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Schiit Modi Multibit

There is synchronicity, where some equipment works better together than others. Don't expect magic, be realistic in expectations. The only thing I know for sure is that some CDs sound better than others. I do enjoy reading these reviews.
 
for those of you that prefer to match a schiit dac color to your equip, you can use plastidip paint, also the top of most Schiit components are easily removed and can be simply sprayed any color, i was going to do a thread on this, i have painted any silver components black to match my system, they come out fantastic and have people wondering how you got one that color lol.
 
Actually for the Modi Multibit, Schiit uses a 16 bit chip. They also use military/medical grade chips for all of the multibit versions.
 
I love my modi multibit bit have been entirely unsuccessful pairing it with USB on my phone. Tried with HTC m10 and m9 and my Samsung tablet. Bunch of different OTG cables and USB hubs. Probably wasted $60 on cables, hubs etc. It sounds fantastic with my computer but in my mind it's biggest let down is the USB port. For me it simply doesn't work.. Doesn't work with my PC either.
 
But it's still an awesome DAC don't get me wrong. Digital has never sounded this good. Really is great.
 
botrytis said:
Thats great. But what if you want get in to the high res formats, a 16-bit is not going to get you there. To me, it was short sighted of the manufacturer to use that chip, no matter how good it is.

And yes, I know, hindsight is 20/20.
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With it's Apple like designs and the Airport Express sending out optical bit perfect at 16 bit / 44.1 kHz, I think they gave this a lot of thought.

Add to that affordability and the U.S.A label. And a little "Edginess" with a name that lets you come up with a lot of puns and you have success with a strong market:
Single late 20's males. Disposable income.

I think they figured it out pretty well.

Eric
 
botrytis said:
But Airport Express is dead, Apple is no longer developing it.

I don't think Schiit thought enough about as there are DACs that do other resolutions (High res and DSD/DSF) at the same price point, so that IS an issue.
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AE was not dead when Schiit got started. Schiit just hasn't changed yet and I see why, they probably are waiting to see what the next Apple streaming solution will look like.

Eric
 
E.Auer said:
With it's Apple like designs and the Airport Express sending out optical bit perfect at 16 bit / 44.1 kHz, I think they gave this a lot of thought.

Add to that affordability and the U.S.A label. And a little "Edginess" with a name that lets you come up with a lot of puns and you have success with a strong market:
Single late 20's males. Disposable income.

I think they figured it out pretty well.

Eric
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I was under the impression though that AirPlay couldn't send losseless.
 
I am kinda puzzled by their decision too about the 16 part, but I guess cost constraints dictated that. On AD site, the 16bit part is $9, the 18bit one is $20 and the 20bit one is $68.
Personally I would used the 20 bit as minimum... but that is just me.

But even the top shelf 24/32 bit DACs don't get an analog resolution better than 20-21 bits (see their THD+N numbers).
Also the recordings seldom have a DR that uses the whole 96 dB room offered by the CD 16 bit format.

So all this is just a dust storm...
 
botrytis said:
Thats great. But what if you want get in to the high res formats, a 16-bit is not going to get you there. To me, it was short sighted of the manufacturer to use that chip, no matter how good it is.

And yes, I know, hindsight is 20/20.
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A fair point if hi Rez digital is your goal. Their more expensive DAC.. The yggy or the one above I forget does do Hi Rez multibit though.. It's just way more expensive. To me though vinyl is where I look for best sound quality and the digital has yet to match it although this DAC does bridge the gap far more than any other I've heard. I'd take this DAC at 16 bits over my Asus Xonar essence that does do 24 bit any day of the week (that's with proper copies of a handful of albums that I have both 24 and 16 bit versions of). Multibit is to digital what moving coil is to vinyl Vs moving magnet. Way better than delta sigma even vs really good ones.
 
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Two bad Modi multibits in a row.

1. Thursday I bought a Modi at the new Schitt store and by Saturday morning it was dead.
2. Saturday afternoon I exchanged it for another one. When I got home I plugged it in and it was dead.

Anyone else have had problems with their Schitt either dead on arrival or dying in the first few days?
 
mariopoli said:
Two bad Modi multibits in a row.

1. Thursday I bought a Modi at the new Schitt store and by Saturday morning it was dead.
2. Saturday afternoon I exchanged it for another one. When I got home I plugged it in and it was dead.

Anyone else have had problems with their Schitt either dead on arrival or dying in the first few days?
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I've never heard of this kind of failure rate in reguards to Schiit products. Have they looked into what is failing? Are you just plugging them into the the wall? This seems really strange to me.

- Woody
 
ictwoody said:
I've never heard of this kind of failure rate in reguards to Schiit products. Have they looked into what is failing? Are you just plugging them into the the wall? This seems really strange to me.

- Woody
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I know there is power to the device because the light that cycles the input connection type is on.
 
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