I noticed this too! Jumping from one source (like the Cowon J3 or even the Bifrost) then coming to the Gung "slows" the timing down (or probably speeds it up depending on the source you're listening to) - likely due to the "Adapticlock™ clock regeneration system", yeah? It also allows (for lack...

Man. Guys. Dudes. Dudettes.   Schiit is just so good.   The Gungnir. Genius. It makes every amp I throw at it phenomenally better. Having owned the Bifrost, then making it Über, then switching up to the Gungnir... The timing resolved! The bass impact improved! And the TEXTURE. Guitars sound...

So with my setup, I was feeding the unbalanced DNA Stratus with the unbalanced outputs from the outputs of the Gungnir, but! The truth of the matter is that with the Stratus, true balanced operation can be attained from the amplifier only (via the output transformers). It doesn't need 2x the...

Huh!   So after doing some A/B'ing, I can definitely say that the Gungnir is DEFINITELY more resolving. More... correctly weighted, with regards to timing and tone (and likely timbre). There's a slight veil on the uber'd Bifrost in comparison. The piano notes hit a little less hard, like...

Honestly, I'm not sure what everybody else thinks, but my experience with both of them is that if you have the Uber'd Bifrost, the analog stage uberboard makes it sound very much like the Gungnir. I've got both and I really should do some A/Bing. I hear the only reason to get the Gungnir is if...

Hey again, so... yeah. I'm going to put my foot in my mouth. I tried the stock cable vs the blue dragon cable on the Schiit Bifrost and the Valhalla first off and the results were that I thought the stock cable was actually better than the blue dragon. The highs were less harsh and the width of...

Quote:   If only one of us had the ability to take an HDR photo of it... :D Who's up to the challenge?

Hey can I ask about the difference between the Gungnir and the Uber'd Bifrost? Are they effectively the same, except for the fact that one is balanced and one is not? I'm interested in getting a Gungnir, but I don't know if the differences in everything preceding the analog output stage between...

Guys. Okay. I have now discovered why the HD800s are awesome. And all it took was an EML rectifier in the Stratus. ... Of course, it also might have been the Ueber upgrade I gave my Bifrost during that same change-over. The rectifier have it the pop and punch, and the Ueber gave it the expanded...

Also: I wanted to share with you guys Donald's thoughts about the 2A3B/2A3C comparison:   "For tubes, the Shuguang 2A3B precedes the 2A3C, but I wouldn't say the 2A3C is better. The 2A3C uses the same larger glass envelope as the 300B and I believe also uses the same larger plate structure...

I think I was the last one...   :)

Quote:   And after you've been able to listen to all of these, have you come to a conclusion as to which one you would finger as the one that gave you the most bass "leg-up", if you will, to the HD800's? Donald really likes the EMLs... but I'm looking at them and whining on behalf of my...

Quote:   And yeah, good point. I wouldn't want to be the FIRST one... but I'm sure there'll be somebody, so that's why I'm asking questions. I'd rather have the experiences here on the forums for someone else to come upon: you never know who you're influencing (like ME for example :D)...

Quote:   I don't want to derail the thread or anything, but I have to ask: where do you find these elusive NOS tube suppliers? I've been looking through DuckDuckGo results and there's really very few out there. I guess that's what you mean about it being a "fun odyssey". lol :)  ...

Quote:   The EXPERIMENT, man! I admit I'm an experimenter at heart, so that's why I got into this: to experiment to find out what sounds best. :) I'm certainly very tempted to just roll and roll with this amp. It's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad... ;D   I did see the Shuguang 2A3C's around -...