Defiant00
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Let me start by saying that in the last year I have made several upgrades in headphones and amps and finding it difficult sometimes to hear where the money had gone. Most recently my go-to rig was the PC>JRiver>Jotunheim/DAC>LCD-3f's. A little over a week ago, I received my Bimby. Out of all gear acquisitions so far, no single component has brought more to my listening experience than Schiit's multibit special sauce.
My Question... And I know that the answer is here somewhere, but hidden within nearly 2000 posts of this thread.
I have seen several mentions of leaving the Bifrost powered 24 hours a day, but the recommendation is never accompanied by an explanation. Should I leave it powered all of the time? Why? Am I going to notice a real world difference if instead I power it up and listen within minutes?
Thanks
The DAC chips take powered-on time to settle into their specs (on the order of hours/days), and measurements show that there is a real change in its output after being on for a number of hours.
Will you hear the difference? Not sure, some people are more sensitive to the differences than others. Personally I leave it on all the time because it's pretty cheap to do so, and I think it might sound better, but I don't plan to turn it off or buy a second one to verify that.