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In Reply to: RE: Schitt buffer question posted by airtime on August 24, 2024 at 07:58:46
Their Sys is a passive. No idea how many steps in the attenuator though.Edit: I have one I keep as a backup. It's four or five years old, and there are NO steps in the attenuator on my copy. Just smooth sweep.
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Thank you, but I'm not looking for a passive.
Misread your post. Sorry.
The Freya+ but I'd take the Topping Pre90 over it any day.
Nice review of the Schiit Freya+, Kal. With the Freya+ sporting 6SN7 tubes I was hoping I would get sonics on par or very close to that of the Cary SLP-05 at a bargain price. It was not even close, but somehow I kinda expected that! The Cary SLP-05 is a very special preamp.I preferred the drive and dynamics of the Freya+ in solid-state high gain mode but I ended up getting the all solid-state Schiit Kara which is overall more robust sounding to my ears vs the Freya+ regardless of mode. I truly like the way Kara sounds.
I still own the Schiit Kara but it was recently displaced in my rack by the Eversolo DMP-A8 Streamer / DAC / Preamp.
Edits: 08/25/24
"Nice review of the Schiit Freya+, Kal. With the Freya+ sporting 6SN7 tubes I was hoping I would get sonics on par or very close to that of the Cary SLP-05 at a bargain price. It was not even close, but somehow I kinda expected that! The Cary SLP-05 is a very special preamp."Thanks but I can't/won't make and comparisons to tube stuff.
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all the best,
mrh
That's very nice but I'm also trying to move away from tubes. I'm currently using a Pass B1 buff with a gold point attenuator that I really do like a lot. I'm trying to find a single buffer and attenuator in one package.
You could go for the original unity-gain-only Schiit Saga with a LISST solid state "tube" in place of the 6SN7. The original Saga is no longer available new but used ones do come up from time to time.
eight OPA1612 op amps.
There are also two Texas Instruments TPA6120A2 high fidelity headphone amplifier modules. Specs for these are impressive, especially considering they cost less than $2 each.
....aside from the remote control.
That's what the Topping is. (Well, it has an input switch.)
Solid-state with resistor-switched volume control and stupid-good specs.
I bought it to use as a line-driver but use it for lots of things and it is always transparent, IMHO.
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