new tt from schiit

[Puma Cat]

michael fremer review of the "updated" schiit sol turntable... still seems bit fiddly but as he points out it is a "hobbyist" turntable best for those who like to tinker and tweak.

The Schiit SOL Turntable (Updated 10/26/2020) | Analog Planet

"Fiddly" is code for....not robust*. My guess is Fremer is being polite so as not to impact ad revenue. That is, this table is subject to noise factors* with respect to set-up and/or operation that can take it out of performing nominally and with minimal variation.

* – In systems engineering, "robust" means that the operation or performance of a system is robust to the presence or impact of noise factors. Noise factors are any set of factors, either intrinsic or extrinsic, that takes the functionality off-target, adds variance to the functional responses, or both. The Schiit Sol turntable has been plagued with these problems since it was first released.

 

[XV-1]

Yet another " fix" for the Schiit turntable - I guess getting it to spin at the right speed was seen as not necessary for their V2. Now V3 after the Fremer review

Schiit Audio Announces SOL Turntable Pulley Update.

Schiit Audio Announces SOL Turntable Pulley Update | Analog Planet

 

[CPP]

Well interesting, from a company that "makes" items that move away from LP's, to a company trying to get a turntable product that works into a LP market that never really died is , "interesting". "wanting a piece of the $$ market", is my guess. .

 

[Puma Cat]

Well interesting, from a company that "makes" items that move away from LP's, to a company trying to get a turntable product that works into a LP market that never really died is , "interesting". "wanting a piece of the $$ market", is my guess. .

Actually, it was driven by Mike Moffat, who has long preferred analog as his music source.

My hypothesis for the problems Schiit has been dealing with are 1) they are not mechanical engineers by training (unlike Rega, Linn, SME, etc) and 2) they are not doing the right quality analyses to ensure that components are being manufactured under stastistical control.

That is, they are not tracking a quality metric, process capability, for these components and subsystems, and have been plagued with variances in tolerances that keep the table from functioning properly.