Upgrade from Schiit Bifrost 2?

If you don’t mind me asking, do you know what damage your Bifrost? It seems rare to hear about DACs failing, but then again of course anything can happen with electronics.

It stopped producing sound and I noticed that it was warmed than I remember, even though it was sitting on top of the cabinet with plenty of air flow. I unplugged the Bifrost 2 and let it cool down for a while and when I plugged it in, it didn't power up.

Sorry to hear that about the Bifrost.  It is a good DAC.  I did upgrade to an Audiomirror Tubador SE and a Bricasti M3.  Both are considerably more expensive, but they are both a bit more neutral signature than the Bifrost - Schiit seems to like a bit of warm emphasis on their DACs with some bass slam.  See the reviews by Goldensound on YouTube - he seems to have good ears backed by measurements.  The Audiomirror is available in a non-SE version that will give most of the benefits for $1500 rather than $2500 so it might be a good upgrade option.

It would be helpful if we knew your budget.

Hi big_greg,

I would like to keep it under $1500. Since multibit tech has been out for a while, I'm hoping other manufacturers have evolved multibit, delta sigma, and/or R2R technology to make a much better DAC for a marginally higher price point.