williewonka
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| Soooo many choices. FYI - I have no experience with "hi-fi streamers" - I first used an Apple TV2 and used it until I discovered its shortcomings. Ended up putting in cable to overcome those.Then fate dealt a blow and I ended up moving my iMac to perform streaming fu... | |
| Soooo many choices. If you are considering HD streaming you might want to rethink wireless.I had a terrible time with wireless streaming WAV files using Apple products - in the end I ran cable to the router. That was one of the reasons I looked at the stream magic 6.... | |
| REVIEW: Schiit Bifrost DAC My apologies to Schiit and also any Gungnir owners, since I didn't mean to "infer" that the only difference between the Bifrost and the Gungnir was the balanced outputs in my review above. Far from it!The Gungnir is a completely "balanced design",... | |
| looking for cable recommendations Jambalya - welcome to the VDH club :-)I've had my D352 on my system for many years and with each upgrade they still allow the improvements to be clearly heard.I have to wonder exactly how good the resolution on this cable is. Certainly my system d... | |
| Soooo many choices. One thing about the Gungnir - it doesn't just have balanced outputs - it is a completely balanced design - it's almost like having a bifrost for each channelAlthough I'm a fan of Cambridge Audio - I have their latest phono stage - after this exper... | |
| Soooo many choices. And - I didn't need balanced outputs | |
| Soooo many choices. Cost is always a factor, but since my first look at the Gungnir I noticed that the Bifrost had the Uber upgrade, which is the same audio stage as the Gungnir apparantly.Seemed like an opportunity to save $300 without loosing too much in performanc... | |
| Troubleshooting toslink input problems on DACs What cables are you using?Since using DH Labs cables I have had no problems with optical - they lock in place and are one of the fastest cables out thereMy surround sound system sounded so much better once I put them In the loop.Had them on my iMa... | |
| Budget DAC - Have AE D2 Just received my bifrost yesterday and it kicks some serious buttBut get a good power cable - I think it helps tremendouslyGot the USB and Uber upgrade - well worth it | |
| Soooo many choices. Ooops - forgot to mention - I'm streaming from my iMac via USBMusic is on a NAS drive - no streaming issues with the hi-def stuffTried optical as well and could not tell any differenceTried s/pdif from DVD player and it sounds the same.Cheers | |
| Soooo many choices. I just received my Schiit Bifrost yesterday - it has the USB and Uber upgrade - total cost $520I spent a week+ auditioning the Mytek $1500, Chord QutHD $1700 and the Wadi a $1300 I decided on the Bifrost because it has good reviews and within budg... | |
| Schiit Gungnir DAC - anyone have one of these? Well, after reading several posts on the bifrost I figured I would have to wait a while for it to burn in before I would be impressed - WRONG!As stated above I had previously listened to Wadia, Mytek and Chord.Well, the Bifrost seems to have most ... | |
| Having 24-Bit Sound or not I downloaded BitPerfect this week - easy install, with a good online manual.I noticed a more dynamic presentation with better detailed highs and better sivilance presentation - I assume this is because there is no up sampling taking place.I wanted... | |
| Schiit Gungnir DAC - anyone have one of these? Thanks for the feedback everyoneSpent the week looking at several DAC's - Wadia, Mytek, Chord, all in the $1300-$1700 region and the differences were significant and enlightening, since the only one that I found did not fatigue these ears was the ... | |
| Schiit Gungnir DAC - anyone have one of these? dragon1952 - never dis someone unless you are above dissing!Insight is better than no site so understanding your environment is paramount to understanding what performance I MIGHT expect with differing components.BJ's gets a lot of good press here... |