Why did Schiit Move to Texas? Supply Chain Issues, and New Products! A Schiit Audio Interview
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There have been a few comments in here that could be viewed as "political" in nature. This is no place for politics and any comment that refers to such will be deleted on my judgement. This is about audio.
Everything is political CAM. :)
I agree. Apologies my friend. Love your show.
People are just answering your question, the reason is obvious to half the country, would making up another reason be better?
@@leehallman5104 all good, sir. Appreciate you watching.
I hate listening to politics through a revealing system. You really hear all the trash recording
Randy and Schiit products go together like PB&J. Randy gets the the whole Schiit vibe and is working it brilliantly. Great Interview and thanks for not making it boring.
I love the Schiit Happened book. I started reading it on the forum and just had to get the physical copy. It’s like having a long conversation about small business and a passionate hobby colliding.
Totally agree! Love the humor throughout the book.
So glad to see Ron. His update video was harrowing to watch. So glad he’s on the mend.
Everyone's favorite value audio engineering wizard warrior Jason Stoddard. CAM starting it off with the dad joke 🤣
This was one of the best videos this year. 3 of my favorites on RUclips. I love my Schiit gear and I can’t wait until the new mono amp is out
Thank you so much guys, this has been the best and most enjoyable audio interview that I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. In-depth information and fun!
Great stuff. I'm in the U.K. and have a Loki, which I loved so much this year I bought a Lokius. I have a pretty high-end system, but both these Schiit products compensate for crappy recordings quite splendidly.
Hi! Do you use it balanced? I tried to find an alternative but cannot find it and don't want to use an EQ software app , Thank you :)
Great interview! Schiit got good shit. Great seeing Ron back in the saddle again too. Randy keep the jokes flying.
Next, we need a interview with the guys over at Sith Audio
Nice interview, guys. Glad they're ramping up in Texas. The interview also rules out rumors about Andrew Jones's possibly heading to Schiit. Happy to see Ron coming back up to speed.
Jason is a monster talent.
This was a great interview! Good job Randy and Ron! I really appreciate how genuine and down to earth Jason is. So many companies out there are so full of themselves and think they are perfect. It is refreshing to see a real person dedicated to making a quality product without any gimmicks and trickery and sell it honestly.
Nice interview guys. @ Jason - your first product - the Asgard Class A is still doing the rounds at my place. Bought it back in 2010 / 2011. No issues ever, works perfectly and still sounds great.
I have the original Bifrost and when I can afford it, I’d love to get the Bifrost 2!
Great questions Randy! You did a great job of asking bigger more general questions as well as specific things like "what headphones do you use?". You're obviously a very knowledgeable, smart and articulate guy and you have a real skill in making some of the more esoteric topics more approachable. keep up the good work!
Very informative and enjoyable time spent listening to you guys - all three of you, Randy (aka Cheap Audio Man), Ron of NRD and jason of Schiit Audio capture the down-to-earth and genuinely open spirit that makes me proud to be an American citizen myself. Love the entrepreneurial get-up-and-go that characterizes Schiit Audio and its founder Jason, and as well, the story of how he started his business, as well as how it got its name (sometimes the best names spring to mind at the most unexpected moments). A big thank-you to all three of you. I was touched when your discussion frankly addressed the very real supply-chain problems everyone world-wide is contending with right now. This was an hour well spent!
This has been the audio manufacturer interview I've most enjoyed anywhere. Props, my friend!
Wow, I hope the supply chain issues are ironed out and Schiit enjoys being in Texas. I love the Modi and Vali in my computer room. Might even move them to my living room whenever (if ever) Spotify rolls out their "HI-Fi" service. Glad to see Ron on here too. You guys are the best. So much great info that you provide. It is much appreciated.
Great Job Randy! It's so nice to hear from the people behind the products we all love and are Born In The Good 'Ol US of A !!!
Jason and Mike are two of the most real no BS people in the industry. Awesome interview even though I already knew most of it. Ron and Randy make a great team. 👍
Agreed
What a cool chat guys. Always appreciate your reviews but this was great. Don’t normally watch interview podcasts all the way through. Glad I stuck with it.
Only issue for me is being in the uk it’s even harder to get product. But hey I can get my Cambridge and Q acoustics cheaper 😉 and normally in stock!
Like you, I am a big Schiit fan. Awesome job guys. Very well done. Funny and informative. Thank you.
I want to be like Jason when I grow up. My day drinking at least gets me part of the way there…
i need more schiit in my life. love the dac's, will be adding more schiit in the future. must support a company like this.
He's an interesting bloke and I enjoyed the video. He mentioned low stock and I had to import my Mani from the US to UK but it actually worked out cheaper.
The Schiit guys are so cool. They also make outstanding products. Great video.
