[Ratatelas]

I’m looking at their website site and their stuff seems affordable for what it provides. Anyone have any good or bad experiences with their products? Thanks!

[FullRangeMan]

I’m looking at their website site and their stuff seems affordable for what it provides. Anyone have any good or bad experiences with their products? Thanks!

Yes they are famous for affordable products.
But their products are made to be used with 115V or 230V only.
If you have 100V, 127V, 220V or 240V in your home they will not work.

[toocool4]

Welcome to AudioCircle Ratatelas

I hear nothing but good things about Schiit products, they make reasonable kit at not an arm and a leg price. As for voltage, you should have no problems as all kit these days are built to work within + / - 10%.

[listenermark]

I own a Schiit pre-amp and an amplifier.  Five years in, and they are flawless.

[Letitroll98]

I've had my go rounds with the owners many years back, but they are a very reputable company with well regarded products made with a commitment to American made and assembled.  That means they don't just buy Chinese boards and assemble in America, they contract the boards domestically.  The worst criticism I've heard is that they can sound a little vanilla with some products.  Boring or consistent, that's an individual judgement.

[mick wolfe]

Nothing but a positive experience here. Have owned 5 of their products and currently still have 3. Had 2 issues over the years (both a result of operator error ) and they were quickly resolved.

[I.Greyhound Fan]

I own a Lokius tone control and a Modi 3 DAC.  the Modi is cheaply made but it is an inexpensive product.  The Lokius is a bit better.  I also had a friends Yggdrasil DAC in my system for a couple of days.  It was well made and sounded great.

[nlitworld]

Owned several products over the years. Still have a headphone amp and their Sol turntable. They've always presented as good value products, with some punching well above their weight class. I will say system synergy is a thing with their products, so try it out use the return policy after 10 days or so if necessary. Also their warranty policy is great and very easy to work with. Had a dac arrive DOA and they were quick to issue an RGA and sent new one before I knew it. Solid  here.

Also their second hand value still holds really really well, so buying used doesn't save much.

[ohskigod]

grabbed a schitt Saga 2 on a lark and am taken aback just how good it is.   new for 279?  can NOT be beat,  and a decent headphone amp to boot.     Gonna grab a Kara at some point.    the saga 2 sounds FANTASTIC.

[AllanS]

Credible. Reliable.  Great warranties. Great product support.  The principals are not industry scavengers looking to make a buck and bail - well okay they did bail on SoCal but that’s a different story.

I’ve had 6 different pieces over as many years with 0 issues. Three are main stays in my current system and they have 3 others, maybe 4, I’d buy today if I could get them past the boss.

They’re not for everybody.  Some will turn up their noses at Schiit as having less than audiophile cred but bang for the buck they are hard to beat.  I’m not the most discriminating but I have a Lyr+, Lokius, and Aegir 1 paired with Spatial Audio M4 Sapphires and it sounds fabulous.

They don’t take themselves too seriously but are always up to something interesting.  They try stuff.  If it doesn’t fly it gets canned, they shrug their shoulders, laugh at themselves and move on.  My favorite is a line in the Lyr+ FAQ: “But I want balanced and tubes and—Yeah. We did that. It was called Mjolnir. It was big and inconvenient and we couldn’t move it with bran.”

Besides holding their value, the warranties are not transferrable so buying used only really makes sense if beyond warranty.

Read their ongoing story
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701900/

[AllanS]

…they don't just buy Chinese boards and assemble in America, they contract the boards domestically.

One step further they’re bringing board assembly in house.

[newzooreview]

Yes. Reputable and often competitive in the price range. Made in the USA.

Their product lines can be a little confusing at first glance given the heavy use of a variety of non-obvious coined terms for different product features. For example, the new Asgard X headphone amp (which I have burning in at the moment; very nice) has a Mesh DAC card option. They say that it uses their Unison 384 USB interface, but it is not really clear from the product information that the Unison 384 USB interface used in the Asgard X does not include galvanic isolation that is included in the Unison USB interface on their Bifrost DAC. So, their own marketing of a "Unison" USB interface means slightly different things on different products.

