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Greetings!
I own a Schiit Gungnir multibit DAC that includes both balanced and single-ended outputs. Since I’m using an AVR for my stereo (in stereo direct mode, with no DSP) and multichannel needs (for movies, with DSP), my only input option To the AVR is RCA. And that’s how I’ve had it set up for the last 2 years.
However, the other day I was on the Schiit website and noticed a photo of the inside of the Gungnir. It appeared to show 2 separate boards, one for each channel, for XLR output vs one board for RCA output. It made me wonder if there is any advantage to using the XLR output with conversion cables to RCA for the AVR.
I was also wondering how one can evaluate if a device—DAC, Pre-Amp, AVR, etc—is balanced throughout the signal path or just at the output connection. This would seem to make a big difference.
I own a Schiit Gungnir multibit DAC that includes both balanced and single-ended outputs. Since I’m using an AVR for my stereo (in stereo direct mode, with no DSP) and multichannel needs (for movies, with DSP), my only input option To the AVR is RCA. And that’s how I’ve had it set up for the last 2 years.
However, the other day I was on the Schiit website and noticed a photo of the inside of the Gungnir. It appeared to show 2 separate boards, one for each channel, for XLR output vs one board for RCA output. It made me wonder if there is any advantage to using the XLR output with conversion cables to RCA for the AVR.
I was also wondering how one can evaluate if a device—DAC, Pre-Amp, AVR, etc—is balanced throughout the signal path or just at the output connection. This would seem to make a big difference.