Schiit Audio are making good on their promise of the Bifrost and Gungnir DACs being modular and fully upgradable. First up, the Bifrost gets a new Uber analogue board. This apparently lifts the ‘sonic and measured performance’ of the Bifrost by borrowing the discrete, direct-coupled gain stage from the Gungnir. The Uber board can be ordered with any new Bifrost

As a reviewer I like to keep abreast of what peers and colleagues cover AND how they cover it. I try to read as much as possible from fellow writers over at 6Moons and TONEAudio as well as the always excellent Audiostream. Doing so pushes me to become a better writer. Over the past few years, such reading – combined with my

Hot Schiit!  Jason Stoddard had a barebones prototype hidden under the table at RMAF and swore me to secrecy. He told me Schiit were planning a $99 DAC and $99 headphone amp. “Madness!“, I thought. But no, they’re here. Not only are they ninety-nine sheets apiece, they’re also Made In The USA. Magni: 1.2W Discrete headphone amplifier (US$99) “Yes, you

It’s that time again…time for some all-new Schiit! Just as the pixels dry on Darko’s Bifrost review, Schiit Audio announce details of their first balanced set-up: the Mjolnir balanced headphone amplifier and Gungnir balanced upgradable DAC. That Norse mythology product naming is gonna play havoc with those who insist that ‘BiTfrost’ is the name of Schiit’s entry-level DAC. “Mjolnir is

After weeks in the publication ante-room, my review of Schiit’s entry level DAC has finally crash-landed on the TONEAudio website. It’s Bifrost, not Bitfrost. Upgradable and modular and deploying one of the lesser common decoder chips (AKM 4399), Schiit’s first splash into the DAC scene has the forum’s a-buzzin’ and the manufacturer running at full tilt. If you’re already primed with

Jason Stoddard – co-founder of Schiit – is hilarious.  He says his brand name’s (surprising) ‘controversy’ acts as a neat little customer filter:  it keeps the weirdos away!  You don’t like the name?  Good!  I listened to the soon-to-drop Bifrost DAC and remarked on how this would probably be the only time I’d get to hear LCD Soundsystem during the

Robyn Hitchcock once said: the people we should fear the most are those with no sense of humour. Conventional wisdom has it that Americans don’t have a sense of humour.  One look at Seinfeld, Friends, The Family Guy, South Park, The Simpsons (and countless others) soon smothers that untruth.  An untruth you’ll often here from some of the most humourless

It’s going to be a crazy busy second half of 2011 (and early 2012) for Schiit.  They’re rumoured to be releasing THREE different DACs, the first of which has just been announced as available for pre-order.  The first batch of which will ship at the end of August. The Schiit Bifrost is unusual in that it’s intended to be user