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Ideal for Audiophiles
These DAC & Amps are designed for discerning music lovers. If audio quality is important to you, a set of DAC & Amps like these would be ideal.
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Two Way Speaker
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DESCRIPTION
RAGNAROK 2 IS THE HEART OF PERFECT HOME AUDIO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL AMPLIFICATION FOR YOUR SPEAKERS AND HEADPHONES
In 2010, Schiit was formed when two seasoned audio industry professionals decided it was time to change the status quo. The two audiophiles are Mike Moffat, formerly of Theta, and Jason Stoddard, formerly of Sumo. They worked together to produce numerous audio and video products. Audiophiles have long favoured Schiit as a source for digital converters, headphone amplifiers, and speaker amplifiers. Ragnarok 2 stands true to its name, Twilight of the Gods literally, the fate of the gods. The Ragnarok 2 is the only modular, remote-controlled integrated amplifier that works well with speakers and headphones. Ragnarok delivers a performance that completely befits its name—in Norse legend, Ragnarok was the "end of the world." With full speaker power delivered to the balanced headphone outputs and the all-new Nexus™ differential gain stage, Ragnarok delivers performance that completely befits its name.
REMOTE CONVENIENCE, MODULAR FLEXIBILITY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Ragnarok 2 features two module slots to suit your needs. Procurable in two variants. "Just An Amp" Includes two RCA input modules for a total of two balanced and three RCA inputs, ready for you to plug in all your line-level sources. "Fully Loaded" includes a single integrated solution for a range of analogue and digital applications, featuring an MM phono preamp and an ES9028 DAC for two balanced inputs, one RCA line-level input, one RCA phono input, and one USB DAC input. Both models come with a machined aluminium remote control that lets you change the source and control the volume. Like its predecessor, the Ragnarok 2 amplifier has a remarkably transparent, rich, and clean tone. The Ragnarok 2 exhibits delineation with rapid transients and separation in all gain levels. The Ragnarok 2 can drive speakers and headphones with authority and depth, making them the appropriate coupling options.
FEATURING NEXUS™ DELIVERING EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN ALL MODES WITH EXCEPTIONAL POWER AND CONTROL CAPABILITIES
Ragnarok 2 introduces a new differential Nexus™ gain stage that makes single-ended and balanced sources interact seamlessly. Nexus converts single-ended inputs to balanced outputs, and balanced inputs to single-ended outputs, all in a single discrete gain stage with no gain changes across modes delivering excellent performance. Ragnarok 2 has differential current feedback with nested differential stages. Ragnarok 2 puts out 60 watts into an 8-ohm load and 100 watts into a 4-ohm load, providing exceptional performance with most speakers. It also has a balanced headphone jack that outputs full power (24W into 32 Ohms) and a single-ended headphone jack that outputs quarter power (6W into 32 Ohms). It works with a wide range of speakers and headphones thanks to configurable gains of 1, 8, and 25. The Ragnarok 2 is microprocessor-controlled monitoring and management of critical operational points, with relay shut-down for DC, overcurrent, thermal, and other faults. The Ragnarok 2 has a 600VA transformer with dual mono main rails, plus boosted, regulated supply to input, voltage gain and driver stages, plus separate, isolated and regulated rails for microprocessor management.
STEPPED ATTENUATOR COMPILED WITH FLUID 128-STEP RELAY-SWITCHED VOLUME
Ragnarok 2 features a relay-switched stepped attenuator for volume control near perfect channel matching and near-unmeasurable distortion; when compared to a potentiometer. Some preamps with relay-stepped attenuators can be perplexing due to their buttons and screens. Ragnarok 2 is not one of them. Ragnarok 2 has a volume knob that you can grab and turn just like a regular volume knob. When you use the remote control, the motorised potentiometer adjusts to match the setting on the remote.
CONSCIENTIOUSLY DESIGNED AND BUILT IN CALIFORNIA, FEATURING NUMEROUS INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
Ragnarok 2's build is smooth yet elegant with high-quality metal housing. On the front of the Ragnarok 2 is a 5-input switch with LED indicator, gain switch, potentiometer, and single-ended and balanced headphone output. The potentiometer is very tactile and smooth to the touch. It implements the aforementioned relay-switched attenuator, resulting in clicking when the volume is turned up. The rear of the Ragnarok hosts a wealth of options for the user. Examples include the two sets of balanced inputs, single-ended inputs, a single & balanced preamp output, speaker outputs and a power switch. It consists of two pairs of XLR balanced inputs, one RCA single-ended input, and two Module slots, one small and one large. The Ragnarok 2 is designed and built in California. The vast majority of the total production cost of Ragnarok 2—chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. The PCBs are made in NorCal. Additionally made in California are the transformers.
