[JerryLeeds]

Anyone with a gungnir multibit with gen 5 usb tried it with an ifi purifier or regen? Id be curious to know if there is any benefit at all or if Schiit did in fact fix usb with the gen 5 upgrade.

ISO Regen with the extra linear power supply ... Made a difference for me ... I have the same for my Yaggy setup ...

 

[earChasm]

Anyone with a gungnir multibit with gen 5 usb tried it with an ifi purifier or regen? Id be curious to know if there is any benefit at all or if Schiit did in fact fix usb with the gen 5 upgrade.

Used if with the iFi purifier and couldn't hear a clear different. I did kinda feel it made the sound worse, like less 3d. Eventually I switched to coax because that sounds best to my ears.

 

[artur9]

Rather than continuing to mess around to try to "fix" USB I decided to get a better source via coax. I got a used Bryston BDP-1 for less than the cost of some of the USB cleaner-uppers.

The clarity out of the BDP-1 via coax or AES made the change very worthwhile.

 

[Ichos]

Hello many years reading , now time for my first post!
I have tried usb gen 5 (gumby) with ifi i galvanic 3.0 and i silencer 3 and the improvement is there but very minimal
to worth the cost.
But then i tried the bnc (cd transport) in with the ifi i spdif purifier and the difference was huge an improvement in every way
and the result better than the usb gen 5 in.
(imho)

 

[rutter]

Is coaxial an option with a PC?

 

[Ichos]

Yes but you have to use a usb to coaxial converter like schiit eitr.
Or you can use a pc with spdif output or an rpi with coaxial hat.

 

[rutter]

SPDIF is different from coaxial? I see it on my motherboard but don't see something explicitly labeled coaxial. Wonder if where I have speakers connected is coaxial. How do usb, spdif, and coaxial compare?

 

[Ichos]

Usually pc have spdif output.
What is your mobo?
For Schiit for me is coaxial+ifi > usb gen 5 =coaxial > spdif > usb (old).

 

[rutter]

Asus Maximus Hero IX

 

[rkw]

SPDIF is different from coaxial?

No. SPDIF is coaxial or optical (Toslink): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/PDIF

Usually pc have spdif output.

I would say the opposite. Most PC do not have SPDIF, and if it does, it is usually through an added card.

 

[Ichos]

It was compared between spdif or coaxial output for a pc.

 

[rutter]

Mine is optical.

 

[Ichos]

Asus Maximus Hero IX

This mobo supports spdif output.
So you can try connecting your DAC with spdif and see if you like it!

 

[Dan Lee]

Man thanks for all the responses to that question guys. I was curious about the regen and also about just using spdif or optical to see if there is a noticeable sound difference and am currently building a computer which will have the capability. I am hoping that spdif or optical sounds better cuz id rather not spend $150 on a regen since most of you agree ifi purifier is not so dramatic. What is the maximum sound quality you can get from spdif and optical? I thought I read somwhere that it is lower then USB. Not that I have a ton of stuff streaming higher then cd quality just more curiousity I guess. I use tidal and frequently listen to mqa when available.

 

[RCBinTN]

Rather than continuing to mess around to try to "fix" USB I decided to get a better source via coax. I got a used Bryston BDP-1 for less than the cost of some of the USB cleaner-uppers.

The clarity out of the BDP-1 via coax or AES made the change very worthwhile.

Interesting! I am considering a BDP like Bryston, but the new ones are $3,500. Ouch.
I have heard that the old BDP-1 has stability issues like power blips causing system resets ... have you experienced that?

Personally, I was using optical (AQ diamond) from my Macbook Pro to GMB.
That was until the Gen 5 USB launched.
I switched at once, to test the Gen 5 - and it blew away the optical.
The Gen 5 is uber-stable and the sound is actually better, to my ears, than was the optical.

I still believe the AES will sound the best, if you have that option (read YGGY), but the GMB doesn't have an AES input.

Cheers,
RCB