Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit?

Seems to me , this type of thread is always going to attract guys who have a grudge or else an unfounded bias or have heard something negative somewhere . . .   they're happy to pick up a rotten banana and hurl it whatever the brand in question might be. The OP started the ball rolling with the "where workmanship and materials are less critical"  premise and gravity will take care of the rest. There's very expensive gear with thick faceplates sculpted into fancy profiles. . . are the workmanship and materials more "critical" to the SQ in such components? I don't think so!

If someone has been sold a faulty component and the manufacturer has failed to make it right, the buyer is fully justified in complaining. But to phrase a question as though it's simply soliciting opinions when the language employed already  suggests a conclusion rubs me the wrong way. YMMV.

i think it’s good gear. i’ve owned a few different things from them. i don’t have the same frame of reference as most posters here, my equipment is "budget level" compared to most of the systems on here, but i know what sounds good to me. the schiit gear is a great entry point to better sound and i could easily live with it for the long haul...the way i see it, the less i spend chasing "the ultimate system", the more i can spend on records.

i aspire to own a legit world class system one day, but i’ve got little kids and a mortgage.. affordable workhorse components that perform well, like schiit, are a godsend to guys like me

....I have enough schiit in my life already, don't need to go buy it....more than enough to hand some out to the unwary....;)

I used their Freya Plus preamp for a couple of years and when paired with the right NOS tubes it was easily worth twice what they charged for the unit.  Eventually I upgraded but to this day would recommend someone getting into this hobby to give it a listen and perhaps even pair the Freya Plus with the Aegirs. Coupled with a nice set of speakers they would be off to a fine start.