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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #40 on: September 17, 2015, 02:03:24 AM »
Quote from: JK47 on September 17, 2015, 02:00:23 AM
In this thread...

http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,2630.0.html


I don't see mentions of a MB Bifrost.

I do see a Redacted, but surely... it's Redacted for a reason, right? ;)
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #41 on: September 17, 2015, 02:12:14 AM »
Quote from: Bill-p on September 17, 2015, 02:03:24 AM
I don't see mentions of a MB Bifrost.

I do see a Redacted, but surely... it's Redacted for a reason, right? ;)

Yeah it 's reDACted... Several impressions through the thread. It wasn't playing nice with Mac's, and had a glitch or two...
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #42 on: September 17, 2015, 02:23:33 AM »
Quote from: JK47 on September 17, 2015, 02:12:14 AM
Yeah it 's reDACted... Several impressions through the thread. It wasn't playing nice with Mac's, and had a glitch or two...

Well, I'm saying... it's redacted for a reason. Which means... we shouldn't be disclosing its real name at this time. ;)

But yeah, I'm aware it's been there this entire time. I did hear the Gungnir MB prototype back at CanJam Feb, too. All things considered, that's actually what I was alluding to.

Gumby is close to Yggdrasil, but I get the feeling Redacted would be sacrificing quite a few things in order to fit into that enclosure. I'm sure we can see from Marv's DAC chart already. Not that I'm 100% in agreement with Marv all the time, but my DAC impressions have been consistent with his so far.

So that makes Redacted less attractive to me, although I've always wanted it. It would fit on my desk much better than Gungnir, for one, and then when I do my yearly travel to Vietnam, Redacted would be less of a hassle to transport.
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #43 on: September 17, 2015, 03:39:49 AM »
aka BooBoo and aka redacted^2 to avoid confusion with redacted, which was the MB Gungnir...  :)p13
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #44 on: September 17, 2015, 12:10:11 PM »
I would think it is almost impossible for the BMB not to show up during the upcoming canjam. only question is how long it will take before it is available to order.
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #45 on: September 19, 2015, 02:07:30 AM »
I'm going to RMAF to see if I can get a proper read most of my body says suck it up get the yggy but the budget side says get the gumby.  Hopefully I will be able to do some serious listening and make a decision.
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #46 on: September 19, 2015, 09:52:03 AM »
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?

Hey, a question I can actually answer. :) I bought gumby and am using it with my Asgard2. My reasoning:

1. I want it now, dammit!
2. I'll probably buy a balanced amp at some point.
3. The price doesn't seem unreasonable for what you are getting.
4. Even SE gumby will probably sound better than MB bifrost (most people seem to say DS gungnir sounds better than DS bifrost even using SE)
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #47 on: September 19, 2015, 12:55:08 PM »
Concerning the upcoming RMAF/CanJam
http://www.head-fi.org/t/701900/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up/7740#post_11928096
From Mr. Schiit, himself:

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1. You get Mike at the show, who will have an announcement on the digital side of things.
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Beyond that, with any luck, I will have one more announcement before the end of the year (hopefully not another illness...you know what I mean!)
 
All the best,
Jason
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Re: Gumby popularity
« Reply #48 on: September 20, 2015, 07:36:55 PM »
Quote from: kevnin on September 19, 2015, 09:52:03 AM
Hey, a question I can actually answer. :) I bought gumby and am using it with my Asgard2. My reasoning:

1. I want it now, dammit!
2. I'll probably buy a balanced amp at some point.
3. The price doesn't seem unreasonable for what you are getting.
4. Even SE gumby will probably sound better than MB bifrost (most people seem to say DS gungnir sounds better than DS bifrost even using SE)

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