A reasonably priced DAC upgrade from Schiit Gumby

You seem to like the Schitt gear, so for a warmer sound, why don’t you try running your DAC output through one of their small and simple “tube buffers”. Vali or Valhalla pre’s, obviously, these are made for a different purpose.  

Worth a try?  I have been thinking of doing the same for a HiFi Rose 150b.

Save some bucks. Good return policy.

I would try the MHDT Orchid DAC. Tube buffer output,. Possibly find a used Audio Mirror Tubadour III.  I believe either would provide a presentation shift that would please you.  

@simao

Here is the list of DAC’s for sale, Yggy, Border Patrol and MHDT on this list,

https://www.usaudiomart.com/search.php?cat_id=29&price_max=1500&sortby=price_desc

Another option I forgot to mention would consider is the Black Ice DAC, tube output stage.

If your like the warmer/fuller sound, you are pretty much stuck with the Gungnir/Yggdrasil line of Schiit dacs. Even the cost no object MSBs, Esoterics, Vermeers, etc, will sound anemic to you, i.e., you are done, i.e., you have your "end game".

(I just bought the Yggdrasil again for its beauteous chunky warmth after selling it a couple of years ago ).

P.S, You could try some tube dac and determine if it gave you some rotund goodness (without sounding like a piece of crap), i.e, without losing all the Schiit’s detail. Schiit’s multibit dacs are indeed special.