[Ichos]

As I said do some research.
At the new board you will find the following print "Gungnir-UpAna-2.0" Schiit Audio 2017.

 

[rkw]

I would love to see a photo of the "new A2 board" and will gladly share a photo of my naked Gumby purchased November 2017 for comparison.

There is a photo here: https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/HrNM1yv.jpg
The changes are small, more like a production update rather than a redesign as in Yggdrasil Analog 2.

 

[m usicguy]

anybody recieve one this week serial B? gold caps?

musicguy

 

[Ableza]

gold caps?

 

[m usicguy]

thev analog 2 board have gold labeled caps. the analog 1 had silver covered caps. this is what noticed.

musicguy

 

[RCBinTN]

Damn @Ableza -- I almost spit up my bier

Don't disassemble your Gumby - voids the warranty, my friends.
Just go by the serial number ... I completed my research assignment.

Enjoy the ride and your music!
RCBinTN

 

[earChasm]

@RCBinTN -- you forgot to drop the mic, don't take it home :.b

 

[pure5152]

ROLLING EDIT: Immediate first impressions upon turn on (no warm-up; vs eitr + mimby; into lyr 3 + pmx2)

• Much punchier (bass seems to extend further)
• Much greater air and blackground (voices, drums have such beautiful taper-off into nothingness)
• Layering and imaging is _MUCH_ better (you can hear individual singers and instruments so much easier... it's actually almost overwhelming vs what I've experienced before)
• Not a hint of grain at all (immediately noticeable with higher piano notes)

This exceeded my (already absurdly high) expectations. I'm impressed.

 

[earChasm]

Layering and imaging is _MUCH_ better (you can hear individual singers and instruments so much easier... it's actually almost overwhelming vs what I've experienced before)

Yeah, I had the same but now I'm used to it:.)

 

[RCBinTN]

ROLLING EDIT: Immediate first impressions upon turn on (no warm-up; vs eitr + mimby; into lyr 3 + pmx2)

• Much punchier (bass seems to extend further)
• Much greater air and blackground (voices, drums have such beautiful taper-off into nothingness)
• Layering and imaging is _MUCH_ better (you can hear individual singers and instruments so much easier... it's actually almost overwhelming vs what I've experienced before)
• Not a hint of grain at all (immediately noticeable with higher piano notes)

This exceeded my (already absurdly high) expectations. I'm impressed.

Happy Listening ... enjoy your music!

 

[Ichos]

thev analog 2 board have gold labeled caps. the analog 1 had silver covered caps. this is what noticed.

musicguy

Nope!
Well i mean that there was a revision even at the analog 1 board.
The original was with normal caps but after a while they opted for the gold ones.
I have opened mine to install the usb 5 board and the caps are gold.

 

[RCBinTN]

Jason has written on his thread about the need to substitute PCB components at times due to supply and/or quality issues.

The caps are likely one of those components that get substituted.
Substituting similar-spec caps on an existing PCB design isn't a "change," as long as the caps perform the same as did the old caps.

Re-design of the Gumby's analog stage, now that is a "change" because the DAC will function differently.
A design change needs to first be validated (that it works) and then verified (that it can be repeated in production and is stable in use).

FYI, friends.
RCB

 

[Ichos]

That's right!

 

[RCBinTN]

I'm an old QA guy ...

 

[Mizicke5273]

Question for you Gungnir Multibit owners: If you were not going to leave Gungnir on all the time and actually power it off when not in use, would you still have bought it? I am considering a Gungnir Multibit, but would only be powering it on when I'd be using it. Would it be a waste to get a Gungnir Multibit then?