Schiit Preamps Now Shipping

12/23/2016, Los Angeles, CA. Schiit announced that its first two dedicated 2-channel products are now available: the Saga ($349, single-ended) and Freya ($699, balanced) remote-control preamps. Both products ship immediately from Schiit.com.

 

"It's time to decouple the high-end/high-price connection," said Jason Stoddard, co-founder of Schiit Audio. "There's plenty of mega-price gear out there, but we wanted to create great products that almost anyone can afford."

 

Both preamps were designed as no-compromise high-end components, using design techniques and topologies typically seen on much more expensive gear. Saga and Freya use extreme high-end design techniques such as relay-switched stepped attenuators (rather than a volume control IC or a potentiometer), and employ highly linear 6SN7-type tubes on 200 or 300V rails in the active stages. 

 

• Relay switched stepped attenuator (64 steps) 
• Selectable passive or tube hybrid buffer operation
• Tube hybrid buffer uses 6SN7 tube and 200V rails
• 5 inputs, 2 outputs
• Full remote control
• $349

• Relay switched stepped attenuator (128 steps) 
• Selectable passive, JFET buffer, or tube gain operation
• Tube gain stage uses (4) 6SN7 tubes and 300V rail
• 2 balanced inputs, 3 SE inputs, balanced and SE outputs
• Full remote control
• $699

 

 

Founded in June 2010 by Jason Stoddard and Mike Moffat, Schiit has grown into a leader in affordable high-end audio, with a wide range of products spanning DACs, headphone amplifiers, and preamplifiers, from $49 to $2299.