The Trinity of Audio knowledge. You are a brave man to join these two, Jason. All kidding aside I always like to hear what you have to say and LOVE Schiit's products.
Thank you so much for this. It was an absolute treat.
You’ve helped me make many purchasing decisions in the past 30 days.
2 way stereo turntable system incoming.
Recently purchased a Vidar power Amp. Love it so far! Thanks Randy for this video! Dig your channel!
I’m gunna order one soon
Thanks. Enjoy seeing and hearing multiple reviewers together. And a creator.
What a great interview. I totally enjoyed that. Thank you.
Great content gentlemen! Schiit making products is such a good thing for the audio market.
I bought a Schit product while watching this. Nice job.
I might be in the minority, but I thought the Sol looked like a very interesting turntable and wanted to get me hands on one. The exact moment I had the money to afford one I went to their website and they were sold out preceding it being discontinued.
Oh man, thank you Randy (CAM) for this interview. Jason's approach to things is what makes me like their stuff.
I think Schitt should buy CerwinVega! And come out with some big box magic! I couldn’t agree more with the need for more big box speakers
Speaking of buttons , sub filter buttons are out these days also. I chose the IFI ZEN over the Schmitt Mani because it had a sub filter button.
Long love loudness and sub filter buttons!
Great interview. Very revealing info on the company. Interestingly, I just auditioned the Freya S and Freya Plus coupled with the Vidar at the Schiitr retail store in Newhall CA. I liked the transparency and detail of the Freya S ( it was amazing what additional subtleties revealed from tracks that I know well), whereas the Plus was more "musical," but had a veiled character. In the end, I chose the Freya S. Could not be happier with this combination with the Vidar. What a difference this makes in driving my refurbished AR-2ax speakers compared to a vintage 1980s amp. Thanks for confirming my opinion on the Freya S. It's a winner and a great value. But it should be paired with "warm" sources (CD player, cartridge, etc.) since it is so revealing.
I own the original Freya, but I am looking at the Freya S to replace it. I love the tubes, and completely understand the "veiled character" of the tubes. It plays well with some sources,material, but not all, hence thinking of going to the new S. I have yet to hear the S, but from what I am seeing on various reviews, the S may be more up my line.
I have two Loki's and a Mani. Love that Schiit! Can't wait for the new "super" Loki
You guys did a great job interviewing! Randy, you are superb at it. Great questions, well done.
Great interview, we love our Schiit up here in Canada!
Unfortunately I had to watch this in bits and pieces because of working third shift. But this video was awesome. Keep up the great work.
Great video and great discussion, I easily made it to the end!
GREAT session !!! Well done ! So informative.. One day, I would love to visit them in Santa Clarita, CA !
Do more of these shows.
Incredibly enjoyable interview!
I love (and use) Schiit products. Always have a good word for them. Thanks for the video.
When I first added a Modi 3 to my laptop, I could not believe the difference in sound quality. For only $100, it is an amazing upgrade. I plan to upgrade it to a Bifrost and I also have a Lyr 3, which also is fantastic. Great products at very good prices.
Have to agree. $100 and makes a huge difference.
I was skeptical about Schiit, until I heard my system filtered through their 4-band eq, called Loki. : The best 175 dollars I ever spent on stereo.
This is good stuff..way to rock Randy!
I love the Schiit products. I already own the Mani and Modi and have the Freya+ on the way. Thanks for your hard work, Jason!
HIGH-END DIY SPEAKER KITS JASON!!! LET'S GO!!!
Great Interview! Love all of my Schiit products.
This was a very enjoyable and informative interview. Thanks. I'm contemplating the using the modi from my existing headphone stack and picking up the Saga+, Vidar, and Elac UBR62's for my venture into a real 2 channel setup. I still haven't read anything that would really change my mind from this plan. Need to squirrel away some more coins for the Vidar first.
I need a cd transport with USB out.
The blobs of oil in your swim trunks will make you miss California.
Love All Three of You Guys!!! Thank you for interesting and informative content.
If Pyle and Schiit merged, we would have a Pyle of Schiit. 😂
Schiit does make nice quality for the price and Jason is a great guy. 😊
Sumo is a name I rarely hear. One of my first amps was a Sumo Ulysses. I loved that thing.
WOW Great Show Guys!!! FUN TO WATCH!! THANK YOU!
For me, the name immediately harkens back to the old Steve Martin bit about audiophile systems with the moon rock needles and dodecaphonic speakers.
“This sounds like Schiit!”
My end game, Jotunheim 2. Thank you Schitt. Best, D.
Nice T-shirt Ron and glad to see you're pulling through. I went through long term hell last December and have yet to fully recover.
Anyhow...we had a joke back in the day that went something like...How do you tell which one of your buddies has had waaay too much to drink? He's the guy that leaves the bar with the chick wearing a ''wolf'' sweatshirt. Aooooo!
