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Considering Schiit equipment

Hi folks,

I love my vintage gear but have an itch to try some new equipment.

I'm looking into a pair of Schiit Tyr F mono blocks and either the Frya +F, Kara F or Saga 2 preamps. 

Mono blocks are a given. I like it better than just stereo.

The preamps are hard to decide on. Frya +F has tubes and I've never had tube equipment. The Kara F seems the same, except no tubes. The Saga 2 is in the running because of the extra RCA  input. I will need 5 RCA jack inputs total.

I see I can get XLR to RCA  adapters but wonder about quality loss with those. 

I can live with one adapter for the rarely used tuner if sound quality loss is an issue with these. 

A big issue with the Schiit preamps is that I don't see a balance control for left and right. Is this something that's done with the remote control or just isn't there? 

 

 

toddsyr
gryphongryph
406 posts
 

Congratulations with the new amps, Cambridge is a good company.

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toddsyr OP
235 posts
 

Thank you. I'm looking forward to many years of enjoyment with them.

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thriftyaudio
192 posts
 

I was impressed with Schiit Bifrost 2/64. Have upgraded twice, but liked the quality.

Tried the Tyr Mono blocks. Nice sounding equipment, but unfortunately they could not drive my speakers without clipping. My speakers can draw down to 0.5 Ohm. Returned the Tyr and tried the Pass XA25. Until Pass comes out with a mono block version of the XA25 I do not plan to change.

cooperdude6
80 posts
 

Benchmark has some affordable XLR to RCA cables (or is it RCA to XLR?). I do not have any experience with them, but took notice b/c my current pre-amp does not have balanced out but now many power amps only have XLR in.

 

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