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Soooo many choices.

I think my next upgrade will be to add a DAC. Thinking of somewhere in the 500-1000$ range, used is fine. But, I've been reading lots of you folks' posts and sale ads and test/reviews and ya'll aren't making it easy! lol

We have wireless here in the house and adding streamer capabilities to the system is planned. But getting gear that's better than the mainstream stuff I'm used to, and choosing which will work to make the end result happen wisely, and, picking which we can afford in the correct order is making it real tough to piece it together.
doggitter
williewonka
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Ooops - forgot to mention - I'm streaming from my iMac via USB

Music is on a NAS drive - no streaming issues with the hi-def stuff

Tried optical as well and could not tell any difference

Tried s/pdif from DVD player and it sounds the same.

Cheers
tonyangel
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The Bifrost is tied with the W4S uDAC as my next thing to try, after I get a new amp. I've heard the Bifrost and in comparison to my XDA-1, I think the Bifrost sounded better. Sound stage was a bit deeper and the mids had more body.

I stuck with the XDA-1 because I needed the flexibility at the time.
doggitter OP
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Willie, did you not go with the model above the Bifrost because of cost or another reason?
williewonka
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Cost is always a factor, but since my first look at the Gungnir I noticed that the Bifrost had the Uber upgrade, which is the same audio stage as the Gungnir apparantly.

Seemed like an opportunity to save $300 without loosing too much in performance.

It would be Interesting to do a side-by-side with the Uber Bifrost and the Gungnir

I was just reading of some other models in the works, so the saga will continue:-)

For now I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy
williewonka
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And - I didn't need balanced outputs
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