Schiit - shipments stopped?

I realized the OP is on his bandwagon  and has zero interest in getting off, but I ordered a Bifrost 2 on 12/20/20. It was backordered for a short while with an indicated shipping date of 1/15/21.  

It actually shipped last week on 1/7/21 and my Fedex account shows it will arrive by tomorrow. (Note that is Fedex saying that, not Schiit.)  

This is after ordering a Saga+ and Aegir in early December and receiving both of them on 12/19/20.  

So things are working fine from my perspective. Wondering if the OP has worked his way onto the Schiit list. (Sorry, couldn't resist....) 

The more I read this thread the more convinced I become that the OP has found his way onto Dean Wormer's double-secret probation list....

The March 25th date now shows on their web site for this one product.

Emergingsoul... you still have to get it before you can sell it.  ;-)

Sounds like you are treating the Freya's "passive" mode option as a HT bypass.   

That's not what the passive mode was intended for and nothing in their literature or owners manual indicates anything about its use as a HT bypass feature.  

Sounds like you are blaming them for your off-label use. 

Before I wrote my prior reply, I carefully looked at Schiit's web site and reviewed their owners manual for ANY mention of using the Freya as a HT bypass preamp. I found nothing. 

I, too, would like to see screen shots of the emails from Schiit "marketing" or promoting this feature. 

It is one thing to be able to use a device in a manner not intended in its original design. It is quite another to criticize a company for not including a feature that appears nowhere in their standard literature. 

If you don't like it, send it back.