I understand anecdotally that Schiit had some quality issues (either build,or design or both, whatever) in the past but that this has been largely resolved and they have been spitting out some affordable and robustly engineered products recently. Must annoy audiophiles a lot.
Which leads me to think that they are taking notice and act accordingly. Perhaps its an on-going process and as with many things this usually takes longer than anticipated.
But this is the first I’ve heard of issues with Freya +. Maybe I blinked, or people do the right thing and return the product to the dealer or to Schiit.
And they must have sold at least a few hundred units worldwide since they were released a couple years (?) ago, so that’s pretty good.
I don't own any products by Schiit but something like Freya+ would be one I'd consider if only it was a dedicated tube pre.amp.