[Alcophone]

Is Gungnir now dead ?

I'm sure they can make a Gungnir "Less is More" with 14 bit chips.

 

[G0rt]

I'm sure they can make a Gungnir "Less is More" with 14 bit chips.

Isn't Gungnir MB Already Less Is More?

 

[ScubaMan2017]

There’s a lot going on here, which I will try to over-simplify:

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You’re done! You don’t have the convenience problem and it sounds good to you. Time to put those $1,299.00 + tax in your favorite index fund as you listen to Pink Floyd’s Money.

I’m dead serious. If you like what you have, you’re done. Nobody has produced the perfect system. If someone had, we’d all be saving up to buy it and the entire field would be done.

Ah, if only it were that easy for me. I’m a gear head. You make sense, @rfernand . Sometmes I catch myself listening to the tech, rather than the music (As illogical as that sounds). I’ll tweak my kit just to see what happens. I had a company send me a weird little board to try out. I spent hours getting ”all OCD”… trying different combinations & documenting my results. It was glorious!

As long as there’s no magic-blue-smoke billowing out of the air grills, I‘m happy.

 

[ScubaMan2017]

Have you read Jason's chapters about the business side of Schiit Audio?

Heh. Yeah, I know. I know.

 

[ScubaMan2017]

I would be very surprised if it was anything other than a CD transport + USB input and switch. I highly doubt you will be able to rip CDs with it. I really don't think it will be modular anything. It will not contain the gadget. It will not contain a Pi.

It will however, play CDs to the best of Schiit's ability to build, and still let you use your existing USB digital source with the vast majority of DAC that only have one USB input. That is its design brief and use case.
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Meh We’ll see. You make a good point, @valiant66 .

 

[cggkevin1976]

Hmmmmm... So my use of Ted Nugent's 'Cat Scratch Fever' on a continuous loop while randomly administering electrical shocks to participants when guessing may have rendered my last 'Double Blind' listening test irrelevant?

What makes you think that? sounds reasonable to me. I mean I might have chosen ABBA's 'Dancing Queen", which I believe is of higher fidelity, but it all boils down to personal preference.

 

[Randolf711]

Whenever I conduct listening tests, I cue up “My Pal Foot-Foot” by the Shaggs. Only the finest for me.

 

[Ripper2860]

What makes you think that? sounds reasonable to me. I mean I might have chosen ABBA's 'Dancing Queen", which I believe is of higher fidelity, but it all boils down to personal preference.

It seems that you also take no offense with the occasional unexpected electrical shock. Don't look now, but your '50 Shades of Gray' is showing.

 

[nilk narf]

We can have the covi-pass. We can have freedom. Can't have both.

 

[golfbravobravo]

No rug permitted? Alternatively, Lyngdorf's RoomPerfect is specifically intended for nightmare rooms like that.

Well, that was a dense product page!

I'm waiting for the Onkyo RZ-50 with Dirac which with a modest amount of room treatment will, I think, take the problem.

I live in hope.........

 

[ev666il]

I want Multibit with Unison and I cannot swing $699.

Not even saving up to it? I promise it is worth it.

Though who knows? Maybe they’ll do a 16bit Less Is More Bifrost 2

 

[Ripper2860]

We can have the covi-pass. We can have freedom. Can't have both.

'Covi-pass' and 'Freedom'. Odd name for a pair of DACs. Are they Multibit??

 

[belgiangenius]

Interesting points. If the TI chips are less expensive than the Analog Devices chips, why would Schiit not move the entire product line of less expensive multibit DACs to TI?

Maybe a multibit Gugnir could be had for $999?

 

[nilk narf]

'Covi-pass' and 'Freedom'. Odd name for a pair of DACs. Are they Multibit??

I don't know but this thunderdome is underway.

In NYC "inspections and enforcement will begin September 13"

 

[rfernand]

Interesting points. If the TI chips are less expensive than the Analog Devices chips, why would Schiit not move the entire product line of less expensive multibit DACs to TI?

They seem to be on brand here. I can’t read minds, but my guess is OG sounds so good (and was Mike’s “I want to make this” baby) that the bar to retire that design would be emotionally high. I like the idea of having options to choose from. I can imagine LIM performing better with bubblegum pop and EDM, for example.

Maybe a multibit Gugnir could be had for $999?

Gungnir flavors… now that’s a thought