Texas sounds a lot like Queensland. Far too hot and humid in summer. Fantastic thunderstorms. Nice friendly people. Great food.
Close. Humid in the eastern half, hot everywhere, epic thunderstorms, nice friendly people (but far, far less of them in the cities), great food everywhere.
@@tinnitusintx Ditto.
I lived in Houston late 70's to early 80's. Pretty much spot on.
The BBQ and seafood can be outstanding. Shrimp, oysters and beef brisket. Mmmmmm.
Hey I dare you Schiit to make a low cost baby Ragnarok Integrated speaker amp. Just shrink it.
Very nice interview guys. Keep up the good Schiit.
Same. Or at least a cheap af power amp
He probably will. Sounds like he's gonna calm down on the high end stuff after Tyr, Loki Max, Urd and Folkvagnr
Can't wait to see what they are planning with that CD player they are working on. I personally think it would be really cool if they took an integrated amp like an Asgard 3 and made it a fully integrated amp with the ability to run speakers like the ragnarok, just in the small foot print of an Asgard or Jotunheim. I actually think something like that would sell like hot cakes coming from a company like schiit.
51:16 Monoblocks with proper amperage to double wattage from 8 to 4 ohms! Can't wait!
Same here!!
Good interview with Jason. I have a whole lot of schiit.
Loving my black Mani I recently added to my system.
Again, don't know why Ron is back. However, as far as Schiit audio, I just purchased my first components from Schiit and I like the attention to detail and the quality is very good, at least from my first purchase. So to Jason, thanks sir for the quality audio items made in the USA.
That microscope Jason has on his shelf looks strikingly like the one I had as a kid in the 70's. Same box, same color, same Styrofoam molding.
Great interview and thanks. Schiit reminds me a lot of Dynaco from the past. Hafler strove to bring good hifi into the American home at an affordable price and he sold boat loads of gear under the Dynaco name plate. And so too is Schiit. Dyanaco was the "cheapaudioman" stuff of the past and Schiit certaily emodies this spirit today. Good on them!
Excellent interview, and very interesting hour - I learned a lot, as well.
A new Loki! With remote! I'm in! I have two Loki units right now, LOVE THEM BOTH!
And thank you for the interview! I was wondering what was happening with Schiit, now we know.
Kudos to the interviewers, this was a great broadcast. A few guys sitting around shooting the schiit!
This was actually better than the internal Schiit videos ;-) Well done.
18:50 This is a golden experience of youth. My first mix tape was mid 70s am radio pop. But it's my first memory of interest in audio.
Good times and informative and fun Q&A. Well done sirs!
Schiit could double their sales overnight if they were not unobtanium here in Europe....
Nah bro its only for Americans
I just ordered a freya + preamp and two Aegirs. Nothing but problems. One Aegir is fine. The other one developed a humm in the left channel. I sent it in for repair. I got a note back telling me that nothing is wrong with the amp. I hooked it up next to the good one using the test outlined in their manual, namely no inputs connected but hooked to speaker cables. Now the amp returned from repair has a buzz in both channels! The other amp is dead silent. Both were hooked up to the same outlet with the same cable and hooked to the same speakers. The Freya + had a dead left channel so I started changing tubes thinking it was a bad tube. I got down to the last tube to exchange with a known good tube. While I was removing the tube, and I got smoke from the tube hole. I sent it back for repair. I got a note back saying they replaced a capacitor and a resistor blown by a bad tube along with a new set of tubes. I hooked up the preamp and while it works fine in the buffered stage, now the tube section will not light off at all the tubes cold!. The note that came back with the preamp said "Don't use bad tubes" So the technician is not only incompetent, he thinks he's funny. This is bullshit. I am a big fan of their products or was. I wonder how many customers this clown is going to cost Schiit because I may be out if I can never get them fixed. I was going to hold off with criticism giving them a chance to fix things but I'm done. I want a new amp and the preamp fixed.
I’m really sorry to hear that, Jim. I’d keep talking to them and if you don’t get anywhere maybe I can help. Just let me know.
@@cheapaudioman Thanks Randy. Ive said my piece. Right now if they can't fix the amp, give me a new one or refund my money. Same with the preamp. I have been patient with them considering the price etc. I had to send my Gungnir back because the RCA input came loose when hooked to a stiff COAX cable I had been testing a lot of cables but not to an extent that it should come loose. I had to send the Ragnok bak because one of the banana plug inputs was really to large and the binding post had to be repaired. So far every thing I've gotten from them has had to go back for one thing big or small. The only thing that hasn't broken is the Loki and I don't use it. I have lost patience.
