MB upgrade of Bifrost requires return of unit to Schiit, as they need to flash upgrade the software on the main board (EPROM?), I think ...
Gungnir sound before and after multi-bit upgrade?
Would appreciate reading owners' descriptions of what they heard before and after upgrading their Schiit DACs to multi-bit. What were the sonic benefits? Mostly interested in effects on the Gungnir but would be interested in comments about Modi, BiFrost or Yggdrasil as well.
Searched here on A'gon but did not come across anything that clearly addressed before and after sound.
If this has been discussed and I missed it, my apologies but please link me to it.
Thanks in advance.
Searched here on A'gon but did not come across anything that clearly addressed before and after sound.
If this has been discussed and I missed it, my apologies but please link me to it.
Thanks in advance.
Showing 4 responses by docknow
Hi Ghosthouse- I had an stock BiFrost that I then upgraded to Uber, and then multi-bit, when it became available. It has been over a year, so can not give many of the fine details, but: 1. MB was a much bigger upgrade than Uber. 2. Like wtf, the thing I remember the most is that there is a "rightness" to the sound. It just has the sound that the real thing, or at least the sound of my vinyl rig. 3. It started me back listening to my system, something that had really stopped up to that time. This has continued for 17 months now. I can’t wait to get home at night and get into my chair. 4. It was so good, that I bought a Yggy. For that price, to have the "best" of what really is quite amazing (the MB BiFrost), was irresistible. The MB BiFrost is now in my office system, as the previous DAC was unlistenable, once I had heard MB. Even the Red AQ Dragonfly, as good as it is, sounds wrong to me (for my road rig). I am hoping Schiit can come up with a MB USB DAC with low current draw for my iPhone rig, although I suspect AQ has some patent protection on the USB receiver chip that might make that impossible. Bottom line: I would not own a Schiit DAC without MB, now that I have. -jim |
@ghosthouse Yes, the Yggy was only released as MB. Questions about money are always dependent on the value you place on things, and your economic situation. So I will not address absolute "worth". Relative "worth" is easier. I think it would be as big or greater an improvement as going from singled-end to balanced cables (although this ignores the quality of each type of cable). It is said that the SE summing circuit on the Yggy is "super transparent" (see #2 on http://tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Schiit_mod.html), and if it is the same on the Gungnir, this might be part of your preference for balanced ICs. |