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Gumby popularity
« on: September 11, 2015, 05:03:52 PM »

So I am seeing a lot of people stating that they are getting the gumby to use with their Valhalla's or other smaller/single ended amps.  My question is why get the gumby? Why not wait till the MB bifrost? Am I missing something?
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2015, 05:20:02 PM »

Yes you are - Gumby = [Multibit]
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2015, 05:27:21 PM »

I haven't been reading HF and really have no idea what people think there. But several people here who have both Yggy and Gumby feel that Gumby is close to Yggy. Perhaps a bit too close. Also, people don't like to wait.
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2015, 05:28:00 PM »

So I am seeing a lot of people stating that they are getting the gumby to use with their Valhalla's or other smaller/single ended amps.  My question is why get the gumby? Why not wait till the MB bifrost? Am I missing something?

Multibit Bifrost likely won't come until next year, so that's a bit of a wait. Reports from others (by way of Redacted^2 commentary from Marv and others) have described the prototypes as warm but resolving. Note its position on the DAC chart under the Master 7 with current USB.

A lot of people wanted something closer to Yggy's tonality and technicalities but for a cheaper price.

Others were just impatient and wanted a bad-ass upgrade just because.

Others still already owned a Gungnir - making the upgrade a no-brainer.

Plus, hey, balanced outputs for Mojo2 or the Cavalli Liquid Carbon and multiple outputs period. Just a nice bonus.
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2015, 05:34:50 PM »

Ok that makes a little more sense still to buy a balance dac to power a single ended "midrange" amp got me scratching my head.

thought I heard both redacted dacs never been able to compare them directly.  Still I feel that maybe people would get more out of a better amp than better dac. Though that's just a speculative opinion
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2015, 12:17:50 AM »

Multibit Bifrost likely won't come until next year,

A lot of people wanted something closer to Yggy's tonality and technicalities but for a cheaper price.

Others were just impatient and wanted a bad-ass upgrade just because.

Plus, hey, balanced outputs for Mojo2 or the Cavalli Liquid Carbon and multiple outputs period. Just a nice bonus.

These are my reasons to get a Gumby. Not sure how prevalent Source Selection is on DACs but that was also something I needed and found in the Gumby.
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2015, 01:40:36 AM »

I read some jibber jabber over at HF about the gumby's single-ended outputs gimping the performance big-time.. Any truth to this?
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2015, 02:03:49 AM »

Once I heard about the Yggy trickle down, I targeted one of those. The Gumby was a little bit out of the price range I wanted to pay, but I'm glad I did. It is the only separate DAC that I own. So no getting a crapload of lesser DAC's that I would have to sell in order to get one of what I wanted.
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2015, 02:23:17 AM »

I read some jibber jabber over at HF about the gumby's single-ended outputs gimping the performance big-time.. Any truth to this?

I believe that's based on one reviewer comparing single ended output of Gumby against another dac, and everyone there glomming on that review for all its worth.
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2015, 02:29:21 AM »

Stillhart compared the DAC-19 and Gumby on his Liquid Carbon. He preferred the Gumby if you go balanced and DAC-19 if you use single-ended. But that's one amp.
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