[gefski]

 Remembering of course that bright means a tonal balance shifted towards treble and not related to aggression or attack.

YES!!!

This jumped out at me because I've tried to explain it (frequently without success) to people many times.

 

[Solude]

Interesting. I am using a mjolnir/gungir stack with LCD-X's and Moon balanced silver dragons (dual 3 pin XLR termination) and I am amazed at some of the results. 

 
The two really balance each other out.  Where the Gung is dark, the Mjol is bright... together neutral.  If you are running balanced headphones the combo is near impossible to beat $ for $.

 

[Gadget67]

Interesting. I am using a mjolnir/gungir stack with LCD-X's and Moon balanced silver dragons (dual 3 pin XLR termination) and I am amazed at some of the results. 

The two really balance each other out.  Where the Gung is dark, the Mjol is bright... together neutral.  If you are running balanced headphones the combo is near impossible to beat $ for $.

You've got that right!!! Nothing else I've tried is as good as this combination.

 

[Khragon]

 
I don't know if Im crazy or not but I feel like using these cables from the XLR output even though they go to RCA on my Valhalla seems to have taken away some of the harshness to a lot of rock music that I would normally have stayed away from.  Will have to do a comparison later and see if its just placebo effect.  Either way, love these cables so far so Im sticking with them.  Great length for this setup and surprisingly flexible compared to the RCA's I was running previously.   Very well made.

How's the XLR -> RCA cable been working out for you.  So far so good for me.   My problem now is I want to get a balanced SS amp to complement my WA5, and I'm not sure how I am going to use one XLR output to feed two amps.  Any ideas?

 

[Solude]

Y cable splitter or if the balanced amp has a pass through then you can connect it to the DAC and then continue on to the other amp.

 

[Khragon]

My tube amp isn't balanced, if I split it like that would it defeat the balanced capability going into the balanced SS amp?  Maybe it doesn't really matter, beside power I haven't really heard any difference at all between SE and balanced amp.

 

[bflat]

New Gungnir owner here,
 
Any word on USB Gen 3 availability and rumors of DAC upgrades as well?

 

[NoxNoctum]

So I was reading through the Yggdrasil thread and a lot of people were saying it sounds signicantly better after being left on for several days. Has anyone noticed the same effect with the Gungnir?

 

[Solude]

Schiit has to be wishing they did not put that page in the manual.  I'll parrot what Moffat already said since... it's always been true of any audiophile product whether it be a dac or amp.  If you want the best out of your whatever... leave it on.  This is not a new revelation and I believe Pass has a white paper on it somewhere.  That said, it doesn't take days to warm up a conductive material with a constant heat source.  Overnight is more than enough.

 

[KLJTech]

I leave ALL my gear on all the time, the DAC, preamp, headphone amp and stereo amp. The subwoofer powers down on its own after 15-20 minutes or so. The Gungnir doesn't require much juice so I would just leave it on all the time. No worries. 

 

[NoxNoctum]

So I wouldn't see a jump in my electric bill leaving it on like if I started using say, a window AC unit? 
 
I split rent/utilities with a couple other people so I don't want to cause any problems there.

 

[Jono338]

Or you could not worry and just enjoy the music: it sounds bloody amazing from power on. I turn mine off if I'm not going to listen for more than an hour.
 
I have a power monitor ... I'll check it on the weekend for its power draw and post the results.
 
Jon

 

[Solude]

  So I wouldn't see a jump in my electric bill leaving it on like if I started using say, a window AC unit? 
 
I split rent/utilities with a couple other people so I don't want to cause any problems there.

 
It's pennies a day to keep your entire audio system and pc running 24/7.  If it makes you feel bad throw them a $5 bill every couple of months

 

[KLJTech]

  So I wouldn't see a jump in my electric bill leaving it on like if I started using say, a window AC unit? 
 
I split rent/utilities with a couple other people so I don't want to cause any problems there.

 
If I remember correctly, the Gungnir only consumes 20 watts...I doubt you'd notice a difference on your light bill if you left a 20 watt light bulb on so you should be fine. Good luck man, enjoy your music! 

 

[bflat]

   
If I remember correctly, the Gungnir only consumes 20 watts...I doubt you'd notice a difference on your light bill if you left a 20 watt light bulb on so you should be fine. Good luck man, enjoy your music! 

I was going to ask how warm should the chassis get on a Gungnir, but at 20 watts, that answers my question. It should be normal to be pretty warm but not uncomfortably hot.