Thanks for posting Jeff and looking darn good. Glad you’re able to enjoy the tunes on this snowy day!
Glad you’re enjoying the new kit terz. Even though you went to the dark side 
Does that Schiit get hot by stacking it like that?
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Sweet. Just finished snowplowing for the second time my driveway and am exhausted. We got about 3 feet in Boulder.
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I am in Minnesota and I gassed and started my snowblower for the big storm they say is coming. I bought a new power cable for the snowblower but I cannot hear a difference. It’s still way too loud.
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First thing my eyes went to is the Old Mac Computer and stick man marveling at it!
that is a very practical wall diffuser (between the speakers)…
You should try placing those M700’s on their own shelves instead of stacking them. They tend to get a little better stereo separation and imaging that way. Don’t know why. Maybe some kind of minor interference with the power supplies so close together?
I experienced these effects when I first set up the system when we moved into the house. Again, I don’t know why, but it works.
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Indeed! Designers try to get the transformers away and isolated in the best way…if we turn this around again by stacking especially sources and preamps on top of the power amp transformers, that’s not the best option. But I also see a lot of PSA equipment stacked on power plants or power amps on pictures…looks nice if you like it stacked, but…
And being that you have two identical amps, those internals are aligned perfectly above one another when stacked, most likely doubling up on any kind of interference they may be causing to one another. Magnetic fields from the transformers?
I don’t know, but either way, having the amps further apart on their own shelf or sitting side-by-side would ultimately be a better solution than stacking. And with that flexi-rack, it shouldn’t be too terribly difficult to accommodate that sort of arrangement.
Of course, just a suggestion. 
Thanks James.
I will say that it does get a little warm, but it’s in my office so it’s not like I’ve got it running all day. I am building some shelves for it so it won’t stay stacked for long.
I laugh a little bit, because all this Schiit equipment isn’t much smaller than the stellar stack! But it really sounds good in this room.
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Haha… Yeah, these amps get a little toasty, even at idle. Funny thing is, the preamp gets even hotter when the tubes are on. When the tubes are off, the preamp is nearly ice cold. I’ve got some tube risers (socket savers) coming, so those should remedy the heat in the preamp by bring the base of the tubes up near flush with the top of the chassis. Not to mention I got those socket savers for tube rolling purposes. 
I would think they would be one more obstacle for a more pure signal transfer. From what I understand… they are for tube testers that get way more tube changes then a typical home pre or power amp.
Possibly, but if they’re well built, and I know the stock Schiit sockets are tight and rugged as all get-out, they should make for a very good, secure fit with great contact. My main concern (other than sound quality of course) is to get the tubes up and out of those holes in the chassis, allowing the heat to not get inside the chassis to begin with. Plus I hate the fact that nearly half of the tube is covered up.
And since I do plan on rolling quite a few tubes until I find the right combination, I’d rather not ruin the stock sockets.
Chops…is there a reason Schiit recessed the tubes into the chassis? Just curious.
That’d be the goal, but out of shelf space. I lose a bit with the DirectStreamJR which runs VERY hot, so don’t want to squeeze any more in. An additional rack is further down the spending priority list at the moment.
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Purchased new, at a discount, at my first high school job repairing Apple hardware, in 1984. Did the 512k motherboard upgrade and it still boots up, for those times when I need the simplicity of MS Word 1.05 (or to play Lode Runner).
There’s an Apple II+ in a closet, too, in case one needs a Visicalc fix (or Wizardry).
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Not too sure, unless it had something to do with keeping manufacturing costs down. I would think they would have to build up and reinforce that part of the PCB and possibly use different sockets, thus running up the final price to the consumer. Or maybe they just like that look of sunken tubes. Don’t know.
Glad you are the guinea pig. Let us know what you discover! 
LOL. Yeah well, there’s plenty of others ahead of me tube rolling with the previous versions of the Freya, so no real venture into the unknown.