Schiit Gungnir DAC - anyone have one of these?


I'm looking at a new DAC and this one is peeking my interest a lot.

Is there anyone out there than can provide some feedback as to their performance or DAC's they're comparable too

I know nothing of Schiit as a company, but the appear to have a very focussed product line - something I like in a company

Many thanks
williewonka

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The blue jean cables I had ,the Analysis plus Solo Crystal Copper
And in- connects Silver over Copper totally destroyed therm ,not even 90 % that is being kind in every dept ! to really hear what is on your recordings borrow from the cable Co. For a few days, afterdoing so there is no turning back.
T.A.S magazine has them as a regular price- performance winner.
The gungnir dac I have in my other system and compared a lot of $1600
And under dacs. I had the ps nuwave there was no way it it better then the Gungnir.the glare most definitely was due to breakin .it is far more advanced .the nuwave at 150 hours was pretty much runin just look at the two parts wise ,no contest in build quality.,breakin .the Gungnir needs a minimum 200 hours just to start to settle in,inreality I gave it a full 2 weeks 350 hours and still
Minute improvements at the 400 hr mark in resolution .digital operates at such a low level power wise that
These devises can take past 400 hours to fully settle in ,depends on size
Of caps ,dacs ,receivers transformers,also a comment vs the Bifrost which is excellent For the money ,even with the usb2 and uber package,it does not have the same clock regeneration as the Gungnir,or as advanced a analog output section To the same degree.the gungnir is a better unit as it should be that extra $300 goes into mainly the parts layout look at the two big transformers
And a dual differential output stage as well as Dual AKM dacs the bitfrost has only one, For better Separation and processing.now you know where the money is going. It weighs a solid 10 lbs. and a bit more resolved,and refined.
It us noticable better dual dacs better separation ,two huge cradle transformers.class A analog section is much more involved when you put everything extra in the circuit.it weighs 10 lbs for a reason ,also the patented re locking circuit itself more resolution.
I heard them both ,the Latest Gungnir with USB2 $850
Is noticably better top to bottom .i owned the Luxman 06
And several others this dac is very balanced sounding retail this is a $4k dac all day long without the markup or hype.dsd audio big marketing,I find in many instances a good master 172, or 192 kHz recording superb
And every bit as good Try the Gungnir ,it has a 15 day money back!!
As far as noticably better.i was referring to the Schiit bitfrost
With all options the Gungnir is noticably better still.
I owned the Nuwave and had it for 3 months and compared to my friends Gungnir. I would not have changed if myself and several others had any doubts. With several preamps, and SS snd Vacuum tube equipment.
If you like your Nuwave that is good you can do as you please it is your money.