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Gumby popularity
audiofrk:
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?
joeexp:
Yes you are - Gumby = [Multibit]
Marvey:
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.
AustinValentine:
--- Quote from: audiofrk 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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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.
audiofrk:
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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