New, mid-price Schiitt Bifrost DAC on the way

[Feanor]

Fair well to el Cheapo DACs for now. I'm stepping up to a (lower) mid-price DAC, the Schiit Audio BIFROST DAC, (see HERE).




I was impressed with reviews and with comments by AA "Inmates". This DAC has the following features:

• Cute name
• Made in the USA
• Non-upsampling / sample rate conversion
• Up to 24 bit / 192 kHz
• Upgradeable design
• High-end AKM4399 32 bit DAC chip
• Class A, no-feedback, discrete FET (opamp-less), output
• S/PDIF input via CS8416 receiver
• (Optional, which I got) USB input via C-Media CM6631 asynchronous receiver that will work up to 24/192 with the custom driver Schiit will supply.

Of all the technical junk, I was least impressed by the CS8416 S/PDIF receiver which is a pretty standard, low cost device; that's partly why I added the optional USB with its asynchronous receiver.

I will report further in a couple of weeks.