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

mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 25,742
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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?
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  • motorhead43026motorhead43026 Posts: 3,688
    Got my interest, first I had heard of this.
    2 channel: Anthem 225 Integrated amp; Parasound Ztuner; TechnicsTT SL1350; Vincent PHO-8 phono pre; Marantz CD6005 spinner; Polk SDA2BTL's; LAT International speaker cables, ZU Mission IC's and power cables all into a PS Audio Dectet Power center.

    Other; S60'S, M10 series II, M7C's, Hafler XL600 amp, RB-980BX, Parasound HCA-1500 amp , P5 preamp, all in storage. All vintage Polk have had crossover rebuilds and tweeter upgrades.

    There are three things that give a man a false sense of courage, a keyboard, alcohol and a firearm.
    Motorhead, 4.12.20

    tonyb said " but even socialists can do a good thing here and there

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  • mrbironmrbiron Posts: 5,355
    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. ;)
    “If your eyes didn’t water, it means I didn’t go deep enough” says the nurse administering my COVID19 test. She was sweet...
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  • nooshinjohnnooshinjohn Posts: 22,768
    edited July 2017
    Looks like a total piece of schiit...
    Post edited by KennethSwauger on
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    I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .

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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 25,742
    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...

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    Just sayin'...

    12877794893_74ddf705f7_b.jpgTT15S12 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • nooshinjohnnooshinjohn Posts: 22,768
    edited July 2017
    I see what you are trying to do there... B)

    I will raise you about 300 pounds.
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    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Diamond v2 cartridge and Origin Conquerer Mk3c tonearm, Polk Audio "Signature" Reference Series 1.2TL with complete mods, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII, Krell Evolution 505 SACD Player, Pioneer Elite SC-LX701, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.

    I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .

    “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
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  • pitdogg2pitdogg2 Posts: 16,708
    bet that sounds like snot with all those dangling wires you got there:)
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 17,106
    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)
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  • mrbironmrbiron Posts: 5,355
    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
    “If your eyes didn’t water, it means I didn’t go deep enough” says the nurse administering my COVID19 test. She was sweet...
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  • mrbironmrbiron Posts: 5,355
    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 ;)
    “If your eyes didn’t water, it means I didn’t go deep enough” says the nurse administering my COVID19 test. She was sweet...
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 25,742
    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.
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  • DawgfishDawgfish Posts: 2,557
    I'd be interested in the Clearaudio Virtuoso cart if you want to part ways with it.
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  • mrbironmrbiron Posts: 5,355
    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
    “If your eyes didn’t water, it means I didn’t go deep enough” says the nurse administering my COVID19 test. She was sweet...
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 25,742
    try before you buy ;)

    Sorry, we've drifted slightly off-topic.
    We were talkin' Schiit, weren't we?
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  • mrbironmrbiron Posts: 5,355
    Ok...I will try before I buy.
    Let's put something together. Seriously.

    I'll PM you tomorrow with possible dates.
    “If your eyes didn’t water, it means I didn’t go deep enough” says the nurse administering my COVID19 test. She was sweet...
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 25,742
    heh-heh-heh... heck, you might even manage to get your phono preamp back! ;)
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 25,742
    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


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    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
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  • motorhead43026motorhead43026 Posts: 3,688
    Just what we need, some more schiit.
    2 channel: Anthem 225 Integrated amp; Parasound Ztuner; TechnicsTT SL1350; Vincent PHO-8 phono pre; Marantz CD6005 spinner; Polk SDA2BTL's; LAT International speaker cables, ZU Mission IC's and power cables all into a PS Audio Dectet Power center.

    Other; S60'S, M10 series II, M7C's, Hafler XL600 amp, RB-980BX, Parasound HCA-1500 amp , P5 preamp, all in storage. All vintage Polk have had crossover rebuilds and tweeter upgrades.

    There are three things that give a man a false sense of courage, a keyboard, alcohol and a firearm.
    Motorhead, 4.12.20

    tonyb said " but even socialists can do a good thing here and there

    Social media makes dumb people dumber and smart people dumb and dumber.
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 25,742
    it just keeps on coming.

    hmm... I just imagined vandals splattering their storefront with Kaopectate.
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  • motorhead43026motorhead43026 Posts: 3,688
    It is interesting and definitely worth a look.
    2 channel: Anthem 225 Integrated amp; Parasound Ztuner; TechnicsTT SL1350; Vincent PHO-8 phono pre; Marantz CD6005 spinner; Polk SDA2BTL's; LAT International speaker cables, ZU Mission IC's and power cables all into a PS Audio Dectet Power center.

    Other; S60'S, M10 series II, M7C's, Hafler XL600 amp, RB-980BX, Parasound HCA-1500 amp , P5 preamp, all in storage. All vintage Polk have had crossover rebuilds and tweeter upgrades.

    There are three things that give a man a false sense of courage, a keyboard, alcohol and a firearm.
    Motorhead, 4.12.20

    tonyb said " but even socialists can do a good thing here and there

    Social media makes dumb people dumber and smart people dumb and dumber.
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  • nooshinjohnnooshinjohn Posts: 22,768
    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, TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Diamond v2 cartridge and Origin Conquerer Mk3c tonearm, Polk Audio "Signature" Reference Series 1.2TL with complete mods, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII, Krell Evolution 505 SACD Player, Pioneer Elite SC-LX701, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.

    I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .

    “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
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  • tonyp063tonyp063 Posts: 794
    Considering it's continued "vaporware" status, it would be more appropriate to name it after Skrymir.

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  • Jim ShearerJim Shearer Posts: 368
    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.
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  • nooshinjohnnooshinjohn Posts: 22,768
    Discussions about this brand must be driving Ken nuts....
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Diamond v2 cartridge and Origin Conquerer Mk3c tonearm, Polk Audio "Signature" Reference Series 1.2TL with complete mods, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII, Krell Evolution 505 SACD Player, Pioneer Elite SC-LX701, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.

    I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .

    “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 25,742
    That was the Schiitmeisters' intention, methinks.
    Appealing to our inner thirteen year-olds (just like Led Zeppelin) :p
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  • nooshinjohnnooshinjohn Posts: 22,768
    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, TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Diamond v2 cartridge and Origin Conquerer Mk3c tonearm, Polk Audio "Signature" Reference Series 1.2TL with complete mods, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII, Krell Evolution 505 SACD Player, Pioneer Elite SC-LX701, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.

    I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .

    “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
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  • WillowWillow Posts: 10,127
    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 !!
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  • tlainharttlainhart 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.
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