Originally Posted by
tatami
This is a really interesting suggestion, thank you, Rob. I hadn't come across the Schiit Saga and it has the definite advantage of being about a quarter the price of the Icon and Primaluna options. I just called Schiit's UK distributor and he's offered to loan me his demo unit in a couple of weeks' time. He's concerned that in tube mode it might cause hum on the electrostatics (but that shouldn't be the case in passive mode).
I'm going to try and get the Schiit and Icon preamps on loan together so I can plug them into my system and audition them alongside my Quad 66. Should be interesting.
Thank you too, Frazeur1 and Light Dependant Resistor for your thoughts. I'm learning a lot here and it's really interesting.
Philip
the saga does not hum at all in valve mode that i can see . the freya has 14db gain in valve mode and there can be a tiny tiny little bit of noise but its very small . i only notice it with my sensitive horns . it was deadly silent with my tannoys and the quad 2905 i heard it with
look forward how it compares . i use a brimar valve in the saga courtesy of jerry and i like it . the freya has a bit more slam but i think the saga is very good
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