No, it is not because I am impatient enough to cancel the order and buy another company's amplifier nor getting bitter about delay.

Currently I am building my Torpedo amp right now, and the incident I just had brought back many bad memories, and made me realize that Ragnarok follows worrisome pattern.

I was searching Head-Fi for Torpedo amp build help. Then, I decided to check some impressions of Ragnarok, and 'left channel buzzing' portion quickly gained my attention. I remember this... Wasn't it very same issue that marv reported during the open beta period? And the answer is yes. I assume this is already reported, yet we are having same problems on the release version of Ragnarok. I do have sensitive cans such as Grado and LCD-X. I am concerned now.

I also noticed there are people having issues with power supply humming. Sure it can be explained because of the Circlotron circuit and complex transformer wiring... but again, with such a lot of power going on, it can be other issues, and I am also having some worries here as well. Stuffs like tap noise on volume control also raise my eyebrows too.

It is not like Schiit has clean record on launch unit problems. Even disregard first Asgard, we definitely had some problems with Asgard 2 and Vali launch units. Ragnarok is far more complex product and will be far more problematic if these problems persist.

I am not sure. I just learned other guy that order number is right next to me is saying his amp won't be done until 11/14. Laura told me my unit may be shipping at end of this week. I will probably ask her about my Rag shipping date next Monday again (sorry! Laura) and if my unit is also indeed delayed like his case, I might ask her either just cancel the order or postpone until all of these early issues are fixed.

That said, I do not have good experience with "Made In USA" stuffs.

I have zero illusion about these 'Made In USA' propaganda. The mere fact that I always have troubles with those USA manufacturers, particularly audio companies.

Byrnie, consider the ECP Black Diamond. Quite an amp for just 'unbalanced'.

Quote from: Azteca X on October 30, 2014, 04:51:48 PM

Quote from: Byrnie on October 30, 2014, 04:28:25 PM

Personally, the Ragnorak seems like it's more than what I need (given I don't care about the speaker amp portion) and I'm not keen on getting all of my headphones re-cabled to balanced (given the balanced is supposed to sound so much better than the SE output) so I'm looking at alternative amps.

I would love it if there was a product that was basically a less powerful Ragnarok. Take out the speaker portion, probably give it less juice. I don't know, maybe that would suck the magic out but I don't see myself using it as a speaker amp.

For my needs/preferences, my top choice is the AURALiC Taurus MK2.  Keep in mind, I haven't heard the M9 or Rag and also that Anaxilus found it slightly bright (I think I'm quoting him accurately).