Dossier — Schiit Vestri

The brochure speaks; the silicon answers. What follows is what each has said.

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Claims breakdown

Claim Bucket Witnessed Verdict
PCM 16-bit / 44.1 kHz to 32-bit / 192 kHz PCM Alt 1, Subslot 2 — 16-bit PCM. Sample Rates Supported (kHz): 44.1 48 88.2 96 176.4 192Alt 2, Subslot 3 — 24-bit PCM. Sample Rates Supported (kHz): 44.1 48 88.2 96 176.4 192Alt 3, Subslot 4 — 32-bit PCM. Sample Rates Supported (kHz): 44.1 48 88.2 96 176.4 192 Match

Remarks

A clean concordance, and a modest one by design. Schiit specs the Vestri's USB input at PCM 16-bit / 44.1 kHz through 32-bit / 192 kHz, and the descriptor meets it exactly: discrete 16-, 24-, and 32-bit containers, each carrying the full rate ladder to 192 kHz on an asynchronous USB Audio Class 2 interface. Red Book material plays at its own 16-bit depth, native — the Vestri declares a true 16-bit alt rather than forcing everything up into a wider container. The single weighable claim is met at the wire.

On keying: unlike the borrowed silicon-vendor blocks that carry most dongles into the Concordance, the USB identity here is Schiit's own. The Unison USB receiver enumerates under Schiit's registered vendor block — a distinct per-model identity, not a shared platform marque — and the host announced the model string "Vestri" outright. The second Schiit instrument to enter the Concordance, and it presents its name plainly at the wire.


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