SPECS
| POWER OUTPUT, SPEAKER OUTPUTS | 8 Ohms: 60W RMS per channel 4 Ohms: 100W RMS per channel |
| POWER OUTPUT, BALANCED HEADPHONE OUTPUT | 32 Ohms: 24W RMS per channel 50 Ohms: 15W RMS per channel 300 Ohms: 3W RMS per channel 600 Ohms: 1.5W RMS per channel |
| POWER OUTPUT, SINGLE-ENDED HEADPHONE OUTPUT | 32 Ohms: 6W RMS per channel 50 Ohms: 3.75W RMS per channel 300 Ohms: 750 mW RMS per channel 600 Ohms: 375mW RMS per channel |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 20 Hz-20 kHz, -0.1db, 3Hz-350KHz, -3dB |
| THD | <0.01%, 20 Hz-20 kHz, at 100W RMS into 8 ohms |
| IMD | <0.01%, CCIR, at 100W RMS into 8 ohms |
| SNR | >115db, A-weighted, referenced to full output |
| DAMPING RATE | >80 into 8 ohms, 20-20 kHz |
| GAIN | 2, 8, or 25 (balanced, half those gains through headphone SE output) |
| INPUT IMPEDANCE | 10k ohms |
| CROSSTALK | >95dB, 20-20 kHz |
| INPUTS | (2) pairs XLR balanced inputs (1) RCA single-ended input (2) Module slots, one small and one large |
| TOPOLOGY | Nexus™ differential current feedback with nested differential stages |
| OVERSIGHT | microprocessor-controlled monitoring and management of critical operational points, with relay shut-down for DC, overcurrent, thermal, and other faults |
| POWER SUPPLY | 600VA transformer with dual mono main rails, plus boosted, regulated supply to input, voltage gain and driver stages, plus separate, isolated and regulated rails for microprocessor management. |
| POWER CONSUMPTION | 500W maximum |
| SIZE | 16” x 13” x 3.875” |
| WEIGHT | 32 lbs |
| BOX CONTENTS |
1. Schiit Ragnarok 2
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2. Power cord
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| GENERIC NAME | Headphone Amplifier |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | USA |
| IMPORTER DETAILS | Importers Name: Ferrari Video Address: 63/18, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Chennai - 600020 Contact No: 044-24420733 |
| NET QUANTITY | 1 |
FAQs
I thought Ragnarok was the end of the world, now you have a Ragnarok 2, what's up?
Ragnarok is, in Norse mythology, the Twilight of the Gods. There are gods that survive beyond Ragnarok, so it's clearly not the end of the world. Or worlds. More reading and less Marvel movies is our prescription for understanding this better.
Fine. So how is this Ragnarok 2 different than the original Ragnarok?
Oh holy moly, it is so completely different it would be easier to list what's the same. Which, er, is pretty much nothing. Well, except the name. And the fact it'll drive headphones and speakers. And that's about it. As far as what's different:
1. Ragnarok 2 debuts our all-new Nexus differential topology, which provides one discrete gain stage for all I/Oóîbalanced and single-ended, headphones and speakers.
2. Ragnarok 2 is modularóîit has two input module spaces that can be filled with RCA inputs, or with an MM phono preamp and Multibit DAC module.
3. Ragnarok 2 has a remote control. Yes. Finally.
4. Ragnarok 2 has an all-new thermal design with external heatsinksóîwhich means it runs monumentally cooler than the original.
5. Ragnarok 2's relay-stepped attenuator has 128 steps, 2x more than the original.
6. Ragnarok 2 has an all-new, modular chassis design that reduces chassis cost and labor costóîwhich means it costs less than the model it replaces. Yes. Less. At least as Just An Amp (which is all Ragnarok was). Don't pass out. We've done this before. Yes, we're weird.
7. Ragnarok 2 now allows you to select speaker and headphone outputs with visual feedback as to which mode you're in, both from the front panel and from the remote.
Is this an overgrown headphone amp or a proper speaker amp?
