[Baten]

For Bifrost 2: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sch...bable-start-up.701900/page-3323#post-15154666
Bifrost 1 was non-oversampling for 172/196 streams, hence 4x.

Yep thanks for the reference

 

[tafens]

How good is Bifrost 2 at soundstage in comparison to SU-8? I prefer SU-8 to Mimby because of large soundstage.

Compared to the multibit card, which is the same tech as Modi multibit, the Bifrost2 definitely has the better soundstage. The difference is not subtle; the BF2 is on another level completely, in every regard.

I don’t know how the SU-8 performs, though.

 

[Rensek]

Jason confirmed elsewhere that Bifrost 2 gets 8x sampling. Which I believe is the megacomboburrito filter that yggdrasil and Gungnir MB both have. To me this is one of the largest improvements made to the Bifrost 2, at least on paper.

 

[JoeKickass]

Is the filter in use for all bitrates, or do we have to set the Bifrost 2 to 16/44.1 in order to get the benefits of the filter?

 

[Rensek]

Is the filter in use for all bitrates, or do we have to set the Bifrost 2 to 16/44.1 in order to get the benefits of the filter?

My understanding is the filter is in play, but the higher the native resolution, the less it samples..

The yggy faq talks a about 8,4,2, and 1x sampling depending upon incoming resolution.

https://www.schiit.com/products/yggdrasil

I believe 16/44.1 gets us to 8x with 4x,2x1xthe higher up we go in quality of source material.

 

[aumont00]

Open question about schiit bifrost 2:
If you could have a used gungnir mb gen5 A2 for about the same price as a brand new bifrost 2, what would you choose?
From what I have read, the gungnir is still a little bit better right?

 

[JoeKickass]

Open question about schiit bifrost 2:
If you could have a used gungnir mb gen5 A2 for about the same price as a brand new bifrost 2, what would you choose?
From what I have read, the gungnir is still a little bit better right?

Bifrost 2 definitely!

It has the new "Autonomy" design where the whole usb and dac circuit boards can be removed and swapped out, plus a sd card slot for firmware upgrades, definitely more future-proof.

 

[Rensek]

I'd take Gungnir 2, but I like the design, and it's got 4 DAC chips vs 2.

But you also lose the remote, and user upgradeability. Tough call. Gungnir is likely to be updated at some point (my speculative opinion), so maybe see if you can get the price down more.

 

[knivek]

So finally got the DAC after a bloody NIGHTMARE with FedEx.

Needless to say. I am BLOWN away by the difference in going from a SoundblasterX AE-5 -> Aeon Flow Closed to PC-USB Unison->Bifrost2->Mjolnir2 XLR->AFC XLR.

It is worth every penny spent.

 

[theveterans]

Not gonna lie but the Bifrost 2 to my nearfield speakers pretty much killed my listening time with my portable IEMs ever since I received it. A good DAC with a decent entry level nearfield bookshelf speaker setup just blows away my Mojo -> Andromeda portable setup. Can't justify spending multikilobucks on IEMs that still sound worse than a common nearfield speaker found in a home studio

 

[Rensek]

I use nearfields in my office. Def tech 350's powered by a Emotiva A-100 gen 1 Bifrost, Loki. It's pretty stellar.

I'd imagine a Bifrost 2 would be a nice improvement in my setup.

 

[bigbenrfan99]

Reading through this thread, it seems to be the consensus that the Bifrost 2 is a significant upgrade from the Modi Multibit. In my system, I would be using the coaxial input and the SE output to a Lyr 3. Should I expect a clear improvement, or is that mostly related to the balanced output/upgraded USB input?

 

[tafens]

Reading through this thread, it seems to be the consensus that the Bifrost 2 is a significant upgrade from the Modi Multibit. In my system, I would be using the coaxial input and the SE output to a Lyr 3. Should I expect a clear improvement, or is that mostly related to the balanced output/upgraded USB input?

In short: I most definitely think so.
In a few more words: The improvement going from Lyr3 multibit card via USB to instead Bifrost2 via USB and on to Lyr3 by RCA is significant. I don’t know how much of the improvement is due to Unison USB vs gen2 and how much is the better multibit tech, but I suspect the better multibit capability of the BF2 is the most contributing factor.

 

[knivek]

Is Bifrost supposed to run as hot as the Mjolnir?

 

[kumar402]

Is Bifrost supposed to run as hot as the Mjolnir?

well Multibit runs a bit warm. My Gungnir gets warm, won't say hot.