Gungnir Multibit Loaner

Thanks @sphinxvc

I just realized needing to buy/make these cables is definitely going to further persuade me to buy this eventually

 

Yes that looks like a 125 Volt 10A power cable that most, if not all Schiit products use. If someone can confirm this that would be great, otherwise I will have to buy the correct power cord - but I would need to know the specifics such as what voltage the Power Cord needs to be and type (i.e 10A)

 

I better grab some balanced cables to go to my amp before this comes 'round the mountain. Can't wait to compare!

I should have the ESI Juli@ XTe to perform reasonable measurements once it gets here.

 

That's exactly what my Lyr 1 cable is marked as

 

Same thing for my Schiit Bifrost and Valhalla 2 - I just want to be sure I have the correct power cord.

 

Are you saying a normal power cord like this won't work? So confused...

http://www.monoprice.com/mobile/product/details/5292

 

Thank you sphinxvc for your reply and research! i is very much appreciated as well as all that you Gear Masters do for our community!

 

This thick AC plug from monoprice works damn well.

http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=5292

 

Go ahead and take me off the reserve list, I may just pick up one of these. I've decided I need more than a few days with a DAC if I'm going to try to listen out differences in them. Thanks!

 

We expect that extreme sonic improvements (on the order of "seeing god") are possible when the miles of standard aluminum wire connecting you to the power plant are replaced with Cardas silver wire. However, at a cost of $53.5 million (give or take), this is an unfeasible strategy for improving your power.

As far as the power cord goes, yep, it's a power cord. Same as on a tower computer, monitor, etc...

 

Personally I was thinking of installing one of these:

That ought to keep all the electrons in line.

With the high winds and power interruptions here today, I kind of wish I really did have one of these, or at least a 20KW single phase. That one is 440V 3 phase, 100 KW.

 

Yes, I remember reading the same hard-to-dispute logic used in a discussion about DSL cables going from the modem to the wall socket. A phone company engineer commented " it won't make much difference considering it connects to 2 miles of old copper twisted pair phone line ".

 

So apparently the PM-2 was removed from the loan ? No message appeared about that, so I am curious as to what happened.

Gungnir Multibit is #1 on my list of desired loans, so it's all cool, and I really appreciate being able to hear it. But the PM-2 was #3 on my list, and so that would have been good to see in the box...

 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/f.cl.ly/items/2R2j1r1H1Z1H431P2Q3H/Gungnir Multibit.jpg

Gungnir Multibit arrived! I will be comparing it to the the Bifrost Multibit above. Unfortunately, my Lyr 2 is "sick", so I'm listening out of the Vali instead.

 

@jmcmasterj - do you have your Lyr 2 set as a solid-state amp with LISST?

 

Yes, I'm using the LISST with the Lyr 2. I have tubes as well, but I like the LISST with the Bifrost Multibit.

 

@sphinxvc Thanks for the update!

@paranoidroid I don't mind having it for a couple of days because I just wanted to do a quick comparison to my very cheap vinyl setup to see if I want to go the DAC route. I see that you're in SF. If this is cool with sphinxvc, I can just hand it off to you after a couple of days (I'm in Oakland) if you don't mind having it for 2-3 days and willing to ship it to the next person. Let me know!