Schiit Freya+(Plus)

I have owned the Saga+, Freya+ and (currently) the Prima Luna Dialog Premium. The Schiit pre-amps were fantastic and served my needs for a couple of years. During that time I woudn’t have heard a difference in an A/B comparison between Schiit or PL or anything else because I hadn’t spent enough time on focused listening. When I started hearing more detail I upgraded everything piece by piece until the Freya+ was finally the weak point. Tube rolling helped a little but not enough for me. The build quality of the PL is superb so I took a chance and I couldn’t be happier. How is it better? In every way you can imagine. But that is just in my system (which you can look up in Agon virtual systems), YMMV.

I’m a die-hard Schiit fan :) I bought almost everything in the entire catalog at first and I will never part with my Yggdrasil(A2+Unison), Vali2, or Modi Multibit. The rest has been superseded and sold off to inspire others.

No buzzing here as yet. When doing several consecutive evenings of serious listening, I leave the tubes on overnight with output turned low, then muted, with only FM radio as source. On rising next day, quiet background, no buzzing notable, even if I put in hearing aids (which have become indispensable for music listening to my old concert-battered ears).

I am running balanced in from DAC and out to amp, but doubt that would explain absence of buzzing. Not hard to find out, though. First swap the tubes, and if that doesn't help, it's never a bad idea moving to XLR if your input/output components support it.

BTW, my view of the Freya+ is like @alymere's; A perfect rest stop enroute to a "definitive" contemporary tube preamp-centered system, and now becoming the weak link in my chain as other components have been upgraded.    

The odd thing is that the other 2 sound modes are dead silent. But when I switch to the Tube mode, I get the buzzing sound.

I will order 2 pairs of the XLR cables and see that will get rid of the buzzing sound.

Another question I have is when you turn off the power of the Freya, I heard a loud thud or boom sound coming from the speakers. I hope my speakers are not damage. Are you suppose to turn off the amplifier first before you turn off the power from the Freya? I thought my speakers last night just blew up. ha ha ha

First thing, EMAIL SCHIIT using the email form on their website. Bet they will tell you XLR is not the solution to tube mode buzz. Could be a tube not fully seated. Or a defective tube receptacle. Or . . .

Meanwhile, always turn Freya volume to 0, then mute, and put amp in standby mode before powering off Freya. Don’t put your speakers at risk!

@alymere 

Very similar experiences, I have the modi multibit, Yggdrasil, Loki, Magni, Freya+, Aegir And others I gave as gifts. 

the Yggy is a permanent fixture in my main rig.. The Freya+ sits on the shelf, the others are in my 2nd setup. While Schiit makes some great gear and value, They can become a weak point in some upper end rigs.