Schit Audio Marketing Department: Can We Give them a Hand?

""  Why is dog sh** and Schiit Audio products alot alike ...... the older they are the easier they are to pick up  " ! Hey now ......I know of a few friends you have purchased their products for second or even third system and were very pleasantly surprised at the sound of these products and also commented that they were really nice people to work with. All the best going forward for them .......stay well.   

@4krowme So, you're saying the turntable doesn't sound Schiity?

@garebear Good one.  Why didn't I think of that?  And, BTW, you're the first totally positive responder to this post. 😀

Thanks to both of you for posting.

Just wish I could go back and correct my spelling error.  I thought Schiit had 2 "i's" in it, checked the website to be sure of the spelling, and my reading glasses failed me.

 Ok, so here's the deal. There were 3 things that bothered me about the SOL design. First the on/off switch is on the back of the TT, where it is not easy to access. The simple fix was to run power to a switch that was handy. Not a big deal. Second was the VTA on the fly adjustment which was stripped when I bought the TT (second hand). The little gear used to raise and lower the arm is made of plastic. No good reason for it really. Third, and probably most important is that the cuing is sticky and that it can't be trusted without a great deal of attention as you lower the stylus to the record. Again, the sign could have been better for such an important task, especially with a uni-pivot arm! Cuing is undamped as well, but that doesn't bother me as I am careful with it. Otherwise, I really do like this TT. As far as sound, I think that my VPI Scout was a bit better, but only a bit. 

@4krowme I don't get the power switch on the back, either.  Just wondering if the cueing can be "fixed" with some experimentation with dampening fluid viscosity?

Cool speaker project.  Looks like you're created a point source when the speakers are at the correct height.  I'm a bit of a speaker nurd myself.  I received a patent for The Open Line Source speaker about 30 years ago.  All 6'-4" of them are still in my listening room.  They've got a few "warts" but do get some things right.

waytoomuchstuff,

 I like the cuing mechanism, and really, I am sure that if I got serious, I could remedy the problem. The design is not hydraulic, but instead a cam with a lobe to raise the tonearm. Pretty damned simple but it really sticks and then, surprise! the stylus is almost in the groove! Believe it or not, it may be a matter of platter height. According the set up guru, the platter needs to be raised as far as it can go. This seems to be just out of reach of the keeper for part of the tonearm rest to glide down smoothly. I will try resetting the platter height lower and then adjust VTA, and probably all the rest that will be associated.

 The speaker design that I probably have posted is a rear loaded horn design from Decware, using a Mark Audio 12P driver. Mostly I really like it, that is, until I heard a set of ORFEO speakers designed by Tony Gee of Humble Homemade Audio. Stupid name, I know, but the drivers are Seas Illuminator series. I have never in all my years heard midbass like that before along with so much of the spectrum.