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Schiit Fire and Save Matches! Bifrost Multibit is Here.
Oct 8, 2015 at 6:44 PM Post #376 of 2,799
rmoody said:
  My bimby is home and back where she belongs. I've just finished replacing the damnable AT&T modem, it's off to listen now with an adult beverage.
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Wait, your Bimby MultiFrost (or MultipleFrosty Beverages) came with a Damnable® AT&T modem?  I'm surprised Schiit would skimp on that key element.  With what did you replace it?
 
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Oct 8, 2015 at 7:40 PM Post #378 of 2,799
Been researching DACs... chips; schiit's way above my pay grade... just to see what I'm listening to now with my aging M-Audio AP192 (it's an AKM! 24-bit older brother of the AKM in the original Bifrost), and how it compares to what Schiit has used and is using.  That led me to this blast from the past (February 2012):
 
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/schiit2/2.html
 
Therein you can learn about Schiit's choice of USB controller (can you say "galvanic isolation") and Jason's take on the whole upgradability thang.
 
Enjoy.
 
Oct 8, 2015 at 7:51 PM Post #379 of 2,799
wahsmoh said:
  Here's a good sign I really like this DAC. I had to look back behind the RCA cables and check to see if it was plugged in cause it sounds like the Theta. Never did that happen when I listened to the Bifrost Uber.
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Very cool.
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Oct 8, 2015 at 7:57 PM Post #380 of 2,799
https://goo.gl/photos/g2KedEqWMdN4axzW6
 
Up and running.  Even cold this sounds outstanding.  Should be even more fun when the liquid carbon arrives.
 
Oct 8, 2015 at 9:02 PM Post #382 of 2,799
loucans said:
       i been on the fence whether to buy gruniger multibit or bifrost multibit so i went with bifrost multibit and save some money
hope i made the right decision.
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Can't go wrong with either, but Bifrost Multibit is the best value at this point, unless you absolutely need balanced outs.
 
Oct 8, 2015 at 9:03 PM Post #383 of 2,799
Just as all of the old Theta stuff was upgradable, so continues the Bifrost which will be 5 years old next year and far from obsolete.  Bimby warmup for a new unit seems to be 4 hours for 99%.  The sound is the megacombo burrito filter and the best 16 bit DACs ever adapted to audio.  Enjoy!
 
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Oct 8, 2015 at 9:17 PM Post #385 of 2,799
Damn, haven't even listened to it for 2 hours and it sounds great so far.  Can't wait to listen tomorrow
 
Oct 8, 2015 at 9:37 PM Post #386 of 2,799
loucans said:
       i been on the fence whether to buy gruniger multibit or bifrost multibit so i went with bifrost multibit and save some money
hope i made the right decision.
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You didn't have a choice to make the right decision. Either was the right decision.
 
Oct 8, 2015 at 11:44 PM Post #388 of 2,799
Just wanted to give a big thanks to Mike, Jason and everyone else at Team Schiit that have worked hard to make such great, affordable products for all the rest of us knuckleheads to enjoy.
 
Thanks, guys.  
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Oct 9, 2015 at 2:23 AM Post #389 of 2,799

I’ve had my Bifrost 4490 now for about three weeks (see here for how that came to be) and wanted to post a few thoughts about it vs. the original Bifrost (non-Uber).
 
The first, and most immediate, impression I got when first starting to listen was that everything was more open with all elements of the mix being better delineated.  That’s been consistent, be it with heavily edited multi-track Prince productions, Cowboy Junkies “Trinity Sessions” (bigger sense of space and “hearing the air” than ever), four-piece chamber music or complex orchestral scores.
 
Listening more critically … shimmer on cymbals and discordance on powerful brass (yes, brass not bass) notes is cleaner.  Decay, in general, seems elongated and more realistic.  The modulation from subtle vibrato in various instruments/sounds is easier to hear.  Tunes played in the lowest bass registers are also easier to follow and physically FEEL (bear in mind I’m using LCD-2.2c here).
 
Playing Saint-Saens “Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso - Op. 28 for Violin and Orchestra (B Minor)”, the breathing of the solo violinist, while previously audible with the basic Bifrost feeding a Lyr, is no longer something you have to pay attention to hear.
 
Overall it’s a little more detailed, a little more refined, and quite a bit more “open” and musical.  How much of that is down to the new analog stage vs. the new 4490 DAC chip, I don’t know (I’ve never heard the original “Uber”).
 
What I do know is that my headphone listening sessions have gotten longer, that I’m stopping listening because I have other things to do not because I’m fatigued, and this is easily the best $70 I’ve spent on audio.
 
I never felt the original Bifrost was lacking much, especially at the price, but it’s a different beast now and, while I wouldn’t call it “night and day”, the difference is obvious and worthwhile.
 
Other details:
 
Source material is a combination of CD-rips, high-resolution FLACs from HD-Tracks and Linn Records and streaming from TIDAL, all played via Roon.  Replay chain is as follows:
 
Roon/nMP > Optical > Bifrost 4490 > AQ Colorado > Ragnarok > LCD 2.2c (balanced)
 
(Very interested to hear the Bifrost MB now; though ironically that'll come after I get my Yggdrasil).

 
Oct 9, 2015 at 4:26 AM Post #390 of 2,799
torq said:
 
I’ve had my Bifrost 4490 now for about three weeks (see here for how that came to be) and wanted to post a few thoughts about it vs. the original Bifrost (non-Uber).
 
The first, and most immediate, impression I got when first starting to listen was that everything was more open with all elements of the mix being better delineated.  That’s been consistent, be it with heavily edited multi-track Prince productions, Cowboy Junkies “Trinity Sessions” (bigger sense of space and “hearing the air” than ever), four-piece chamber music or complex orchestral scores.
 
Listening more critically … shimmer on cymbals and discordance on powerful brass (yes, brass not bass) notes is cleaner.  Decay, in general, seems elongated and more realistic.  The modulation from subtle vibrato in various instruments/sounds is easier to hear.  Tunes played in the lowest bass registers are also easier to follow and physically FEEL (bear in mind I’m using LCD-2.2c here).
 
Playing Saint-Saens “Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso - Op. 28 for Violin and Orchestra (B Minor)”, the breathing of the solo violinist, while previously audible with the basic Bifrost feeding a Lyr, is no longer something you have to pay attention to hear.
 
Overall it’s a little more detailed, a little more refined, and quite a bit more “open” and musical.  How much of that is down to the new analog stage vs. the new 4490 DAC chip, I don’t know (I’ve never heard the original “Uber”).
 
What I do know is that my headphone listening sessions have gotten longer, that I’m stopping listening because I have other things to do not because I’m fatigued, and this is easily the best $70 I’ve spent on audio.
 
I never felt the original Bifrost was lacking much, especially at the price, but it’s a different beast now and, while I wouldn’t call it “night and day”, the difference is obvious and worthwhile.
 
Other details:
 
Source material is a combination of CD-rips, high-resolution FLACs from HD-Tracks and Linn Records and streaming from TIDAL, all played via Roon.  Replay chain is as follows:
 
Roon/nMP > Optical > Bifrost 4490 > AQ Colorado > Ragnarok > LCD 2.2c (balanced)
 
(Very interested to hear the Bifrost MB now; though ironically that'll come after I get my Yggdrasil).
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I wonder how close the multibit gungnir and bifrost come to Yggy... :D.
 
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