Ragnarok 2 is, much more than the original Ragnarok, a true integrated amp. It's perfectly suited as an all-in-one, do-everything, single-box product for your headphones and speakers. However, if we had to call this one, it's more a speaker amp than a headphone amp. I mean, what headphone amp is rated at 24 watts RMS into 32 ohms? Come on. this ain't an intelligent idea for your IEMs.
Aha! Then it's a Vidar in a box!
Ah, no. Ragnarok is a fully differential amplifieróîthat is, both sets of speaker terminals are active. And its Nexus topology is completely different than Vidar. Also, Vidar is in a box.
But it uses Vidar heatsinks, I can see that!
Yep. So does Aegir. It's called 'manufacturing efficiency.' It doesn't mean they're the same inside.
What is this Nexus thing? More Schiit blathering?
Nexus is what we've been referring to as the 'holy grail gain stage' internally, during development. Now, maybe we're a little too much into Monty Python, or maybe we're a bit touched in the head. But it took a long time to come up with Nexus, which is a current-feedback stage with nested differential amplification and has the following interesting qualities for a discrete design:
1. It does not exhibit the N/N+1 gain relationship when fed a single-ended signal, so it seamlessly converts single-ended to balanced.
2. It also converts balanced to single-ended.
3. It also is quite happy to amplify, differentially, a differential signal for differential output.
4. It does this without summers, buffers, or any other tricks; it is a single discrete differential stage,
So it's a circlotron?
Nope
Well, I already got a 1979 receiver with a headphone out and speaker outs, whatcha think about that?
We think good for you! People should keep their gear longer. However, your receiver has little in common with Ragnarok 2óîthe headphone outputs may be run from a resistor divider, or may be a separate low-power op-amp circuit. Ragnarok 2 uses the same balanced output stage for both speakers and headphonesóîthere is no difference.
Talk to me about this relay-switched stepped attenuator thing. What is that?
It's a volume control. Unlike continuous, potentiometer-based volume controls, it uses relays to switch in and out a set of precision resistors based on the volume setting on the front panel. The result is perfect channel tracking down to very low levels, with 128 steps of 0.625dB available at each gain levelóîmuch more than most stepped attenuators. Note that our attenuator also works just like a regular potentiometeróîthere are no continually-spinning encoders, but an actual knob with stops at the low end and high end of the gain.
Is this a Class A amp?
For most headphones, this is technically a Class A amp. It runs about 1W of Class A bias. For speakers, that translates to Class AB operation.
Ahem, I am a very important person! I have spend $55,000 last year alone in assembling the ultimate listening system on planet Earth.
Ah, right. Gotcha. Unfortunately, we are not qualified to dispense psychoactive medications nor consult in matters of psychology. Nor do our products come with a psychologist, either standard or as an option. The shipping is brutal, and the psychologists don't like it too much.
Why, I never! What cheek! I will tell all my friends about your lack of respect for a true audiophile! You'll never work in this town again!
Cool. Please do. Remind them we make cheap gear, maybe they need presents for their less-fortunate relatives.
Ah. Well. But it's outrageous, you see! You're ripping people off! You could do this a lot cheaper if you just used 40-cent op-amps and 10-cent regulators in a plastic chassis. How can making something like this possibly be fair?
Corvette. Porsche.
Corvette Porsche what?
You can get around town just as well in a 10-year-old Civic as a Corvette or Porsche.
I fail to see the connection here!
You can rail against people buying expensive cars all you want, you can show them all the charts and graphs that they won't get there any faster in their Corvette or Porsche or Mercedes or Bentley or what-have-you, you can regurgitate all the Consumer Reports stuff you want showing how high-end cars just cost a lot more money to buy and repair and maintain and insure and that in the end, they don't do a damn thing for the owner's ego or attractiveness to the opposite sex. And you know what? They'll still want the Corvette, Mercedes, Porsche, whatever. Same with audio. Bottom line, there's great stuff available very inexpensively, and there are options that cost a lot more.
Well, I'll still never buy your stuff! What do you think about that?
You wouldn't anyway.
What happened to the True Multibit DAC card option?
We're constrained on the Analog Devices ADSP parts, so we're afraid those are on hold for a while. Hopefully they'll be back at the end of 2022.