@@fletchermunson6225 I have bought about 20 Schiit products over the last 5 years. I had only two problems: one Mjolnir 2 was DOA and the mainboard of my Bifrost 2 failed after a year or so. No problems at all with my three Freyas and the Aegirs.
Some of Schiit's lower end stuff has held up, but I don't trust any of their stuff higher end (above $500) to stand the test of time. And if anything breaks, good luck!
We need a schiit stream , tidal connect, spotify connect, chromecast, usb out please
Love my Schiit Mani and Nagaoka MP110.
I used to rock 4 fifteen inch sansui water filled speakers on a 6k watt amp
I want to try a $280 Nobsound preamp (Ebay) powered by three 12AX7 tubes, with a Schiit Loki-Mini+ EQ unit $149 between the preamp and my Crown XLS1002 power amp.
Cool interview. I have a Schiit HEL head phone amp for my PC and am very happy with it. I will be buying more Schitt in the future. : ) Thanks for the video!
I own a lot of Schiit! Saga, Vidar, Mimby, Loki, Lokius, Jil, Magni V1, and Mani. Love the company and what they are doing, obviously! I have been following Jason's Head-Fi thread for a lot of years now. Wonderful read (he has links in the first post, to all of his posts throughout the years) about the inner workings of the company and getting products to market. Really exciting they are expanding the 2 channel offerings, cannot wait to see this amp! Also looking at the Urd transport whenever that makes it to market.
Awesome interview, and hopefully you 3 can schedule a tour, or some other cool video in the future, with the people over at Schiit Audio!
I'm very much looking forward to Tyr and will likely also get the Urd. Loki Max looks awesome too but I im really stretching my budget at that point lol
Thanks for the great video
I'd buy a ragnarok with tubes and continuity like the aegir so fast my bank account wouldn't even know what hit it.
This was fun! I'd love to see them implement the ess 9038 Pro DAC chip that has identical features as the Oppo Sonica DAC-3 (now "unobtainium") the wireless streaming features and sound of this DAC are so good if Schiit gave it a whirl I'd get it in a quick second!!! I'm sure it would sell. Pleeeez do!
I know you can get the Jotunheim with the ES9028 dac. It might be available in other products too. Not sure.
@@user-bj9ln4em6n gonna fly with the Sonica for now. Until it craps out. Sounds incredible.
Truly dig hearing about the upcoming monster amp...
I'm assembling my thoughts on how to power a current project I'm building.
Schiit Audio is a company that makes sense for many people if they discover it. If you are an audiophile and not flexible, your fortune with Schiit maybe not for you. If you are someone who loves something easy to get and use, mostly at least. Schiit is for you. I know Jason though it has been years since we talked. I used to be the sales manager for Emotiva Audio. So I know brands Emotiva and Schiit pretty well. I have the Modius and Asgard 3 and had a Magni before used a Lyr too. I fly Hifiman Sundara and the Asgard 3. I am looking for a particular sound and the Asgard 3 is just missing that something, but on my other cans it is great. But you can't talk about affordable headphone without the name Schiit coming up. Like them or hate them, Schiit is pretty much everywhere. I am curious about Freya or even Saga, and Vidar.
this was fun to watch, thank you guys.
This video just sold me on Schiit products.
for Jasson "home theater"????, I was told when I asked that you would NEVER do home theater. I am still looking for a dolby/dts processor priced like schiit. :) :) :)
Jason’s face @ 7:34 most underrated moment in this whole interview
I read the book. buy it now. It's a great business story.
That was a great interview! Really enjoyed it.
Welcome the Schiit to Texas!
Many of my avid supporters think that my channel name-sake (acronym) is meant to be a strong supporter and advocate for Schiit ... Some say they are synonymous ...and I'd love to do that. Vidar amps are especially alluring for my intended 2ch systems.
Thank you Ron (glad you're back on this horse .. good you see you)... and Randy.. for hosting. This is great. !!
I got the Aegir and the vidars. I like the vidars but I love the Agars! If you have a high efficiency speaker get the Aegir and don't look back. The Aegir is my first class A amp, wow what a difference!
@@barryhallsack8852 ...Thanks for the perspective and insights. 🙏🙏
@@barryhallsack8852 the amp is called Aegir. And yes, it's better than Vidar except in the bass department.
@@econautx sorry about that I misspelled Aegir. The vidars do not have more bass than the Aegir not even close! I own them both so I do know. I'm running Cornwall 4's The vidars get louder but do not have more bass! The Aegir is far superior in every way then the vidars. That being said do you want to buy a set of vidars? The vidars are probably the ticket if you don't have a high efficiency speaker. I fixed my spelling for you 🤣 Cheers. This is the reason I have a set of vidars, I thought it was going have more bass and be more dynamic, it was just not the case in my setup. Class A all the way if you have a high efficient speaker!