Could be, I don't know what the intention was to write **** as Schiit. It reminds me of the Dutch that had to register a family name forced by the ruling French and choose **** as their family name. Todays family members often have their name changed.
I just think the device had a too short life.
I just think the device had a too short life.
Tubes are old school, and most had big resistors around them, 1 and 3 watts were common.
These SMD resistors, I do not think they are capable of that much power.
Seems more a pretender than a serious good sound quality design.
Amusement purposes only, maybe the humor in the name indicates that.
Here in Gujarati, 'Bhangar' means scrap, and in Telugu, 'Bangar', or 'Bangaram' means gold.
I know both, have to be careful!
These SMD resistors, I do not think they are capable of that much power.
Seems more a pretender than a serious good sound quality design.
Amusement purposes only, maybe the humor in the name indicates that.
Here in Gujarati, 'Bhangar' means scrap, and in Telugu, 'Bangar', or 'Bangaram' means gold.
I know both, have to be careful!
Strange that you’d put a big expensive tube dissipating lots of power in a product and surround it with tiny resistors like that.
As long as dissipation is below the resistors limits all is good. I guess manufacturers choose price optimized current production parts for availability so that means recently produced cheap Far East tubes and modern SMD resistors etc. So lowest possible costs and a tube prominently sticking out a nice casing to attract buyers. It glows so expectation bias is high. No need for longer lifetime than 2 years.
In these times of lack of parts it wonders me that for instance TDA1541A can be found new/unused after more than 40 years. Did Philips overproduce 100s of thousands of those? Makes you wonder when you can't find simple caps or potentiometers.
In these times of lack of parts it wonders me that for instance TDA1541A can be found new/unused after more than 40 years. Did Philips overproduce 100s of thousands of those? Makes you wonder when you can't find simple caps or potentiometers.
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please take a look at the minimelf or melf resistors datasheets then argue technically.
Using copper planes and vias allows better heat dissipation for SMD power resistors.
There’s nothing wrong to say about right used SMD components!
JP
Using copper planes and vias allows better heat dissipation for SMD power resistors.
There’s nothing wrong to say about right used SMD components!
JP
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....if all of the above sounds like a lot of work, it was. Between doing schematics and laying out boards and researching suppliers and screwing up the first design and having to do it all over again—while at the same time buying a new scope and other assorted test equipment, getting prototype parts, doing research online, etc, it always seemed like I was running out to the garage (where the workbench was).
“I’ve got schiit to do,” I’d tell Lisa, and disappear.
She’s endlessly patient, but one day, she’d finally had enough. “Why don’t you just call it Schiit?” she shot back, crossing her arms.
“Call what schiit?”
“The new company. You’re always saying you’ve got schiit to do. Why not just call it Schiit?”
At first, I laughed. A company called Schiit? No sane company would do that. If we proposed that name to any Centric client, I imagined what they’d say. Way too out there. Can’t believe you’d propose that. Piss off too many people. What a crazy idea. Then they’d fire us.
But I’d had 15 years of marketing playing it safe, second-guessing everything we did, and watering down every great idea until it was meaningless. Maybe you can blame my decision on that history. Maybe it was nothing more than that.
And this company wasn’t about playing it safe. Hell, we were trying to reach Chinese prices here in the USA. And do it without a million-dollar investment. That was about as crazy as it got.
“Nobody would ever forget it,” I replied, finally.
“It would cut down your marketing costs,” Lisa agreed.
“And we could say we make some really good Schiit.”
Lisa laughed. “Why not? Go ape Schiit.”
“And Schiit happens,” I agreed.
“If you don’t have our stuff, you’re up Schiit creek,” Lisa added.
I nodded and sat back. Suddenly it didn’t seem so crazy. Hell, the word was meaningless for, what, 80% of the world that didn’t speak English? And if you spelled it funny, it could sound vaguely German.
Hell, the Teutonic connection opened up all sorts of stuff, including all the old Norse mythology. They named, like everything, from gods to spears to crows and forks. An endless source of non-alphanumeric names.
“Norse and German aren’t the same,” you say? Well, it doesn’t matter. We have comic books and movies to learn from. We’re dumb Americans. We mix stuff up. What’s more, we’re from California, where Thai-Mexican fusion food sounds like a good idea (and really is.)
And a name like Schiit would be unforgettable. Nobody could ignore it.
And, fact is, great marketing polarizes. Some people hate it. Some love it. An ad that hits the middle ground of “nice” is pure crap. Which is what most companies shoot for. Might as well cash out the whole marketing budget, roll logs of $100 bills, and have a big bonfire.
But we weren’t here to hit a nice middle ground. We were here to be unforgettable. (And hey, we didn’t have that many hundred dollar bills, either.)
And in that moment, everything gelled. We would be Schiit.
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