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W9TR 02-02-2020 12:24 PM

New! Unison USB
 
The UNISON USB upgrade is now available.
Fits Bifrost, Gungir, and Yggdrasil.
Even better news, you can install it yourself.

Some fine print i just read:
Gungnirs must come back to Schiit for motherboard reprogramming to be compatible with Unison USB.

I love these guys - they are constantly upgrading their modular hardware. The upgrade is $200 if you have Schiit install it, $150 if you DIY. :smoking:

https://www.schiit.com/public/upload...on%20board.jpg

Puma Cat 02-02-2020 12:37 PM

Yes!

Waay cool!

W9TR 02-02-2020 02:33 PM

I ordered mine today.

kmmd 02-03-2020 02:41 PM

I installed it into my Yggy yesterday. While I was in there, I also changed the fuse from the SR Blue to Orange fuse. The upgrade is significant and all for only $150 and less than an hour of work. This was my 5th time opening up the Yggy. I would say that the improvement is almost as close to going from Curious Cable USB to the Shunyata Sigma USB.

Formerly YB-2 02-03-2020 03:06 PM

If one has their digital media on a HDD what software is used to run the HDD/Schitt combination? Does Schitt provide control software?

Masterlu 02-03-2020 03:32 PM

kmmd... Welcome to AA! :wave:

kmmd 02-03-2020 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Masterlu (Post 994398)
kmmd... Welcome to AA! :wave:

Thanks Ivan :) New to the forum but not audio.

W9TR 02-03-2020 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2 (Post 994397)
If one has their digital media on a HDD what software is used to run the HDD/Schitt combination? Does Schitt provide control software?



There are two clear choices right now for digital media software: JRiver and Roon.

JRiver is low cost and very flexible but does not support streaming services like Qobuz and Tidal.

Roon is more expensive but much more capable.

I am running JRiver but will switch to Roon shortly.

I think the best route to go is to use an open source purpose built media server like Silenzio.

Second best are a plethora of purpose built music servers from the likes of NAD, Lumin, Aurrender, Sony, MSB, etc. With these, you are tied to their hardware and software solution forever.

Masterlu 02-03-2020 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by W9TR (Post 994406)

I think the best route to go is to use an open source purpose built media server like Silenzio.

:thumbsup:

Puma Cat 02-03-2020 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2 (Post 994397)
If one has their digital media on a HDD what software is used to run the HDD/Schitt combination? Does Schitt provide control software?

No, Schiit does not supply control software.

There are number of ways of providing content from music files stored on hard drives: JRiver, Audirvana, etc. But the one that many folks find the best now is Roon. Roon has superb metadata and lets your play files from your HD, Tidal or Qobuz in a Radio mode that plays related content. Great way to discover new music. The most recent update to Roon added 44 Gbytes of metadata to the database.

And you can run a Roon Core on a number of devices, a laptop, computer, Intel NUC using ROCK (Roon OS Core Kit), or the Roon Server (which is a re-skinned Intel NUC). I use a Mac Mini; it works very well, too. If you get something like the Innuous Zen streamers you can run the Roon Core right on the streamer.


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