I am kind of surprised: no discussion here (yet) of Schiit's dipping its metaphorical toe in vinyl?

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
in 2 Channel Audio
So, I'll grit my teeth & bring it up ;)

http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2017/07/the-art-of-the-tease-schiits-forthcoming-sol-turntable/

Thoughts?
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,997
    Got my interest, first I had heard of this.
    Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel…….Samuel Johnson

    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey

    To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
    – Kevin Alfred Strom
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,712
    So i've been scouring the webs for an affordable used Clearaudio Concept.
    I don't think the Sol is going to be that kind of caliber. I'll keep looking. ;)
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    edited July 2017
    Looks like a total piece of schiit...
    Post edited by [Deleted User] on
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    mrbiron wrote: »
    So i've been scouring the webs for an affordable used Clearaudio Concept.
    I don't think the Sol is going to be that kind of caliber. I'll keep looking. ;)

    You know -- I knows a guy what has a CA/Marantz TT-15S1 just sittin' inna box inna corner, he does...

    m5r788iopa07.png

    Just sayin'...

    12877794893_74ddf705f7_b.jpgTT15S12 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    edited July 2017
    I see what you are trying to do there... B)

    I will raise you about 300 pounds.
    naw5k8rqvtmk.jpg
    jpu2m2kbaybs.jpg
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,927
    bet that sounds like snot with all those dangling wires you got there:)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    mrbiron wrote: »
    So i've been scouring the webs for an affordable used Clearaudio Concept.
    I don't think the Sol is going to be that kind of caliber. I'll keep looking. ;)

    You know -- I knows a guy what has a CA/Marantz TT-15S1 just sittin' inna box inna corner, he does...

    m5r788iopa07.png

    Just sayin'...

    12877794893_74ddf705f7_b.jpgTT15S12 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    2 dollars so I can outbid @mrbiron's 1 dollar bid hehehe....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,712
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    You know -- I knows a guy what has a CA/Marantz TT-15S1 just sittin' inna box inna corner, he does...

    m5r788iopa07.png
    2 points here. If my memory serves me correct, you said that you were displeased with the performance of that table, thus the reason why it is boxed up. The other being, i can't use that table because you will still have my phono pre :D
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I see what you are trying to do there... B)
    I will raise you about 300 pounds.
    Uhhhhh......i like my turntables like i like my women. That will just NOT DO! :p
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    mrbiron wrote: »
    Uhhhhh......i like my turntables like i like my women.

    So broken, missing parts, and covered in dirt :wink:

    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,712
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    mrbiron wrote: »
    Uhhhhh......i like my turntables like i like my women.
    So broken, missing parts, and covered in dirt :wink:

    Fortunately, i wrangled one that, i'm fairly certain, has all of her parts and baths daily.
    As for her being broken, she's definitely not all there being with me. 2/3 ain't bad ;)
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    edited July 2017
    mrbiron wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    You know -- I knows a guy what has a CA/Marantz TT-15S1 just sittin' inna box inna corner, he does...

    m5r788iopa07.png
    2 points here. If my memory serves me correct, you said that you were displeased with the performance of that table, thus the reason why it is boxed up. The other being, i can't use that table because you will still have my phono pre :D
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I see what you are trying to do there... B)
    I will raise you about 300 pounds.
    Uhhhhh......i like my turntables like i like my women. That will just NOT DO! :p

    Wait, what? Someone actually reads the drivel I post?! I am shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

    I -- ahem -- think that the tt's absolutely fine. It certainly looks nice, too. My (adult) children both thought it was far cooler looking than any of the tts I actually use.

    I was less than impressed with the CA "Virtuoso Ebony" cartridge, though... but even that is something I kinda mean to go back to. Maybe the Reduction would work well with it, you know? ;)

    Hey, you're the one that wants a Concept, you know?! ;)

    In re: the matter of the preamp. Yeah, yeah, yeah -- c'mon up and pick up the preamp; go home with a tt. Sounds like a deal to me!

    Heck, it (the TT-15S1) would at least be worth a test drive (probably for both of us).

