user: domv   would like to see more active monitors, e.g. adam audio!

  Good tip on the website, it's looks half built but I was able to glean some rough pricing from it. Twenty quid loaner programme bodes well..

Did anyone score pricing/availability from electromod on the Gungnir Multibit and Mjolnir 2?

Quote: if nothing else, I'm super intrigued by the mysterious technology that Jason has been promising in the statement DAC. Anyone want to hazard a guess? A novel R-2R / multibit implementation? Who knows...

Quote: It's a killer, and right at the time I'm in the market for an end-game* balanced dac (just finished my balanced-only beta22 build). Matrix mini 'rental' will have to plug the gap ;/    * like this hobby ever has an end-game 

thanks for the suggestion. That does look nice, but AmpCity list the 7.1 now for £1200. I'm pushing it with £1k tbh, can't afford to 20% over budget    Quote:  

Quote: kind of you to offer - I'm in Northamptonshire.

thanks guys.   @szadzik as far as I can tell, the Octave isn't balanced, so that's out for me, I've implemented my beta22 as balanced input/output only. With regard to AmpCity, they may be a touch expensive, but they are offering a UK-based warranty and a 30-day trial period, which for me...

I've been looking for a sub-1000GBP DAC to pair up with my LCD2r1 and newly DIYed balanced beta22 and my search has led me as far as the Lite DAC-83, although I'm finding impressions on it incredibly scarce. There's a review by John Darko on Digital Audio Review, but apart from that... radio...

Quote: X-DAC vs. Lite Dac-83? That would be a boss-move IMHO 

subscribed   look forward to seeing more impressions on this one, looks like it might tick a lot of boxes for my DAC search

I'm in a similar predicament @AppleheadMay - I'm probably leaning towards the Lavry, if only because I'm interested in the digital crossfeed implementation, but I'm going to hold out to see what Schiit have in store with their mid-tier and statement DACs in the new year.

Quote: Any indication as to why it wouldn't work with some DACs? On paper SBT has coax and optical SPDIF outputs for 16/24bit and the usual compliment of sample rates, so.... doesn't seem to be any reason in principle it wouldn't be fine with Bifrost.

Hey Jason - any more juice on the upcoming models?

lucky number #8 w/USB.   I believe that 8 is a lucky number in China... which I'm thinking is a sign that I should also be ordering HE-500. If you try hard enough you can convince yourself of anything ;)

Quote: Hopefully one day Schiit will have enough products to compose the lyrics to an entire Turisas song ;/   

x2 on good source for the LCD-2, especially for scope of the soundstage and placement of instruments.   I spent years looking for a system that could keep up with the wide bandwidth and speed of metal, I owned SR325is and DT880, then upped my financial commitment and auditioned lower-end...

Nope, but I do have one for sale ;) and it is a beast, drives the LCD-2 like a train with tons of refinement. http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/547143/fs-musical-fidelity-m1-hpa-uk

Mine hums into my LCD-2, not affected by the volume level and equal in both channels. Two changes of tubes and a cheater plug made no difference. To be honest though, it's inaudible when any music is playing, even in the quietest passages, so I'm not sweating it.

Lyr just arrived after it's trip across the Atlantic, and I'm up schiit creek with 6 watts of paddle    Simply put, I'm loving this amp with the LCD-2. It really works well with their bass capability without letting it get out of control, or losing definition, and the mids and highs manage...

Can't wait to get my Lyr (should be shipped at the end of the month) so I can pitch it against my Musical Fidelity M1 HPA.   The LCD-2 already sound *amazing* with the M1, and doesn't feel underpowered at all (volume pot goes 7 o'clock round to 5 o'clock, normal volume for me with the LCD-2...

Quote: What tubes did you replace the JJs with?    

Same here.   Quote:  

The eagle has landed  Anyone watching the timelines, I've put mine at the bottom.   Arrived in perfect condition, sorry for the crappy cellphone photo. It's an Audiolab 8200CD > Musical Fidelity M1 HPA > LCD-2   Too early for impressions after a 5-minute listen, but what I heard off the...

  Quote: Thanks. Specifically with refernce to the HE-6 - are they wired correctly and only in need of the speakerwire>XLR adaptor?