Pinning down the exact technical details of specific features of products is not a challenge unique to Schiit, and I think they make a lot of good equipment. I've owned their original Yggdrasil DAC, and it was excellent. I still have their original Bifrost DAC and Lyr tube headphone amp. And a friend bought their Freya pre-amp, Aegir amps, and Mani phono preamp. He is very happy with them and has not had any issues.

Their packaging is straightforward: just what is needed to get it there safely, barring gross mistreatment in transit. Their warranties are excellent and well beyond what most manufacturers offer on even more costly equipment. The $189 Magni headphone amp has a 3-year warranty.

Definitely check out the head-fi forums as mentioned above, and also Jason Stoddard's occasional interviews on Youtube. He gives a clear sense of Schiit's design approach and goals. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jason+stoddard&sp=EgIIBQ%253D%253D

Their equipment typically comes in small, medium, and large. The small devices are solidly constructed (e.g. the Modi DAC) but moving up to the medium-sized devices (e.g. Bifrost DAC) the metalwork is thicker. The large devices are all built like a tank. Across the board nothing feels cheesy or likely to break in handling and normal usage, which in the lower price ranges is not always the case with other manufacturers.

[kenk]

Nice products I believe but just be aware of the restocking fee etc if you decided to return yours.  I purchased a piece of gear from them and decided to return it as some function is not working as advertised but still get hit with restocking fee. 

[newzooreview]

I just got my Magni Unity DAC/Amp for casual listening by the computer. It sounds surprisingly good. Very enjoyable.

However, at first it was hearing intermittent crackling. I have a good USB galvanic isolator (JDS Labs Synapse) and good cables that have been working without issue with a FiiO dac/amp.

After a lot of swapping cables and changing sources, I decided on a hunch to change the bit depth for the DAC from the 32-bit default to 24-bit. That seems to have cleared it up.

However, there is no information anywhere on the Schiit website or manual regarding the bit depth and sample rate for the DAC. Roon uses a default of 32/192, but that is likely wrong.

I have written to them to clarify, but the lack of any information on the website is a real annoyance. For all I know it's a 32-bit DAC as Roon default settings suggest, but it's defective and only works at 24 bits.

It sounds significantly better than the FiiO K11 R2R DAC. I think the headphone output on that is on par with a computer headphone amp. I may try the K11 as a DAC only via RCA to the Magni. So far I'm just using my Beyerdynamic DT 770 ProX headphones but will try my others over time.

[Alain Arseneault]

I purchased a Magni and sound good to my ears even after two years.
Made and-or assembled in US of A.
Prise is very good for what you get.

My opinion.

Double A

[SlushPuppy]

Yes

[nlitworld]

Hey Newzoo, last I knew all their dacs go 24/192 max. They post it as "Input capability" on the specs tab.

[newzooreview]

Hey Newzoo, last I knew all their dacs go 24/192 max. They post it as "Input capability" on the specs tab.

Thanks. As I said, I checked the website and the manual (downloaded and printed one in the box). There is no information about the internal DAC in the Magni. The only references to "input" in the Magni specs are "Input Impedance: 50k ohms" and a note about "Failsafe DC power input".

I'm 99% sure that you are correct for the Magni's DAC, but for prospective customers, the blind spots on technical information are something to keep in mind.

[wushuliu]

Thanks. As I said, I checked the website and the manual (downloaded and printed one in the box). There is no information about the internal DAC in the Magni. The only references to "input" in the Magni specs are "Input Impedance: 50k ohms" and a note about "Failsafe DC power input".

I'm 99% sure that you are correct for the Magni's DAC, but for prospective customers, the blind spots on technical information are something to keep in mind.

Very good point. Surprised they missed that. Maybe too focused on the witty bro-banter in description and faqs. Or don't think their target demo cares enough unless it's one of their pricier dacs.

[AllanS]

Thanks. As I said, I checked the website and the manual (downloaded and printed one in the box). There is no information about the internal DAC in the Magni. The only references to "input" in the Magni specs are "Input Impedance: 50k ohms" and a note about "Failsafe DC power input".

I'm 99% sure that you are correct for the Magni's DAC, but for prospective customers, the blind spots on technical information are something to keep in mind.

Yeah.  They have a good example to follow in the new Asgard X specs where the optional DAC specs are provided.  Even the older Jotunheim includes a reference to Unison USB, though no actual spec.