Schiit Gungnir DAC
Aug 29, 2013 at 1:57 AM Post #1,186 of 6,992
Gagnir*
 
*trademarked by BournePerfect
 
Any unauthorized use is prohibited unless by authorized, expressed written consent of BournePerfect.
 
That's all I'll say about that. Don't worry Jason-I'm still all aboard for the Yggy.
 
Un-sub'd.
 
-Daniel
 
Aug 30, 2013 at 11:24 PM Post #1,188 of 6,992
Did I miss something?
 
Aug 31, 2013 at 1:40 AM Post #1,190 of 6,992
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x2...any impressions from W4S dac owners?
 

I like the W4S better, but the differences are marginal.
 
Maybe when Schiit comes out with a new module, it will equal/trounce the W4S DAC.
 
I really like the Schiit, If I were to start over, I would choose the Gungnir, not to mention the upgradability of the Gungnir, looks much more easier to change boards and cost much less than the W4S.
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 1:48 AM Post #1,191 of 6,992
Does anyone know if Schiit will be offering a different USB module other than the C-Media? I seem to be having a lot of trouble with my setup. Have a Gungnir and I am using JRiver with the latest USB drivers in ASIO mode. I am not able to play songs that are sampled at 176000 khz and sometimes 24 bit recordings get down sampled stating there is not enough bits. I am about ready to sell this thing. I have tried using the ASIO4ALL driver with it and it gets choppy. If I down grade the drive to the old version it seems to work better but the sound is not as good. I don't know what to do. If anyone would like to buy it please let me know I will give it to you for $600. Maybe you can make it work properly. 
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 2:04 AM Post #1,192 of 6,992
Does anyone know if Schiit will be offering a different USB module other than the C-Media? I seem to be having a lot of trouble with my setup. Have a Gungnir and I am using JRiver with the latest USB drivers in ASIO mode. I am not able to play songs that are sampled at 176000 khz and sometimes 24 bit recordings get down sampled stating there is not enough bits. I am about ready to sell this thing. I have tried using the ASIO4ALL driver with it and it gets choppy. If I down grade the drive to the old version it seems to work better but the sound is not as good. I don't know what to do. If anyone would like to buy it please let me know I will give it to you for $600. Maybe you can make it work properly. 

Lol, not surprised.. Anyways, consider a external converter, youll get much much better results both in sonics and glitchy issues
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 2:10 AM Post #1,193 of 6,992
Thanks that gave me and idea maybe I will change my motherboard to one that has a coax out. I believe I tried this in the past and it even sounded better. Or I can get on external converter to convert it from USB to Coax.
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 3:07 AM Post #1,194 of 6,992
I have having trouble playing some songs that are sampled at 178000 khz the songs jump and skip. When I look at JRiver the bandwidth of the song is 8200+ kbs which is above the S/PDIF specifications. I think the limitations are around 6000 kbs. When I use my Gungnir with a USB cable I have the same issue. I am wondering if Schiit is converting USB to S/PDIF and that is what is causing the issue? USB 2.0 should have a lot more available bandwidth and should not have a problem with a song with that much bandwidth. I wonder if any engineers can maybe shed some light on the subject?
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 3:07 AM Post #1,195 of 6,992
Thanks that gave me and idea maybe I will change my motherboard to one that has a coax out. I believe I tried this in the past and it even sounded better. Or I can get on external converter to convert it from USB to Coax.

Apparently you thought I was joking. Hate to break the bad news, but ya shouldnt have went with the usb implementation. 100.00 for a USB to spdif converter, you should expect those problems. Just sayin..
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 3:08 AM Post #1,196 of 6,992
I have having trouble playing some songs that are sampled at 178000 khz the songs jump and skip. When I look at JRiver the bandwidth of the song is 8200+ kbs which is above the S/PDIF specifications. I think the limitations are around 6000 kbs. When I use my Gungnir with a USB cable I have the same issue. I am wondering if Schiit is converting USB to S/PDIF and that is what is causing the issue? USB 2.0 should have a lot more available bandwidth and should not have a problem with a song with that much bandwidth. I wonder if any engineers can maybe shed some light on the subject?

Its not rocket science bud.
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 3:19 AM Post #1,197 of 6,992
So are you using only a USB cable from your pc straight to the gagnir, oops I meant gungnir.
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 3:28 AM Post #1,198 of 6,992
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So are you using only a USB cable from your pc straight to the gagnir, oops I meant gungnir.

 
 
*tsk tsk*
 
Where are my royalties? Reported.
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-Daniel
 
Sep 1, 2013 at 4:24 AM Post #1,199 of 6,992
Sep 1, 2013 at 6:44 AM Post #1,200 of 6,992
I found out that it must be the driver. I switched to Linux and everything works fine. I just don't like using Linux because the lack of a good music player. But this is a solution for now. 
 

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