My Modi Multibit arrived today. Taking it out of the box, my first impressions were that the case is nice, but the single input selector button on the front is terribly implemented. It is a large button that is clearly connected to a little switch on the board, which is fine, but it is not supported in any way otherwise. There is a huge amount of slop and it feels weak. They dropped the ball a little bit on that part of the design, and I've heard other people complain about it. It's not a huge deal because one rarely has to touch the unit at all once it is put into place. It just is surprising considering how solid the rest of the unit feels.
First impression after hooking it up is I can't get it to work via USB to my computer
. I tried two different USB cables that say 2.0 on them, as is recommended by Schiit. I also tried multiple ports on my computer. I will try a second computer later, but I've used several other USB DACs and audio devices and never had a problem. Although it is supposed to work without a driver, I figured installing the driver might help. I am, however, unable to do this because the driver installer does not recognize that the unit is plugged in, and it cancels the installation. Windows does recognize that it is plugged in, but it states that it has no driver for it and therefore does not come up on the list of sound cards.
I'm listening to my music using optical right now. It sounds good, but I can't really comment on it till I listen to more music and it "burns in." So I will report back with that later.
... I own four of their products ... had a problem once and they responded to my e-mail in a timely manner and went above & beyond to resolve my issue.
