Schiit HappenedJason Stoddard, Mike Moffat
Schiit Happened
by Jason Stoddard, Mike Moffat · first published 2015
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I rarely hear about stuff being done in the US, especially electronics. But I did like reading they did it reading the book "Schiit Happened": https://www.amazon.com/dp/1514355027
on “The Honorable Parts” ↗Schiit Happened is one of the best HW startup book I ever read, so many gems inside. Somebody extract the chapters from the forums and created pdf out of it (with permission of author) and you can download it from here:…
on “Our Favorite Scammers” ↗Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up https://www.amazon.com/Schiit-Happened-Worlds-Improbable-Sta... Goldmine of information about practical things you have to deal with when starting…
on “Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?” ↗…liked: "King of Hearts: The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery" - Medicine is a technology too, but how innovation happens there is fascinating (and a little mind boggling) "Schiit Happened" - small hardware startup by a few guys (they make their own headphone amps/dacs in the US) "Elon Musk" "iWoz"
on “Ask HN: What are more books like “Masters of Doom” or “Showstoppers”?” ↗As to TRS channels, it's intereting to read "Schiit Happened". There's a huge barrier to entry into audio hardware imposed by a few big incumbents. Removing RCA/TRS/etc would decrease innovation. How many innovative lightning-based headphones have you seen?
on “Audio’s opportunity and who will capture it” ↗Nice! I don't have any Schiit gear, but few months ago I started reading the founders book 'Schiit Happened'. I got halfway through (and then got distracted by other books, need to pick it back up), but can definitely recommend it for anyone interested in audio, and especially if you already have some Schiit!
on “Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control” ↗…their amps that need one, and have offered to add one to any amp that was sold prior to this for free. Stoddard goes over the incident with the Schiit side of the story at http://www.head-fi.org/t/701900/schiit-happened-the-story-of... NWAvGuy wasn't actually banned for his interactions with Schiit, but due to the very strict advertising rules at Head-Fi. http://www.head-fi.org/t/584763/the-wizard-appreciation-thre...…
on “The Story of Schiit Audio (2014)” ↗I'm sort of reminded of the book "Schiit Happened" from the Schiit guys (they make cool headphone amps). They documented how they started their business. One thing they mentioned is that apart from RCA jacks, all the surround sound standards are tied…
on “Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop connectivity standard” ↗The headphone amp[0] project reminded me of the book Schiit Happened a little. [0] https://mitxela.com/projects/headphone_amps
on “Tiny Volumetric Display” ↗