RAGNAROK 2 IS THE HEART OF PERFECT HOME AUDIO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL AMPLIFICATION FOR YOUR SPEAKERS AND HEADPHONES
In 2010, Schiit was formed when two seasoned audio industry professionals decided it was time to change the status quo. The two audiophiles are Mike Moffat, formerly of Theta, and Jason Stoddard, formerly of Sumo. They worked together to produce numerous audio and video products. Audiophiles have long favoured Schiit as a source for digital converters, headphone amplifiers, and speaker amplifiers. Ragnarok 2 stands true to its name, Twilight of the Gods literally, the fate of the gods. The Ragnarok 2 is the only modular, remote-controlled integrated amplifier that works well with speakers and headphones. Ragnarok delivers a performance that completely befits its name—in Norse legend, Ragnarok was the "end of the world." With full speaker power delivered to the balanced headphone outputs and the all-new Nexus™ differential gain stage, Ragnarok delivers performance that completely befits its name.
REMOTE CONVENIENCE, MODULAR FLEXIBILITY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Ragnarok 2 features two module slots to suit your needs. Procurable in two variants. "Just An Amp" Includes two RCA input modules for a total of two balanced and three RCA inputs, ready for you to plug in all your line-level sources. "Fully Loaded" includes a single integrated solution for a range of analogue and digital applications, featuring an MM phono preamp and an ES9028 DAC for two balanced inputs, one RCA line-level input, one RCA phono input, and one USB DAC input. Both models come with a machined aluminium remote control that lets you change the source and control the volume. Like its predecessor, the Ragnarok 2 amplifier has a remarkably transparent, rich, and clean tone. The Ragnarok 2 exhibits delineation with rapid transients and separation in all gain levels. The Ragnarok 2 can drive speakers and headphones with authority and depth, making them the appropriate coupling options.
FEATURING NEXUS™ DELIVERING EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN ALL MODES WITH EXCEPTIONAL POWER AND CONTROL CAPABILITIES
Ragnarok 2 introduces a new differential Nexus™ gain stage that makes single-ended and balanced sources interact seamlessly. Nexus converts single-ended inputs to balanced outputs, and balanced inputs to single-ended outputs, all in a single discrete gain stage with no gain changes across modes delivering excellent performance. Ragnarok 2 has differential current feedback with nested differential stages. Ragnarok 2 puts out 60 watts into an 8-ohm load and 100 watts into a 4-ohm load, providing exceptional performance with most speakers. It also has a balanced headphone jack that outputs full power (24W into 32 Ohms) and a single-ended headphone jack that outputs quarter power (6W into 32 Ohms). It works with a wide range of speakers and headphones thanks to configurable gains of 1, 8, and 25. The Ragnarok 2 is microprocessor-controlled monitoring and management of critical operational points, with relay shut-down for DC, overcurrent, thermal, and other faults. The Ragnarok 2 has a 600VA transformer with dual mono main rails, plus boosted, regulated supply to input, voltage gain and driver stages, plus separate, isolated and regulated rails for microprocessor management.
STEPPED ATTENUATOR COMPILED WITH FLUID 128-STEP RELAY-SWITCHED VOLUME
Ragnarok 2 features a relay-switched stepped attenuator for volume control near perfect channel matching and near-unmeasurable distortion; when compared to a potentiometer. Some preamps with relay-stepped attenuators can be perplexing due to their buttons and screens. Ragnarok 2 is not one of them. Ragnarok 2 has a volume knob that you can grab and turn just like a regular volume knob. When you use the remote control, the motorised potentiometer adjusts to match the setting on the remote.
CONSCIENTIOUSLY DESIGNED AND BUILT IN CALIFORNIA, FEATURING NUMEROUS INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
Ragnarok 2's build is smooth yet elegant with high-quality metal housing. On the front of the Ragnarok 2 is a 5-input switch with LED indicator, gain switch, potentiometer, and single-ended and balanced headphone output. The potentiometer is very tactile and smooth to the touch. It implements the aforementioned relay-switched attenuator, resulting in clicking when the volume is turned up. The rear of the Ragnarok hosts a wealth of options for the user. Examples include the two sets of balanced inputs, single-ended inputs, a single & balanced preamp output, speaker outputs and a power switch. It consists of two pairs of XLR balanced inputs, one RCA single-ended input, and two Module slots, one small and one large. The Ragnarok 2 is designed and built in California. The vast majority of the total production cost of Ragnarok 2—chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. The PCBs are made in NorCal. Additionally made in California are the transformers.
