I am torn between Gungnir and Yggdrasil LIM. In favor of Gungnir is of course price, weight and footprint. The thing that bothers me in Gungnir is VCXO -> VCO downgrade. How important is it?
And I would be very grateful for your opinions about this choice.
Not that bad if you have good source. I have Gungnir MB when VCXO was there. I would have gotter a OG Yggdrassil, but didn't have the money. I don't want to get the LiM.
Nice- it’s an interesting concept and should sound great. A friend of mine @Hyde00 ordered one - although he does not have a Gumby (I keep recommending that he gets one though I think he’d really enjoy it.
It seems to resemble garage1217’s Project Polaris in concept - solid state amp mimicking tube amp sound profile.
I am torn between Gungnir and Yggdrasil LIM. In favor of Gungnir is of course price, weight and footprint. The thing that bothers me in Gungnir is VCXO -> VCO downgrade. How important is it?
And I would be very grateful for your opinions about this choice.
From what the manual says, if the lights not on then VCXO reclocking is successfully engaged. If the light is on, then VCXO is bypassed and the unit using VCO.
Back on page 440 on this forum I posted that rather than spend $300 on the upgrade board for my Bifrost 2, I was thinking of putting that money plus the proceeds of the eventual sale of my Bifrost towards just getting a better DAC. For various reasons the Gungnir was on my shortlist of DACs and seemed like a logical step up.
Well, I just bought & received a Gungnir MB with the A1 board from the original owner who also updated the USB to Gen 5 (which I don’t use anyway).
Great sounding DAC except for one thing – the INSANE constant clicking when I pause a CD. So, I googled “gungnir insane clicking CD” and found a members’ post on page 382 who had the same problem, using a Cambridge CXC transport. That’s the transport I’m using! Seems like this was a known anomaly and the general consensus was to add a reclocker which the member did and, voila, clicking GONE!
So here’s my question – why did/does Schiit seem to make a big deal about their onboard VCXO/VCO if you need a reclocker for the unit to behave? Based on Schiit’s claims I would have thought the Gungnir (like all their DACs) would be immune from this behavior. My Bifrost doesn’t do it – perfectly silent when pausing a CD - and that member from page 382 also has an Yggdrasil and THAT doesn’t do it either with the Cambridge. So what’s different about the Gungnir that makes it susceptible to this behavior while their other DACs aren’t. And are there any other solutions outside of adding a reclocker? I’d hate to spend even more $ than I already have just so I can pause CDs in peace & quiet.
Any thoughts? And I hope you all have a very nice Thanksgiving.
Mine does (original owner here). I forget what made me check. When I put it up for sale the prospect was concerned. I haven't noticed anything, though.
Back on page 440 on this forum I posted that rather than spend $300 on the upgrade board for my Bifrost 2, I was thinking of putting that money plus the proceeds of the eventual sale of my Bifrost towards just getting a better DAC. For various reasons the Gungnir was on my shortlist of DACs and seemed like a logical step up.
Well, I just bought & received a Gungnir MB with the A1 board from the original owner who also updated the USB to Gen 5 (which I don’t use anyway).
Great sounding DAC except for one thing – the INSANE constant clicking when I pause a CD. So, I googled “gungnir insane clicking CD” and found a members’ post on page 382 who had the same problem, using a Cambridge CXC transport. That’s the transport I’m using! Seems like this was a known anomaly and the general consensus was to add a reclocker which the member did and, voila, clicking GONE!
So here’s my question – why did/does Schiit seem to make a big deal about their onboard VCXO/VCO if you need a reclocker for the unit to behave? Based on Schiit’s claims I would have thought the Gungnir (like all their DACs) would be immune from this behavior. My Bifrost doesn’t do it – perfectly silent when pausing a CD - and that member from page 382 also has an Yggdrasil and THAT doesn’t do it either with the Cambridge. So what’s different about the Gungnir that makes it susceptible to this behavior while their other DACs aren’t. And are there any other solutions outside of adding a reclocker? I’d hate to spend even more $ than I already have just so I can pause CDs in peace & quiet.
Any thoughts? And I hope you all have a very nice Thanksgiving.
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