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

Hi SD,

Freya has remote include for the price, Transcendence is $ 299 extra
Freya has passive, JFET and tubes, Transcendence has tubes only
Freya is balanced and SE, Transcendence is only single ended.
Freya has stepped attenuator, Transcendence has pot
Freya is $ 200 cheaper, when you include the remote with the Transcendence it's even $ 500 cheaper

Looks a no brainer to me.

Wout: Thanks for the reply.  have you heard either one of these? impressions?

I'm still waiting for my Freya to be delivered. Ordered end december.
Expected to be delivered next week, but not sure yet.
Will let you know my impression.
It is going to replace my old Quad 44 pre-amp
This will be my 4th Schiit audio gear on top of Mani (phono pre-amp), Sys and Gungnir Multibit (Gumby) DAC. That last one will never go, or it must be replaced by a Yggdrasil (Yggy) from the same company.
And when Vidar will come available in several months that will probably be the next item to replace my Quad 520f

Update on compare.
Transcendence has headphone out. If you need this Freya is NOT your product, you should look at another Schiit product like Mjolnir 2 or Jotunheim for $ 399.
http://schiit.com/products/mjolnir-2
http://schiit.com/products/jotunheim
Or is you only need SE input and output see Saga for $ 349
http://schiit.com/products/saga

Freya has 5 inputs,2 balanced, 3 SE, Transcendence only has 4 SE
Freya has 1 balanced and 2 SE outputs, Transcendence only 2 SE outputs