| POWER OUTPUT, SPEAKER OUTPUTS | 8 Ohms: 60W RMS per channel 4 Ohms: 100W RMS per channel |
| POWER OUTPUT, BALANCED HEADPHONE OUTPUT | 32 Ohms: 24W RMS per channel 50 Ohms: 15W RMS per channel 300 Ohms: 3W RMS per channel 600 Ohms: 1.5W RMS per channel |
| POWER OUTPUT, SINGLE-ENDED HEADPHONE OUTPUT | 32 Ohms: 6W RMS per channel 50 Ohms: 3.75W RMS per channel 300 Ohms: 750 mW RMS per channel 600 Ohms: 375mW RMS per channel |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 20 Hz-20 kHz, -0.1db, 3Hz-350KHz, -3dB |
| THD | <0.01%, 20 Hz-20 kHz, at 100W RMS into 8 ohms |
| IMD | <0.01%, CCIR, at 100W RMS into 8 ohms |
| SNR | >115db, A-weighted, referenced to full output |
| DAMPING RATE | >80 into 8 ohms, 20-20 kHz |
| GAIN | 2, 8, or 25 (balanced, half those gains through headphone SE output) |
| INPUT IMPEDANCE | 10k ohms |
| CROSSTALK | >95dB, 20-20 kHz |
| INPUTS | (2) pairs XLR balanced inputs (1) RCA single-ended input (2) Module slots, one small and one large |
| TOPOLOGY | Nexus™ differential current feedback with nested differential stages |
| OVERSIGHT | microprocessor-controlled monitoring and management of critical operational points, with relay shut-down for DC, overcurrent, thermal, and other faults |
| POWER SUPPLY | 600VA transformer with dual mono main rails, plus boosted, regulated supply to input, voltage gain and driver stages, plus separate, isolated and regulated rails for microprocessor management. |
| POWER CONSUMPTION | 500W maximum |
| SIZE | 16” x 13” x 3.875” |
| WEIGHT | 32 lbs |
| BOX CONTENTS |
1. Schiit Ragnarok 2
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2. Power cord
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| GENERIC NAME | Headphone Amplifier |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | USA |
| IMPORTER DETAILS | Importers Name: Ferrari Video Address: 63/18, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Chennai - 600020 Contact No: 044-24420733 |
| NET QUANTITY | 1 |
I thought Ragnarok was the end of the world, now you have a Ragnarok 2, what's up?
Ragnarok is, in Norse mythology, the Twilight of the Gods. There are gods that survive beyond Ragnarok, so it's clearly not the end of the world. Or worlds. More reading and less Marvel movies is our prescription for understanding this better.
Fine. So how is this Ragnarok 2 different than the original Ragnarok?
Oh holy moly, it is so completely different it would be easier to list what's the same. Which, er, is pretty much nothing. Well, except the name. And the fact it'll drive headphones and speakers. And that's about it. As far as what's different:
1. Ragnarok 2 debuts our all-new Nexus differential topology, which provides one discrete gain stage for all I/Oóîbalanced and single-ended, headphones and speakers.
2. Ragnarok 2 is modularóîit has two input module spaces that can be filled with RCA inputs, or with an MM phono preamp and Multibit DAC module.
3. Ragnarok 2 has a remote control. Yes. Finally.
4. Ragnarok 2 has an all-new thermal design with external heatsinksóîwhich means it runs monumentally cooler than the original.
5. Ragnarok 2's relay-stepped attenuator has 128 steps, 2x more than the original.
6. Ragnarok 2 has an all-new, modular chassis design that reduces chassis cost and labor costóîwhich means it costs less than the model it replaces. Yes. Less. At least as Just An Amp (which is all Ragnarok was). Don't pass out. We've done this before. Yes, we're weird.
7. Ragnarok 2 now allows you to select speaker and headphone outputs with visual feedback as to which mode you're in, both from the front panel and from the remote.
Is this an overgrown headphone amp or a proper speaker amp?
Ragnarok 2 is, much more than the original Ragnarok, a true integrated amp. It's perfectly suited as an all-in-one, do-everything, single-box product for your headphones and speakers. However, if we had to call this one, it's more a speaker amp than a headphone amp. I mean, what headphone amp is rated at 24 watts RMS into 32 ohms? Come on. this ain't an intelligent idea for your IEMs.
Aha! Then it's a Vidar in a box!
