Schiit Gungnir MB (A2 - Gen 5 USB) | Headphone Reviews and Discussion

AudioDuck

Headphoneus Supremus

Incredible DAC, especially if you like a natural, organic sound. Wonderful with tube and SS amps alike, and particularly good with ZMF headphones. Amazing value at this price. GLWS!

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Seating: Ekornes Stressless Wing recliner
Cans/IEM (aftermarket cable): ZMF Verité Closed African Blackwood LTD (Norne Drausk); ZMF Atrium Closed Olivewood LTD (Norne Einvaldi Reference); ZMF Eikon Bocote LTD (Norne Vygarde). Balanced cable: WyWires Platinum (dual XLR). “Daily driver”: Shure SRH-1540 (Moon Audio Blue Dragon); IEM: Shure SE535 with custom ear molds (Norne SX4)
Signal chain: Bluesound Node 2 (Wireworld Mini-Aurora PC) - Toslink DH Labs Glass Master -> Schiit Audio Gungnir MB (Wireworld Aurora PC) - Acoustic Zen Silver Reference (RCA) -> Woo Audio WA2 (Tung-Sol USN 7236/JAN 5998 power tubes, RFT EZ81 foil-getter rectifiers, Telefunken G-73R/Brimar 6057T/Mullard 12AX7 Medical Grade/Grass Valley Instrument “red tip” (+adapter) input tubes), Wireworld Aurora PC, and Synergistic Research Purple fuse. - from DAC: Harmonic Tech Pro-Silway (XLR) -> RSA Apache (2023 rev; Morrow MAP-1 PC).
On-the-go: Sony NW-WM1A.