synthz Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 Yes I'm still very keen to hear the freya! I was only up to the JFET stage and that already gives me improvements!; Sounds are more full and solid from the few seconds I've heard it. Felt the gain increase as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChupaChups Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Please cut the newbie some slack. We all make mistake somewhere along the line. Yes damage is done. How bad? No one knows until a qualified technician has chance to check it out. No point making the newbie feeling more guilt. Move on and get it assessed. Isn't this a community fostering some luv for those who loves hifi? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swervyn Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, Sirmorebeer said: Please cut the newbie some slack. We all make mistake somewhere along the line. Yes damage is done. How bad? No one knows until a qualified technician has chance to check it out. No point making the newbie feeling more guilt. Move on and get it assessed. Isn't this a community fostering some luv for those who loves hifi? What on earth are you talking about? No-one here has tried to force guilt onto anyone, everyone is trying to help. Well everyone except that person ^^^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE.D79 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Nah no guilt at all, I think nearly everyone's been there at some stage. While changing amps over on the same set of speakers I used to just leave the interconnects and cables sitting on the ground for more convenient swapping of amps, accidentally turned on one of the amps while disconnected and the + and - were touching at the speaker end. "hmmmmm, that's interesting, why has my amp stopped working???" "oh well, off to the techie I go" Any way Synth, chin up, its all part of it, as much hated as it is. just find a good techie, everyone here will point you in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deanB Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Looking at the instruction manual, it says to first turn on the unit and the next 2 steps are to connect the input and output cables. Is that the correct advice? Every manual I've ever read advises the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantan Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, deanB said: Looking at the instruction manual, it says to first turn on the unit and the next 2 steps are to connect the input and output cables. Is that the correct advice? Every manual I've ever read advises the opposite. The golden rule of audio is to never, ever, have the amplifier switched on while connecting anything at all. Didn't read the manual but that advice is just bonkers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSmith Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 30 minutes ago, deanB said: Is that the correct advice? Nope, it isn't... and well spotted. OP may well have a point now about confusing and incorrect instructions. JSmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nada Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 51 minutes ago, deanB said: Looking at the instruction manual, it says to first turn on the unit and the next 2 steps are to connect the input and output cables. Is that the correct advice? Every manual I've ever read advises the opposite. Where does it say that? Are you drunk? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted May 18, 2018 Volunteer Share Posted May 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, Nada said: Where does it say that? Are you drunk? Step 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSmith Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Nada said: Where does it say that? Well it seems to say to at least insert the tubes correctly first... but it is odd that it says to turn the product on before connecting sources. Then it refers to powering up... JSmith Edited May 18, 2018 by JSmith :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sir Sanders Zingmore said: Step 3 Is that a new cocktail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deanB Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 44 minutes ago, Nada said: Where does it say that? Are you drunk? Yesh, siam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nada Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) I got curious and looked at the manual. Well that's weird. The Freya seems to have a "microprocessor" that connects the output. Does it do some internal collaboration on first start up that needs it to be isolated? I wouldn't do that with any other gear. Scary. Edited May 19, 2018 by Nada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyW Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I hope this ends up working out for you. I've been incredibly impressed with my Schiit Saga, the Freya's little brother. Magic with a Quad 405 copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthz Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 Thank you MattyW, this has been dropped off at Addicted to Audio and i'm just waiting for their technicians to contact me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sime Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I’ve got to buy some good schiit at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyW Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Heya, did you end up getting this repaired? I'm in heaven with my Schiit Saga + darTZeel NHB-108 copy. Best I've heard any system period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthz Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Hi MattyW.... just rub it in mate! The Freya is still in repair in Melbourne. It's been almost a month now, I asked for an update to ATA few days ago. They're saying they're in contact with Schiit people in USA to try to repair it. They haven't told me what the issues is, so i still have no clue in regards to damage result and costing. I haven't even heard the tube sounds in my Freya! LOL... I've got Audio Research LS8 preamp in the mail, hopefully that can satisfy me with a preamp necessity for now. I also hope the tube sounds of the two will be different (The ARC LS8 uses 6922 tubes rather than 6SN7). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyW Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Hopefully not much longer. I'm hoping you get your Schiit together soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthz Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Alright finally the Freya has been repaired and fitted with new matched quad tubes. It took pretty long to get this sorted (over 2 months?) So I'm glad to get this back! Will try it in my system today and see how the tubes sound. My current gear is slightly different than before but i think i should be able to utilise all the input modes now rather than just using the tubes only. The reason is because I'm using Vincent SP T800 class a hybrid power anp. The tubes at the front stage is providing different taste than my previous setup, so it will be inyeresting to try with the J FET AND TUBE stage Total cost is $229 for new tubes only ordered from Schiit. The tech said there was nothing wrong with it, it just needs new tubes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthz Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Update: Two Words: "Happy Ending". Just for context, this is my current rig: I just hooked up the Freya into the system and replaced the Audio Research LS8 preamp in the current signal chain. The synergy of Freya with Vincent SP T-800 is unbelievable! This is the most musical synergy that i've got so far! I'm really impressed, well done Schiit! But first of all... I checked for any smokes coming out of the tubes... phew.. i guess i'm safe now!! Let's start spinning the digital 'wheels of steel'! J-FET Mode: I wasn't very happy with the synergy of the ARC LS8 with the SP T-800 because there was a slight compromise in the low end, such as kick drum — i feel like i'm losing a bit of 'slam' with the kick drums, almost like as if the transients are round off by the tubes. There's nothing wrong with the SP T-800, it's still highly musical. I'm getting improvements in the highs, more warm and musical. I'm hearing those great tube sounds compared to the previous setup with the class D Primare A34.2. Now, with Freya in J-FET mode i'm getting back all the kick drum goodness that i miss. The slam is back, the energy and punch is back. That also convinced me it was just a matter of synergy. ARC LS8 is a tube preamp, so i was thinking maybe the solid state-ness of J-FET mode in Freya creates a perfect synergy. Then i tried the Tubes Mode... Oh. my. god. This is even more musical than before!!!! Those tubes does something to vocals that i can't describe, but it's really silky warm and almost sounds like the singer is in the room with you. I've never felt this before, this is really awesome. Kick drums sounds even more slammed and have more musical ambience. Snares are snappy and musical. Toe-tapping level is 'on the roof'. I also feel my bass is less 'boomy' and sounds better. Totally non-fatiguing and can listen for all day. Classical music sounds great too, like you can feel the 'wood' in the strings sections, violins sounds have more 'body', electric guitars have better mids than before, acoustic guitars have better transients. The two plus months wait were worthed haha. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyW Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I've been hoping to hear you had this up and running. Fantastic news. Congratulations :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgehifi Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 19 hours ago, synthz said: Alright finally the Freya has been repaired and fitted with new matched quad tubes. Dam those guys for fixing it, I was going to offer you Schiit for it unfixed, so I could fix it. Always looking for cheap Schiit to do A/B's with. BTW: glad it's all working now, I've been a staunch advocator of the Sys and the Freya. Cheers George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthz Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 MattyW — Thanks mate, i'm over the moon with my new setup! georgehifi — Hahaha yeah they did it even if it took a bit of time. If you haven't demoed it you should take a listen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyW Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) 52 minutes ago, georgehifi said: Dam those guys for fixing it, I was going to offer you Schiit for it unfixed, so I could fix it. Always looking for cheap Schiit to do A/B's with. BTW: glad it's all working now, I've been a staunch advocator of the Sys and the Freya. Cheers George Should add the Saga to that list George. The best sounding preamp I've ever run. Extremely transparent. I lack the space for the larger Freya. 10 minutes ago, synthz said: MattyW — Thanks mate, i'm over the moon with my new setup! georgehifi — Hahaha yeah they did it even if it took a bit of time. If you haven't demoed it you should take a listen. I really wish you were in Brisbane. Been curious about Vincent amps for a while, although their phono stages aren't really my cup of tea. We seem to be in a time where incredible sound can be achieved without breaking the bank. A good time to be in the hobby Probably your only worry now is if you get used to how good it sounds. There's always speaker, power and interconnect cable changes.... For me the fix was a second main system at the same level, though noticeably different sonics. Double the fun Edited August 5, 2018 by MattyW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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