Ah, no. Ragnarok is a fully differential amplifieróîthat is, both sets of speaker terminals are active. And its Nexus topology is completely different than Vidar. Also, Vidar is in a box.
But it uses Vidar heatsinks, I can see that!
Yep. So does Aegir. It's called 'manufacturing efficiency.' It doesn't mean they're the same inside.
What is this Nexus thing? More Schiit blathering?
Nexus is what we've been referring to as the 'holy grail gain stage' internally, during development. Now, maybe we're a little too much into Monty Python, or maybe we're a bit touched in the head. But it took a long time to come up with Nexus, which is a current-feedback stage with nested differential amplification and has the following interesting qualities for a discrete design:
1. It does not exhibit the N/N+1 gain relationship when fed a single-ended signal, so it seamlessly converts single-ended to balanced.
2. It also converts balanced to single-ended.
3. It also is quite happy to amplify, differentially, a differential signal for differential output.
4. It does this without summers, buffers, or any other tricks; it is a single discrete differential stage,
So it's a circlotron?
Nope
Well, I already got a 1979 receiver with a headphone out and speaker outs, whatcha think about that?
We think good for you! People should keep their gear longer. However, your receiver has little in common with Ragnarok 2óîthe headphone outputs may be run from a resistor divider, or may be a separate low-power op-amp circuit. Ragnarok 2 uses the same balanced output stage for both speakers and headphonesóîthere is no difference.
Talk to me about this relay-switched stepped attenuator thing. What is that?
It's a volume control. Unlike continuous, potentiometer-based volume controls, it uses relays to switch in and out a set of precision resistors based on the volume setting on the front panel. The result is perfect channel tracking down to very low levels, with 128 steps of 0.625dB available at each gain levelóîmuch more than most stepped attenuators. Note that our attenuator also works just like a regular potentiometeróîthere are no continually-spinning encoders, but an actual knob with stops at the low end and high end of the gain.
Is this a Class A amp?
For most headphones, this is technically a Class A amp. It runs about 1W of Class A bias. For speakers, that translates to Class AB operation.
Ahem, I am a very important person! I have spend $55,000 last year alone in assembling the ultimate listening system on planet Earth.
Ah, right. Gotcha. Unfortunately, we are not qualified to dispense psychoactive medications nor consult in matters of psychology. Nor do our products come with a psychologist, either standard or as an option. The shipping is brutal, and the psychologists don't like it too much.
Why, I never! What cheek! I will tell all my friends about your lack of respect for a true audiophile! You'll never work in this town again!
Cool. Please do. Remind them we make cheap gear, maybe they need presents for their less-fortunate relatives.
Ah. Well. But it's outrageous, you see! You're ripping people off! You could do this a lot cheaper if you just used 40-cent op-amps and 10-cent regulators in a plastic chassis. How can making something like this possibly be fair?
Corvette. Porsche.
Corvette Porsche what?
You can get around town just as well in a 10-year-old Civic as a Corvette or Porsche.
I fail to see the connection here!
You can rail against people buying expensive cars all you want, you can show them all the charts and graphs that they won't get there any faster in their Corvette or Porsche or Mercedes or Bentley or what-have-you, you can regurgitate all the Consumer Reports stuff you want showing how high-end cars just cost a lot more money to buy and repair and maintain and insure and that in the end, they don't do a damn thing for the owner's ego or attractiveness to the opposite sex. And you know what? They'll still want the Corvette, Mercedes, Porsche, whatever. Same with audio. Bottom line, there's great stuff available very inexpensively, and there are options that cost a lot more.
Well, I'll still never buy your stuff! What do you think about that?
You wouldn't anyway.
What happened to the True Multibit DAC card option?
We're constrained on the Analog Devices ADSP parts, so we're afraid those are on hold for a while. Hopefully they'll be back at the end of 2022.
Don't sweat it, this
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"To sum up, the Schiit Ragnarok 2's versatility is unmatched for the money. Its sound with speakers and high-end headphones is extraordinary. Build quality and the warranty are top notch.”
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"The Ragnarok 2 is primarily a speaker amplifier, but it’s so much more than that. Select the fully loaded option and you get a DAC, pre-amp, integrated amp, MM phono amp and a headphone amplifier."
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"In its Fully Loaded version, the Schiit Ragnarok 2 offers greater flexibility than its predecessor and includes a remote and an evidently capable DAC and phono stage."
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