    ... besides...

    Gary Kaufman actually bolted a hunk of metal on the head of that same flavor of CA arm and uses a DL-103 in it (!) -- on an SL-1200 :/ Gary is not a conformist when it comes to hifi.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    I'd be interested in the Clearaudio Virtuoso cart if you want to part ways with it.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,712
    dolsey01 wrote: »
    mrbiron wrote: »
    So i've been scouring the webs for an affordable used Clearaudio Concept.
    I don't think the Sol is going to be that kind of caliber. I'll keep looking. ;)

    I'd take mhardy's TT15 over the Concept any day, I've owned both and the Concept was to me the most disappointing table I have owned.

    Son of a :s
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    try before you buy ;)

    Sorry, we've drifted slightly off-topic.
    We were talkin' Schiit, weren't we?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,712
    Ok...I will try before I buy.
    Let's put something together. Seriously.

    I'll PM you tomorrow with possible dates.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    heh-heh-heh... heck, you might even manage to get your phono preamp back! ;)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    edited February 2019
    The Sol is getting closer to dumping dropping umm, being released... errm...

    There was a sneak preview a day or two ago at the Motherschiit, umm I mean the Schittr.
    http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/schiit-turntable-the-giant-slayer-that-slays-giants-and-schiit.841060/page-10#post-12441407


    zt57xqr8pjx5.png

    ssbqg1gxcif5.png


    Now, the main reason I mention this is that a couple of us were swapping predictably juvenile, scatological commentary on this at another hifi forum yesterday.
    I asked if anyone could tell what cartridge they were using in the demo, and someone thought it looked like it might be a "DIY" effort.

    This caused me to muse the following musing:
    I wondered about that myself (FWIW).

    They could call their own cartridge, e.g., Schiit Dröpping. Or, perhaps, Dingleberry.

    There's also been some chatter to the effect that Schiit's working on a purpose-built support for the turntable.

    All of which caused the majordomo :) of the site to reply:
    And they could call the turntable stand the Stool?

    I'll bet they will wish they'd have thought of that themselves.

    https://hifihaven.org/index.php?threads/so-no-discussion-here-of-schiits-dipping-its-metaphorical-toes-in-the-vinyl.2817/page-2#post-87115
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,997
    Just what we need, some more schiit.
    Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel…….Samuel Johnson

    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey

    To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
    – Kevin Alfred Strom
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    it just keeps on coming.

    hmm... I just imagined vandals splattering their storefront with Kaopectate.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,997
    It is interesting and definitely worth a look.
    Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel…….Samuel Johnson

    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey

    To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
    – Kevin Alfred Strom
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    edited February 2019
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Just what we need, some more schiit.

    They should have named it the Schiit Storm. The platter for this table is called a “fan”.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • tonyp063
    tonyp063 Posts: 1,127
    Considering it's continued "vaporware" status, it would be more appropriate to name it after Skrymir.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Jim Shearer
    Jim Shearer Posts: 369
    Not exactly vaporware, as a prototype was shown a year ago, and now the 'first article' is running at the Schiter:

    where: https://www.schiit.com/places

    photos are at post #43638:
    https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701900/page-2910

    More info from Jason about the TT is back a little more in the thread.
    A day without music is like a day without food.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    Discussions about this brand must be driving Ken nuts....
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    That was the Schiitmeisters' intention, methinks.
    Appealing to our inner thirteen year-olds (just like Led Zeppelin) :p
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    edited February 2019
    Waiting for their “faced” upgrade packages to come out. Recommended cleaning products for their gear... Charmin UltraSoft.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,215
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    So, I'll grit my teeth & bring it up ;)

    http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2017/07/the-art-of-the-tease-schiits-forthcoming-sol-turntable/

    Thoughts?

    PFFFTTT!!! You don't know Schiit !!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • tlainhart
    tlainhart Posts: 66
    We don't know pricing yet, but it's worth considering, based on specs/discussion (in the absence of pricing). Me, I'd wait 9-12 months on it, for the product and production to settle in.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter