Van Alstine Trans 10RB vs. Freya Schiit. Which do you prefer and why??

Looks like they're in the same league, pricewise. But how about soundwise? Anyone have any experience with these two head to head or on their own?

Thanks.

SD

shtinkydog01-23-2017 7:15pm

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shtinkydog OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 597 posts 01-24-2017 at 03:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Wout: Thanks for the reply. have you heard either one of these? impressions?
shtinkydog OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 597 posts 01-24-2017 at 07:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete WOUT: sounds good. im looking forward to hearing your assessment of the Freya. Thanks again. SD
shtinkydog OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 597 posts 01-24-2017 at 09:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete ghosthouse: you bet! SD
shtinkydog OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 597 posts 01-24-2017 at 10:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete i should've seen that one coming... good one!!!
shtinkydog OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 597 posts 01-24-2017 at 08:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete ghosthouse: you rock, man. that's exactly what i was looking for. great description of your experience. i'll be replacing my old, noisy pre-amp fairly soon, narrowing it down to the freya and AVA RB10. it just might be my first piece of schiit. I really can't wait. thanks again! SD
shtinkydog OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 597 posts 01-31-2017 at 06:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete wout: im happy for you in that the freya totally blew you mind. i'm sold on it. i'll be ordering mine very soon. fantastic report!!! thanks!
shtinkydog OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 597 posts 01-31-2017 at 09:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete gdnrbob: ive read a lot of good stuff about the schiit dacs. but where I can really use some improvement is in the pre-amp. perhaps later on the dac. thanks!

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