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Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit?

Most of us I think when buying something where workmanship and materials are less critical than price will go to a discount store like Walmart of Target (I think we've all heard they about calling it Tar-zhay because it's classier than Walmart) or Costco - the sort of stores where what you buy is not the best but it's always good for what you pay for it. I'm wondering, is Schiit the audio equivalent of Target? That is, does anyone buy it because the Schiit gear is particularly good, or merely that it's good for the price? The only Schiit product that I've ever bought is the Asgard as a headphone amp, since I don't use headphones that often, and I wasn't going to put a lot of money into it. Actually, I tried the Vali 2+ at first, and that seemed rather inadequate, so I sent it back and got the Asgard instead. It seems good enough, though I don't have much to compare it to, but it seems to struggle a bit in getting to higher volume levels. 

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Well, I am an audiophile with lots of experience (I am 65, bought my first pair of Advents in 1972 and started listening to state of the art equipment shortly thereafter, building a GAS Ampzilla in 1975, pairing it at the time with a Marantz Model 7).

To say that Schiit is not audiophile equipment is flat out dumb. I’d put my Yggdrasil up against any DAC on the market, at any price, and it won’t be embarrassed. Every piece of Schiit I have bought for myself or my family has been terrific, and not just for the price. I got my older son a Modi Multibit DAC this past Christmas  and damn!, the drive that unit has is unbelievable. The Schiit Vali headphone amp, combined with the Modi, did a superb job of driving my Sennheiser HD800S. Different but Not too far in overall satisfaction than what I get from my Woo WA6 with the Sophia Electric mesh rectifier tube.
 

so c’mon, cut out the superiority. They are all well made (I have bought a Saga, Vali, Modi, Loki, Hel, and Yggdrasil), no issues with any of them ever.

Audiophile equipment indeed, but without the stupid, gold-chain prices.

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