[Paladin79]

Testing the Bifrost 2 and a speaker tube amp...dont laugh at my cheap meter!!

You need one of these, much safer.

 

[adydula]

How's the MMB2 working out for you? I'm enjoying mine. Totally different than my MMB1.

I just really like what it does....wonderful dac IMO.
For $299 and being a real multibit dac...its a STEAL.
Other dacs costing more...better?? well, differing nuances for sure.
For me I could sell all the other dacs here, keep the MMB2 and be totally happy.
Having cans that are very resolving helps to pick out some differences...but for the
most part once you start listening its all pretty much good.

Enjoy the music!!
It doesnt have to be expensive!

Alex

 

[Odin412]

How's the MMB2 working out for you? I'm enjoying mine. Totally different than my MMB1.

Really? Please share!

 

[adydula]

You need one of these, much safer.

Yeah this was only a test....its been updated and replaced via a more permanent and safer solution!
Was playing around with resistors for padding.
Dont have any decade boxes here anymore!

 

[Paladin79]

Yeah this was only a test....its been updated and replaced via a more permanent and safer solution!
Was playing around with resistors for padding.
Dont have any decade boxes here anymore!

LOL I could have loaned you one, if I could find it that is.

 

[Bonehead7171]

Where is it? It looks lost at sea...!



A nice set up. How does the Pass amp hold up in the stack? I'd love to hear it...!

I was thinking the exact same thing....

 

[Runrunsmithfly]

I just really like what it does....wonderful dac IMO.
For $299 and being a real multibit dac...its a STEAL.
Other dacs costing more...better?? well, differing nuances for sure.
For me I could sell all the other dacs here, keep the MMB2 and be totally happy.
Having cans that are very resolving helps to pick out some differences...but for the
most part once you start listening its all pretty much good.

Enjoy the music!!
It doesnt have to be expensive!

Alex

Yup, budget DACs are like popcorn. One of my other favorite DACs is a Pro-ject Dac Box FL (NOS DAC) that I bought for $65 used. Great little unit. I bought a Chinese NOS DAC made by ZeroZone that uses two AD1865 chips for $150 off AliExpress. Great fit and finish and excellent performer.

 

[StimpyWan]

I was thinking the exact same thing....

Yup. And if @adalyan isn't careful, that Vali 2 tube is going to sink his battleship...!

 

[loki993]

Is an Eitr type product even necessary anymore with Unison? I was under the impression that Eitr was redundant once Unison was made.

With Unison no maybe not but for those of us that have older products that don't have unison or even gen 5 USB and dont want to move to a product with unison for whatever reason it makes a difference. I run a MM1 and I like it, my eitr gave up on me a while back and was hoping for something maybe with Unison that could replace it. That was going to be MM2 but the difference in sounds of the MM2 I am not sure I will like and , probably moreso, its another 300 dollar investment that I don't need to make because what I have works and I like it. Id rather put that 300 dollars towards a Jot or Valhalla maybe.

Now I admit I am probably in a small minority and I totally understand why Jason wouldn't want to make a new one because the market is probably really small and it would be hard to make something that would be profitable probably. So I need to weigh options.

 

[Erratic Gravy]

Panini's and music. Why not...!

Paganini's perhaps - with quattro Stagioni filling

 

[Andrew Randle]

But can I get two and use them as monoblocks?

Absolutely and with balanced mode (double sided toasting) you get quadruple the power!

Andrew

 

[dstrimbu]

Testing the Bifrost 2 and a speaker tube amp...dont laugh at my cheap meter!!

Which Van Alstine amp is that? It's gorgeous.

 

[adias]

Late reply. The behaviour is described on the Controls page of the Freya S manual:

‘4X Gain LED​

This is also on (with the 1X gain LED) when using the Nexus stage in high (4X) gain…’​

The Freya+ manual does not include similar wording about both being on - this is not surprising since the middle LED is for the solid-state buffer and the right LED is for the tube gain stage.

Regards, Nigel

Right! That wording is new and triggered by a question I posed to Schiit. The paper manual of my unit (purchased now) does not say that (see photo attached). It's good they revised the manual.

 

[NigelJ]

Lightnings have reheat, not afterburners. Said Mr Pedant.

Trust me to muddle up which was the correct term and which was the American term. I nearly made it worse in my post by stating (wrongly) ‘reheat for Americans’ but decided the sentence was already too long!

 

[golfbravobravo]

Yup. And if @adalyan isn't careful, that Vali 2 tube is going to sink his battleship...!

He may not mind as that's @adydula's battleship.....