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[krautmaster]

Random thoughts on the Freya 2

- Another interesting product. No one can say Schitt sits on their hands
- Their wonkiest product yet with all those modes
- Changing the chassis around the tubes could be an acknowlegment that heat is a problem (or maybe it's just to make it easier to insert and remove the tubes)
- Forkbeard as standard should stop some of the whining about have to pay $50 extra for it
- Someone will compare Freya 2 with the original and declare the highs are smoother with improved soundstage or something

They had many complaints about having to use socket savers with modern tubes so they spaced them farther apart and lowered the top so that the big ones like I use will fit without the socket savers. The base of the shouldered and balloon tubes rubs up against the top of the case and they don't seat well, so you kind of have to use socket savers with them. The ceramic base of my Ray tubes is a very very tight fit without socket savers (1st pic is a Psvane Summit 6SN7 without using a socket saver).

They also changed the layout of the tubes- Freya+ had buffer tubes on the left side and gain tubes on the right, the Freya 2 puts the buffer tubes in the two rear positions and the gain tubes in the two front positions, Jason says it makes it easier for folks to figure out that the left channel tubes are both on the left and the right channel tubes are both on the right. Per the Schiit Happened site: Front is voltage gain, rear is current gain. Left is left and right is right. Much more intuitive than it was.

As for sounding better, this is what Jason says:

Already have a Freya+ you’re happy with? If you’re mainly using tubes, you may not need to upgrade. Freya 2 does sound better, and it’s a bit quieter, but Freya+ and Freya+F are great preamps. No need for FOMO. Look at Freya’s history. We’ll be making Freya 2 for a long time.

 

[RVT1K]

i think it's actually better in that you have different colored indicator lights for ones chosen mode. I think the selectable gain is a very handy feature too.

Having different colors certainly helps differentiate things. Once you memorize the code.
But if you don't change things often, I guess breaking out the manual once in a while is OK.

 

[krautmaster]

Having different colors certainly helps differentiate things. Once you memorize the code.
But if you don't change things often, I guess breaking out the manual once in a while is OK.

I take the covers off my Schiit stuff and with a pair of needle nose pliers pull the little plastic light thingies out, color them with a sharpie (red/blue/green/orange) then put them back in with a tiny bit of super glue. I especially color the standby lights RED so that I can tell if the unit is on or off quickly.

 

[fredgarvin]

Having different colors certainly helps differentiate things. Once you memorize the code.
But if you don't change things often, I guess breaking out the manual once in a while is OK.

I've had to do that a few times.