The Blue Auteur looks so beautiful 
Not really all that exciting but spinfits are my go-to iem tips…
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Ohhh interesting !
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Just bought mine. It said ships in 1 to 2 weeks…hopefully that doesnt change.
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Oh hey, according the FAQ, the new version has a NOS mode, that’s fun. Not sure about going true balanced though, I hope the single-ended performance doesn’t suffer as a result:
So Bifrost 2/64 is different than the original Bifrost 2?
Yes. Let’s break it down:
- D/A converters. The original Bifrost 2 used two Analog Devices AD5781 18-bit D/A converters, and the current Bifrost 2/64 uses four Texas Instruments DAC8812 16-bit D/A converters.
- Hardware balanced. The original Bifrost 2 was internally single-ended, and created its balanced outputs with differential amplifiers. Bifrost 2/64 is internally hardware balanced, and has inherent balanced outputs.
- NOS mode. Bifrost 2/64 gives you the option to turn off our digital filter and run everything straight thru in non-oversampled (NOS) mode.
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Im reading this fast and scratching my head. Do they keep using the bf1 part of the site for bf revisions?
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My dac will obviously be way better BUT I lowkey wished they would have released this earlier and I probably would have bought the shit out of it. Lol
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You bought the upgrade board, right?
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Correct
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At first glance it looks like the Audio Note 2.1 Dac with the Adxxxx chip and 18 bit.
The whole thing times 4 and without tube amplification.
The new Bitfrost could possibly be interesting.
It’s unfortunate that they didn’t include an I2S.
I am curious about your impressions and wish you a lot of fun and joy who bought or upgraded it.
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Probably a response to the difficulty they’ve had sourcing the AD parts.
Basically a mini Yggdrasil LIM, since that uses the same chips
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I think it’s perfectly legitimate.
The industry has put out a lot in the last few years that wasn’t even bad, it just lacked fine-tuning or was simply outdone by new chips.
That’s why it’s okay to go 1-2 steps back.it’s also wise to try,apart from the costs and material procurement.
Is it now actually a Delta Sigma or mini R2R that might pass for a better Area 2?
It’s still what Schiit describes as True Multibit, i.e. R2R on a chip with some dithering to resolve the bits beyond what they can get directly. Interestingly I think it technically decodes less bits directly with the new chips that with less of the old ones, not that it really matters.
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Jason at Schiit mentioned the single-ended output would benefit from the upgrade. He said will be personally using his single-ended with the new Lyr+ on for his desktop setup. So no fear of a gimped SE output.
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Just got the “old” one about a month ago… 
Will be watching for the comparisons!
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Also pretty cool that I just saw someone post somewhere else
New DSHA 3? And magni? What? Seems like a diy builder almost
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Bizarre, has to be somebodies hobby, they can’t be making money on just those.
I mean I think the DSHA-3 was open source, the ones sold by ECP were all made by a guy for them, so I guess someone could negotiate the rights to make them.
But that’s a pretty small niche if your going to run a company.
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Apparently started by CEE TEE, so yeah basically like a side project
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Huh, that’s a fun find! Assuming they don’t sell out in two seconds, I’ll probably pick up one of those Magnis to try.
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