D to A converter purchase....

The Schiit Gungy is no slouch. Very enjoyable. I was a bit of a skeptic, but going up the Schiit line offers even better resolution.
Though I have no experience with Wadia. I would buy a piece of Schiit 
 as they offer upgrades at a reasonable price.
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whiskeypirate
I’m debated on either a Wadia 321 or the Schiit Gungnir Multibit.

Wadia is delta sigma conversion and the Schiit is r2r multibit.

If Redbook pcm 24/96 or 16/44 or DXD cd or download is your priority, the go with the bit perfect way of converting it, which is r2r multibit. As delta sigma only gives you a facsimile of it.

Read this from MoJo Music:
" When a Redbook PCM file is played on a native DSD delta sigma single-bit converter, the single-bit DAC chip has to convert the PCM to DSD in real-time. This is one of the major reasons people claim DSD sounds better than PCM, when in fact, it is just that the chip in most modern single-bit delta sigma DACs do a poor job of decoding PCM."

Cheers George

I do not have experience with either the Wadia 321 or the Schiit Gungnir Multibit. However, I do have experience with a Schiit Yggdrasil and experience dealing with Schiit as a company (business entity). I'll give them a thumbs up.