Schiit taking orders (as of Dec 23) on Freya preamp

I'm having a hard time finding a pre and may just save up more cash and get a higher end pre rather than one in the the $1500-$2000 range. In the meantime I need a preamp since I just sold my Peachtree. The Freya or Saga may fill the gap nicely. My Dac is doing pre duties now...but I need analog inputs

At least 1 1/2 years ago, maybe longer I purchased the Schiit SYS passive preamp to use as a back up in case my preamps ever were in need of repair, for $49 I figured I couldn't go wrong.
I purchased a class D amp that I wanted to try in my second system which has an integrated amp and no access to the preamp section.
Yesterday, in went the class D amp and the SYS passive preamp.
I was very pleasantly surprised by both the amp and the SYS.
Although I have not heard the Freya or the Saga, I'm in agreement with you, either one would be an asset to your system.

I've had a Freya for approx. 9 months now.  I remain very pleased with it.  I especially appreciate the balanced design.  I believe that is (at least) one advantage over Saga.  Freya's ability to accept balanced input made a big difference in the sound using my CDP.  I'd never had opportunity to hear it using balanced out.  The listening experience with the CDP is now a close second to ripped CD files through an Aries Mini/Gungnir MB combination also via balanced out to Freya.  

@ghosthouse 
Using Freya with tubes, are you still hearing a faint tube noise through the speakers as others have reposted in the past on other forums?

I'm wondering as well. Over at Head-fi all I hear is about how noisy the thing is