Schiit Reference Sytem review: Freya into Yggdrasil, into Vidar

Nah we just say crap.

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I would have mono’d them but they’re not rated to 4

Right, bridging amps into mono is a hoax, all you gain is more wattage, everywhere else it takes a hit.
Less damping factor (higher output impedance), higher distortion, less current ability into low impedance’s, all in all the only reason really to bridge an amp it to have it drive a P.A. system louder.

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scott_w236 posts02-16-2018 3:38pmPMC EB1i is the model. They’re frightening beasts.

The PMC EB1i are transmission line, which are normally known to want huge power. In this review they had to use the massive $5K Classé CA-2200 to drive them.
I would think the 7 x cheaper, Schiit Vidar probably drove them well to a "certain level" before the protection tripped.
http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/pmc-eb1i-transmission-line-loudspeaker/?page=4

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my big PMC

Which model were these?

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You can use these for the Loki, if your insistent on using the balanced on the source and amps. otherwise use single ended everywhere.

https://www.jaycar.com.au/3-pin-xlr-type-to-rca-adaptors/p/PA3802

https://www.jaycar.com.au/3-pin-xlr-type-to-rca-adaptor/p/PA3800

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I disagree, however, that SE sounds better in *most* cases. In fact, I believe the opposite is true

This is your belief, I found the opposite true with 2mt or less interconnects. Who wants extra opamps in the signal path for balanced operation if not needed.

And what does this have to do with the topic/thread?
"To bad the Loki doesn’t have balanced connectivity in/out. Now, "that would be something" :)"

I simply answered to this.

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To bad the Loki doesn't have balanced connectivity in/out. Now, "that would be something" :)

It's only an advantage with noise, if the interconnects are over 10mts long.
Single ended in most cases sound better, because many balanced inputs or outputs are just a balanced opamps thrown into the signal path before or after the true single ended input or output!!

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A designer who doesn’t have a clue about audio industry digital signal processing should not be designing audio digital converters, IMHO.

I must have missed something, which designer are we talking about here?

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STEREOPHILE: Its digital circuitry appears to have problems with high-level, high-frequency tones, and with the LSBs of 24-bit data. It’s possible, of course, that the former will be rare with music,

This says to me that it may never happen with playing music, maybe only with overloading with bench tests signals that Stereophile performed.
It maybe a fine balancing act designed into it by Mike Moffat to get the very best out of it, almost red-lining it to get the very best with music, before the nastie’s happen that Stereophile measured with bench signals.

Also I don't believe that Schiit advertises in Stereophile, make what you will from that. 

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BTW the heading should read 

" Yggdrasil into Freya into Vidar"

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