My Schiit Saga did ship yesterday! I will have it Thursday afternoon if not earlier that day (FedEx is very good here for early day deliveries/the day of).
I look forward to comparing passive to tube on the fly... . I got the SAGA first and might get the Freya to compare and return one.
I found a good thread about the two Pre's with some good info/ongoing!
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/schiit-saga-vs-freya-31452/Main reason to try a Pre again:
~Fun
~Remote control Volume (!)
~Schiit's good reputation (economies of scale/price points)
~Possibly the most transparent in either passive (obviously) or in tube (+JFET with the Freya)
~AND most important; maintaining the influence of my ZDSD's output transformer's and the signature's of my NOS Platinum tube rolling's in my ZMA (input pair and inverter pair stages).
Listening Room:
Room Treatments from Michael Green & Home Brew
Sony as Transport (DVP-NS57P)
Illuminati D-60 Digital Coax IC
Shunyata Research Zitron Alpha Digital Power Cord to ZDSD
{Extremely Significant}
Decware ZDSD DAC / Recorder ++
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W/Steve's Output Transformer's/kicking to the curb quite a few superb DAC'S!
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(@ -20 Ref Level, 0.0 Input volume and @ 16/192)
WBT original RCA Kimber Select KS1030
Schiit Saga Pre (pending).....my additional XLO power cord will be used
WBT-0102Ag RCA Kimber Select KS1030
Decware Zen Mystery Amplifier
~BIASED at *60* mA~
(NOS/Platinum/Mullard E188CC/7308's in my A12 an B12 Input positions Cryogenic~NOS/Platinum/Telefunken E88CC for Inverter Tubes~NOS RCA 0A3's & matched Quad/Tung-Sol KT66's)
ZMA adjusted at 20% to 30-40% max ~ from 0 Gain
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Kimber Select KS6063 Speaker Cable 8ft WBT-0681-Ag Spades
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Acoustic Zen Adagio - Black Pearl (Modified)
.....from 8ohm Taps.
Acoustic Zen Adagio's x-over's Modified/Full Range with Mundorf MCap Supremes-single Cap to each Tweeter/4.5k cross
(Gutted: 3kHz/18dB/Octave, Linkwitz/Riley Crossovers....with all crappy parts = gone)
XLO Pro Power Cord to ZMA
PS Audio P3 Power Plant / Pangea AC-9SE from wall to P3
(Transport and ZDSD, Regenerated/*120*~ Multiwave off...ZMA on High Current Output)
++ ZDSD DAC, kicked to the Curb: Auralic Vega, PS Audio PWT & PWD, PS Audio Direct Stream DAC, Chord Qute, NAD M51 (twice) & Schiit Yggdrasil.
~NOS Platinum Tubes from Upscale Audio/Kevin:
(Great Britain) Mullard 7308/E188CC ~ 2 pair (both pair Cryogenic)
(Germany) Telefunken E88CC ~ 1 pair
(US/Great Britain) Ediswan CV2492/6922 ~ 2 pair (one pair Cryogenic)
(Hungary) Tungsram 6922/E88CC ~ 1 pair
(Hungary) Tungsram PCC88/7DJ8 ~ 1 pair.
From Cryoset:
(Russia) 6N23N/P-EB ~ 2 pair
(Russia) 6N23P's ~ 2 pair/came with ZMA.