I think he meant if you name them GYST, it also sounds like the English word "gist" so it's, like, twice the pun XD
Well, PYST does sound like the word “pissed”, doesn’t it?
I think he meant if you name them GYST, it also sounds like the English word "gist" so it's, like, twice the pun XD
It does now.Well, PYST does sound like the word “pissed”, doesn’t it?
Well, PYST does sound like the word “pissed”, doesn’t it?
It would be very interesting to hear how you would
compare Bifrost1 with Unison and Bifrost2 when you get it. All comparisons so far leaves the question of how much of the difference is due to Unison and how much is the dacs themselves.
. I wonder if the xDuoo's USB output was under-performing due to having to power the receiver, or the receiver was slightly underpowered?
A quick follow-up... I had originally thought that the coax SPDIF output of my Oppo BDP-103 bested Unison USB. For those impressions, I was using an xDuoo X10TII (portable digital transport), however, I now think that it was having a hard time powering the receiver or something because, plugging the Oppo into Bifrost 2 alongside my laptop (Unison has an isolated bus all to itself) and playing the same tracks while switching back and forth, it's pretty obvious that Unison is superior. The dead giveaway is the way that Unison renders drums and cymbals, which is clearly more detailed/textured and natural sounding. Subtle details like textures and spatial cues are better resolved.... everything just sounds cleaner and more focused. Is it night and day? No, but it's still plainly obvious. Coax sounds a tad hazy and unfocused in comparison.
This is a good thing, because the Oppo takes up quite a bit of my desk space and is a bit of an overkill solution just for a digital transport for some FLAC files. I'll still grab a dedicated USB transport at some point in the future, but I'm not in any hurry and also feel like they're just starting to get really good, so I'm content to let manufacturers duke it out. I also have more important things on the list (anyone wanna trade me an Airist R2RDAC for my Oppo? LOL) Actually, the laptop sounds pretty damn good as a source.... something I never thought I'd ever say... I did try the xDuoo as a USB source into Unison with a split signal/power USB cable, and used a portable USB battery for the power, but I kept getting this horrible popping/clipping with low bass on some tracks. Will figure out what the deal with that is at some point, but not tonight... I'm enjoying listening much to be bothered).
I ordered the black one after years of silver from Schit!
Think it will sound better than the silver!!!!!!!!!
By that reasoning, silver would give more glare..
I don't necessarily wanna bother him directly about this as it really is a minor thing. Plus, this is Mike's domain anyway. I emailed their support just to let them know under which circumstances it happens. Does not hurt for them to be aware of it.You might wanna shoot a PM to @Jason Stoddard for what you’re experiencing. At sane listening volumes I hear no such quirks or concerns.