Slackaveli
Headphoneus Supremus
oh, wow, thats interesting.To add to the conversation about the bulging old blue 47microfarad capacitors in the first run.
I just got my MJ3 (First run, ordered morning of release date) back from repair of the funky gain switch, upon looking at it, I have one 10u black cap and one 47u blue cap. I'm not sure if they switched it out as well while it was there, but there's no mention of any work besides the gain switch on the repair invoice/sheet. Strange, but glad to see I now have the same cap layout as the second run it seems, besides the color of the 47 cap.
Quite hard to take a picture without opening the case:
It appears they are updating with the fix when units come in for repair.
If I had to guess it seems they have taken the "stealth update" approach, and knowing what we do about Schiit I can't say I blame them. The amount of pain they'd get from everybody sending in their MJ3 back for repair at the same time would be catastrophic for the repair line.
I think ethically it's probably fine since there is warranty coverage and it doesnt seem like anybody has had total failure or anything.
I'd say looking at your caps daily as you sit down to listen is in order though.
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