Gumby vs Yggy

+1 to georgehifi's comments, treynolds...

Glad George asked for clarification on which Gungnir you have.
 
Sorry, thought Gumby implied multi bit.  
Based on that earlier reply gdhal, I think you do but am not completely certain.  

Having lived with the Gungnir for a couple of years before sending it in for the MB mod, I was very surprised by the transformation it produced.  Some of the better $ spent.  As an owner then, I'm interested in the experience of others.   

gdhal, no offense at all, was just teasing ;-) sorry if it came across as anything but!!

The Gungnir I bought was multibit, most refer to this model as the Gumby. I think I'm going to pop the cover off to verify what board is inside. The tiny sticker on back does say it's multibit but there really is no way to tell from the outside.

I popped the cover and it's got the correct multibit board in there.

treynolds -
Okay...got it. Your Gungnir does have MB.
Any idea how many hours you have on it now?
I do recall mine (as originally purchased without MB) took a long time to "open up". Then, since I did the MB upgrade well after first getting the Gungnir, I had the benefit of experiencing before and after sound from it. There was a very marked difference.
Sorry you are underwhelmed. Maybe with more time it will start to sound better.

I left it powered on and processing music streams for a solid week before I was very critical with it. At which time I started with the tweaks, power cord, usb vs optical, isolation stand etc. There certainly isn't a wow factor with this upgrade, but like I said yesterday...I miss it when I switch back to my old dac. I don't expect any more changes due to burn in at this point. I guess it's like gdhal said that if you notice big changes then there was a problem to begin with. The Arcam is a killer dac for the money. Perhaps others with better ears/equipment will notice a more stark difference. My experience has been much more subtle, but still pleasant none the less.