williewonka
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| REVIEW: Schiit Bifrost DAC UPDATE: still loving the Bifrost...However, Dan (drubin) brought something to my attention I thought it was very much worth sharing.I was reading his post regarding BitPerfect, which I then loaded and found it to be much better at playback than ju... | |
| Soooo many choices. Loren - Paulsax is right about rates - I have a hard time telling the difference between 16/44 and 24/192 with a decent dac - I would not consider 24/384 - files are just too damn BIG!Will 32/384 out perform 24/96? - to my ears it would be very ha... | |
| Soooo many choices. Loren - Bit -rate - as it applies to internet radio streaming is the speed at which the radio station transmits at - higher the bit rate the better quality music.While on the quality topic - an example of the audible difference as it pertains to b... | |
| Soooo many choices. Doggitter, Mrvco is correct - any of these dacs will perform.Which ones suites your ears we just don't knowBetter than the oppo? -I would have to hear it, but probably. I was surprised exactly how good my Pioneer Elite D_45a sounded considering it... | |
| Soooo many choices. Dogitter what were you thinking of upgrading too? | |
| Soooo many choices. BTW that should have said 250-350 Mbytes - but I hope the later ref to 1 gig made that apparent.If it were me I'd do the pre-amp and amp upgrade before the DAC - get them settled first. You may find the DAC is not a good match to the pre-amp.What ... | |
| Soooo many choices. Dodggitter - currently , 764 is close to the top for consumer product - commercial may go higherFile size becomes a factor - 24/192 files can start around 250-350 Bytes an go up from there - I've seen some downloads over 1 gig.My plan is to stop a... | |
| Soooo many choices. Doggitter - ask yourself some simple questions.What sampling rates do you want to listen too- 16/44, 24/96, 24/192, 24/384, or better...- you get what you pay for and for the best you pay lotsDo you want to get up off your butt to change sources? ... | |
| Soooo many choices. One last point to consider - on some dacs not all inputs have the same Max sample rate. Very often one input will process a lower rate. | |
| Soooo many choices. Doggitter - the best advice I can give you is to...- first list your requirements in detail, then- compare the specs of the dacs you are considering- try to audition them - at home if possible- then make the decision.Schiit has a 15 day return pol... | |
| REVIEW: Schiit Bifrost DAC Chayro - know what you mean - you must have read my review of the Raysonic SP120 :-) I still liked the sound - just fed up heating the house every time I listened to music - extremely happy with the Naim - after 2+ yearsI'm much more selective the... | |
| REVIEW: Schiit Bifrost DAC Just using iTunes on my iMac that has BitPerfect loaded.Using a USB cable to bridge to Bifrost.No plans to use anything else - sound is amazing as is. | |
| Soooo many choices. FYI - I have no experience with "hi-fi streamers" - I first used an Apple TV2 and used it until I discovered its shortcomings. Ended up putting in cable to overcome those.Then fate dealt a blow and I ended up moving my iMac to perform streaming fu... | |
| Soooo many choices. If you are considering HD streaming you might want to rethink wireless.I had a terrible time with wireless streaming WAV files using Apple products - in the end I ran cable to the router. That was one of the reasons I looked at the stream magic 6.... | |
| REVIEW: Schiit Bifrost DAC My apologies to Schiit and also any Gungnir owners, since I didn't mean to "infer" that the only difference between the Bifrost and the Gungnir was the balanced outputs in my review above. Far from it!The Gungnir is a completely "balanced design",... |