones, I will see how that works out soon.

The Squeezebox touch will most likely be replaced with something else soon, I am chasing something “new to me”  This is just a placeholder in some ways to think outside the box.  Oh and the SBT is not my server, LMS is running on a  Pi5 with attached storage.

In the parlance of my new world of thinking this stack each of this products are “Something Special”.  

RJF

13 hours ago, firedog said:

I have two that still work.

It's one of the best hi-fi values of all time. Sounds great and is extremely versatile.

Attach a pair of powered speakers and it's a complete hifi system with a screen, including a server (using the USB with a HD attached) if you don't mind having a bit of an underpowered server (works, but you can't stress it too much). 

If you can find one of the Duet controllers with the screen and wheel, it will pair with the SBT perfectly. It is a great way to control the SBT remotely. I used mine for years in my LMS days.

13 minutes ago, Bob2803 said:

If you can find one of the Duet controllers with the screen and wheel, it will pair with the SBT perfectly. It is a great way to control the SBT remotely. I used mine for years in my LMS days.

I have one somewhere. I had to pack up my place a year ago and can’t find the controller…. Probably in a box in my shed. I have the Duet, too. Probably they are together. But the Duet wasn’t a great product, the Wi-Fi was a bit iffy. The controller was, for anyone who had SB products. 

On 8/26/2024 at 11:46 AM, PYP said:

Love the clickbait title!  And glad you have your Schitt together (sorry).  

 

I purchased a Modius DAC when my usual DAC (at the time) needed repair since I wanted to use the same AES input cable and balanced output cables.  What a surprise!  Really enjoyable from the moment I plugged it in.  At that price, astounding.  Had expected to listen mostly to background music to get me through the weeks needed for the repair, but ended up enjoying it on all kinds of music.   

 

Schitt gear is the perfect demonstration of diminishing returns.  

I was only planning on using this for headphone listening, but the studio monitors sound pretty amazing, and I still want to upgrade them.

I will probably bring the Urd to the main system for a few days. I want to hear my CDs and play with the additional inputs.

3 hours ago, bobfa said:

I will probably bring the Urd to the main system for a few days. I want to hear my CDs and play with the additional inputs.

will be interested in how that goes.  As someone who only streams music, I'm interested in how a good CD transport would compare.  Have fun!

I still have my SBT from way back when and still use.  But WiiM is just as good and a lot easier to use.

Hey @bobfa, I have no idea when I'll get to it, but Tubular Bells is definitely on my TBVO list. I've already accumulated quite a few versions of it!

3 hours ago, Josh Mound said:

Hey @bobfa, I have no idea when I'll get to it, but Tubular Bells is definitely on my TBVO list. I've already accumulated quite a few versions of it!

Well if you were taking requests. Consider this my vote. 

14 hours ago, Josh Mound said:

Hey @bobfa, I have no idea when I'll get to it, but Tubular Bells is definitely on my TBVO list. I've already accumulated quite a few versions of it!

If you have not a copy yet of Tubular Bells 2003, was published on a DVD. It's a different mix and a new recording, it's my favourite version of Tubular bells.