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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
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
doggitter OP
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Wondering if the Stream Magic 6 might be what we should get. The streaming is a big plus, but I haven't found any reviews focusing on it's DAC quality for real listening. Looks like it maybe has all the inputs I'll need.
williewonka
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One thing about the Gungnir - it doesn't just have balanced outputs - it is a completely balanced design - it's almost like having a bifrost for each channel

Although I'm a fan of Cambridge Audio - I have their latest phono stage - after this experience I'm not a fan of the up-sampling they employ.

I much prefer the Schiit method of processing the sample rate of the actual source signal

The stream magic 6 is a very competant piece of kit and one I had considered very seriously a while back.
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