rickyhgarcia
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I listen to music through my home theater system, that is built around a Marantz AV8005 sound processor. Although I have an older model OPPO BDP-95 multidisk player (which was labeled as "audiophile" because of its internal DAC), I have been bitten recently by the bug to play my CD´s through a dedicated CD tranport. For this I need a DAC. The DAC would also be use to incorporate a Windows 10 PC for gaming and streaming.
I was about to buy either a Schitt Gungnir or Bifrost with the Multibit upgrade, until I stumbled into this forum. Being a fan of audio equipment most of my life, I have read reviews based on listening test were words like "transparency", "depth", "clarity", "musical", "colorful" and so on have a meaning. Then there are tests like Amir´s, that measure electrical signals and can precisely pinpoint were those signals are at fault. DAC´s, which are not really musical machines but computers used to play music, can be precisely measured using Amir´s techniques. And here is the dilemma, which one should we trust? I tend to make decisions based on ALL these reviews, for the simple reason that the reviewers have access to many brands and model of equipment that I do not have, and, therefore, they can compare one piece of equipment to another.
I have read Amir´s reviews of the Bifrost and Gungnir with the Multibit upgrade, that measure not so good. Have they been measured without the Multibit option? It seems that the Topping brand of DAC´s is a favorite of this forum. The price and performance is right, although I prefer not to go Chinese. What other non-Chinese DAC´s compares favorably (i.e. price, performance) with the Topping DX7s?
Thanks...
I was about to buy either a Schitt Gungnir or Bifrost with the Multibit upgrade, until I stumbled into this forum. Being a fan of audio equipment most of my life, I have read reviews based on listening test were words like "transparency", "depth", "clarity", "musical", "colorful" and so on have a meaning. Then there are tests like Amir´s, that measure electrical signals and can precisely pinpoint were those signals are at fault. DAC´s, which are not really musical machines but computers used to play music, can be precisely measured using Amir´s techniques. And here is the dilemma, which one should we trust? I tend to make decisions based on ALL these reviews, for the simple reason that the reviewers have access to many brands and model of equipment that I do not have, and, therefore, they can compare one piece of equipment to another.
I have read Amir´s reviews of the Bifrost and Gungnir with the Multibit upgrade, that measure not so good. Have they been measured without the Multibit option? It seems that the Topping brand of DAC´s is a favorite of this forum. The price and performance is right, although I prefer not to go Chinese. What other non-Chinese DAC´s compares favorably (i.e. price, performance) with the Topping DX7s?
Thanks...