Every time I read the bullshit bias against Schiit here, it strikes me as group-think. SBAF tends to like Schiit, you people hate SBAF, and through transference, most of you hate Schiit. Get over it already. I bet Topping has many more product issues than Schiit. You are all just blind to them.
Stop acting like children. You people are supposed to be “Objectivists”. Put up or shut up. Your Schiit hate is getting boring. Schiit makes some pretty good stuff at decent prices. Life is too short for this hatred.
Tool says it best in The Grudge:
Give away the stone
Let the oceans take and trans mutate this cold and fated anchor
Give away the stone
Let the waters kiss and trans mutate these leaden grudges into gold
Let go
Schiit has some really nice things going for it. They've got what appears to be almost all metal parts and what looks like a nice high quality look to it.
I mean look at it! Now does that translate to anything meaningful in terms of use and sound? I have no clue. I am intimidated by the setup aspect.
I do know that nobody except the person that posted he did has listened to it. I've seen people get very fixated on very trivial things in such a way that if something doesn't meet a very specific standard that it's complete trash compared to something that does.
So I've not written off this turntable.
Having said that the other TT's that people have pointed me towards seems like it would be more up my street experience-wise plus the switch and the thumping almost sounds like a deal breaker for me.
I try to keep an open mind towards Schit. I focus on real world use and subjective impressions. The products of theirs I've heard so far have ranged from sounding extremely good to good but not enough to make me switch
Either way I don't hear any serious deficiencies that would make me pause - though I admit there clearly have been some found. Their products are reasonably priced for me. I like their personality. I like the looks, I like the build, and I like that they try to do something different. I am too bored by all these clones and companies doing the same old thing. Topping is a good example. There's just no point for me. I've seen it already. Saber DAC, XLR's, headphone output. The only difference is that it's cheaper. Been there, done that. Schitt is interesting.
Having said that .... I think Schiit's new and improved USB flavor of the month is pointless.