There is no way Schiit sold 65,000 units in 2017 let alone in their entire lifetime.......
According to Robert Harley they did, as he mentions in his review of the Yggdrasil DAC (actually it's that number "per year", but the review was published in June 2017, so it's earlier numbers). I suppose he got the numbers from Mike Moffat. I don't have a reason to believe it's made up, but I'll be happy if you prove me wrong after some investigation that I assume you will be eager to carry out, given your skepticism.
Actually I could care less but your voracious postings regarding all things Schitt leads one to be skeptical......
but your voracious postings regarding all things Schitt
Let's get serious please, we are also off topic. A ground loop would not be fixed by changing one AES/EBU cable for another; you either have a ground loop or you don't. Think about it: you are saying a digital MIT cable can break ground loops with digital components - wow. It's like telling me I can break any ground loop by changing a simple power cord. So again, let's get serious. And read on, no issues with my Berkeley.
P.S. Al, it has zero to do with you as an owner, and nothing to do with all the owners in the world.
It's a comment on a name, like a color, like grey on a rainy day above in the sky; it looks and feels like a chitty rainy day. That is all.
I made more money on rainy chitty days than blue sky sunny days in my life.
It's just what it is...comes with the job I performed.
Sounds to me like a ground-loop may be the culprit here. The transport may have bad signal integrity or a poor match to 75 ohms, making it sensitive to everything. This is really quite common. Saw it many times in modding transports for 10 years.
Also, if you are not using a 1.5m digital cable, you are likely getting reflections that add jitter.
Is the DAC and source plugged into the same AC outlet? Are you using some kind of conditioner? What about the preamp?
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
Reflections will depend on the impedance mismatch, the length will impact the timing of the reflection and not whether or not it occurs. I had a situation in grad school with a mass spectrometer and 5 meter coax cables reflecting. When ions hit the detector they sent s signal to the scope followed by signal ripples that were a function of the cable length...longer cable, longer interval between ripples. We redesigned the interface circuit to improve the impedance match and were able to improve the return loss by over 30db using a $100k HP network analyzer to measure our test circuits.
A longer digital cable will then change the nature of the reflection but only the right impedance match will reduce it.
Steve knows a lot more than what he writes over here. Your points - which are correct - are beautifully explained in great detail in this article of his https://positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htm which is reference material
(...) A longer digital cable will then change the nature of the reflection but only the right impedance match will reduce it.
Yes, good article. Reading it was one reason why I have a 1.5 meter cable.
Once the impedance is accurately matched and the transition times decreased, the Transport will become less sensitive to different digital cables, shorter cables can be used with confidence and the result is cleaner audio with better focus, definition and clarity.
Reflections will depend on the impedance mismatch, the length will impact the timing of the reflection and not whether or not it occurs. I had a situation in grad school with a mass spectrometer and 5 meter coax cables reflecting. When ions hit the detector they sent s signal to the scope followed by signal ripples that were a function of the cable length...longer cable, longer interval between ripples. We redesigned the interface circuit to improve the impedance match and were able to improve the return loss by over 30db using a $100k HP network analyzer to measure our test circuits.
A longer digital cable will then change the nature of the reflection but only the right impedance match will reduce it.
There will ALWAYS be a reflection. No cable or connector is perfect. The question is how much of a reflection and does it occur when it does damage to the destination edge that is audible?
The reflection is less important if it occurs at a time at the destination when it's a "don't care". This is why the longer cable is advantageous.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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