Schiit Eitr Preview Thread

Discussion in 'Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers' started by Rotijon, Jul 17, 2017.

  1. Darren G

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    There are things that matter at the board level, and matter even more at the physics level when you get down into the nitty-gritty, but it's easy to forget that one of the key advantages of digital transmission tech vs analog tech, is filtering of imperfect analog variances. If your cable is getting the right bits there within the time-frame of looking for a 1 or a 0, honestly, the rest is nervousa.
     
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    Thanks! I'm sure it'll work out fine. An chances are I may never notice a difference between my MonoPrice and BJC

    Although, I even bought a new USB to run into the Etir [not that it matters] but I figured it's time to at the least get some better built cables, So hopefully the Etir will be here before friday of next week
     
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    Just my opinion, there is some truth to cables matter, like there is a difference between a 50ohm vs 75ohm impedance cable (and there is), but for home use, and relatively short cable runs, you are better off saving $$s for that next set of headphones, or some other major upgrade like a DAC or an AMP. Eitr will fix any ground loop issues for sure, and if your DAC's re-clocking isn't perfect, it will help there too.
     
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    @schiit. In reference to the Eitr, shouldn't the manual state that the indicator light is a signal indicator and not a power on light?
    Mine doesn't come on till it sees a signal from my iPad. Having said that, I still can't get any audio with the Eitr connected. Ipad sees the Eitr and Dac sees a 48khz
    Signal. Using genuine apple cck cable ,USB 2 7' monster cable and have tried several coax cables to Dac. All is well via USB without the Eitr connected.
     
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    I'm going to try a USB hub to see if it helps to get this thing to work and will report results.
     
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    Eitr - Initial impressions with Eitr in the mix - Touch of sweetness, and drive, forward energy... Good stuff, love what I am hearing so far.
     
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    Instead of providing a blow by blow account of what you are doing with this thing, how about following @schiit 's advice umpteen posts ago and call their support. You could then provide a single consolidated post describing the original problem and its solution, if even necessary. Shit, maybe you just got a bad unit.
     
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    Maybe I did get a bad unit like most every other iOS user here with same issue. I did contact Schiit twice.
    Once to verify that it would work with my setup prior to purchasing and again once I ran into issues like other iOS users here.
    No response yet. In the meantime, I would like to be proactive and share my progress (or lack thereof ) and maybe collectively, we can solve issue.
    Gotta scratch the hub idea. I thought I had one laying around, but nooo. Must have sold it at some point I guess.
     
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    It is good that we all have exactly the same issue and with that I am confident that Schiit, by now, have figured out as to where exactly the problem is. At a high, level, it is definitely the clock mismatch because with iOS, it is always latching at 48K while it should have 44k.
     
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    Well you see, Schiit Eiting expertise is minimal to non-existent here. And there are other fora available around the internets catering to page after page of "I'm going to go flog my dong, stretch my balls, take a shit, and then report back." But imagine a place where quality over quantity is valued and then maybe you'll understand why we might take umbrage.
     
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    Has anyone tried feeding it an actual 48khz file?
    From what Jason said Eitr works for them on iOS but there are a lot of different models and configurations of iOS devices and dongles so it'd be best to coordinate with Schiit so they have as large a sample as possible when trying to isolate the issue.
     
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    On the PC, I had installed the Gen 3 drivers for Yggdrasil. No need to do anything else. The Eitr is listed as a "Schiit Eitr" audio device. Bit depth and sample rate changes work fine, though I've not tried all combos (like the ultra silly 32 bit depth combos).
     
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    Listened to an Eitr vs straight USB into Gungnir Multibit and ordered one. Nuff said. It will be interesting to compare with my firewire interface>coax but I am waiting on a longer coax cable.
     
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    I gotta get this and compare it to the RedNet into the Pavane. Selling my Rednet would be pretty easy and that is money in my pocket if I like the Eitr
     
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    Please don't, not until a solution is found. No one wants a near live play-by-play.
     
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    How does the spdif transmitter handle 32bit incoming data from the USB receiver?
    Does it drop the bottom byte?
     
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    My Eitr will not function at all with 32 bit data. Had to limit the bit depth to 24 bits output in Audirvana on my Mac Mini before it would pass signal to my Yggdrasil.
     
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    Gonna have to eat my hat. Eitr is much better than the Intona USB solution. Don't know if it isolates better; Yggdrasil does better with SPDIF in general; or does better with a cleaner clock coming in, but it sounds sweeter, details are more time-aligned, more analog like, another layer of fuzz removed. A very nice upgrade for sure. My only gripe is a minor one, more relay switching during boot-up of Windows. Minor thing. I've also tried variant bit-depth sources, such as some Blu Ray concerts (Power DVD set to WASAPI mode), and so far no problems detecting and auto switching between 44.1 and 48K PCM data.
     
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    You're the second person to describe the sound as sweeter, with the first being against a Lynx. I like that.

    Why is relay-switching a problem? Do you mean the clicks the Yggdrasil makes as when using a different sample setting?
     
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    Is the power light supposed to stay on?
    Mine does turn on and back off right away and didn't turn back on when I plugged the ZX-2.
    I didn't try any other USB source as I had to leave right after I plugged it in.
     

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