Yea if you have any problems, I’ll give you the contact for this place. Despite some things that were out of their control, I liked them. I was small potatoes compared to what they normally do, but they treated me with respect regardless.
Keep in mind that some places will allow you to bring in your own stuff to help with comparisons. It can be a PITA, but with so many variables in play (acoustics of their demo space, if auditioning speakers, what are they powering them wtih? if an amp, what speakers are they playing them through, etc.), it can be a really helpful thing to do. Unless of course they carry what you already have....
They don’t have the Elacs. Everything else they have.
I don’t wanna take them off the mounts.
This reminds me I need to get some speaker stands.
I mean isn’t that what a 30 day window is? When I spoke to them a couple years back, they strongly implied that I would come in listen to a bunch of stuff and leave with something and have a week to buy it or return it.
I think Schiit makes great gear, I've owned a few and I'm sure the Ragnarok would sound great. To your point about not spending money on things you don't need, do you need the balanced inputs?Anyone here have a Ragnarok 2? Been using a refurbished Marantz PM5005 for a while and it seems like this would be a nice upgrade. I like that you’re not paying for a phono stage and DAC with the “just an amp” model (because I have those already).
I’m using Polk Lsim 703 bookshelves and a Darlington Labs MM7.
Thank you! This is a great option. I don't need the balanced input/output and I like that the M2si is even more bare-bones. It also looks like the remote and input selector is a lot more smooth than the Ragnarok which is kind of slow, and if you want to change from input 3 to input 2 you have to go through inputs 4>5>1>2.I think Schiit makes great gear, I've owned a few and I'm sure the Ragnarok would sound great. To your point about not spending money on things you don't need, do you need the balanced inputs?
If not, and I'm gonna sound like a broken record here, I absolutely love the stripped down Musical Fidelity M2si I've had for the last 8 months, no DAC, Phono or headphone, just a great sounding integrated amp. Again, depending on what you're looking for, you may want to at least look into it
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I'd much rather take N&G advice.
For what its worth, I do not like overly analytical sound or brightness and I'm happy as a clam with the M2Thank you! This is a great option. I don't need the balanced input/output and I like that the M2si is even more bare-bones. It also looks like the remote and input selector is a lot more smooth than the Ragnarok which is kind of slow, and if you want to change from input 3 to input 2 you have to go through inputs 4>5>1>2.
The only nit I read in M2si reviews was a small boost to the treble, but then they went on to say that it sounds good anyway. But after reading a ton of equipment reviews in the past few days
The regular isn’t even out, I just want a date.@Ed Selley reviewed it recently and seemed to be taken by it. It’s probably still too new for anyone outside reviewers here to have heard it in person.
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