Modi Multibit: Multibit for the masses.

Must resist urge to buy something ... Moffat, please give me something to buy.

 

Stereophile thing? I thought they gave it a very positive review? I didn't actually read it. Was it some kind of back handed compliment?

 

Do some homework ...hint... facebook & obsolete

Edit, OK, bigger hint, start here: http://www.superbestaudiofriends.or...gdrasil-stereophile-review-measurements.3762/

 

From the review: "Cross my heart, it will deliver sky-high musicality as well as oceans of myth and Norse magic. I've listened to this exact setup for almost a year, and if I weren't an audio reporter, I'd keep it and use it until the Fate of the Gods is nigh."

Seems pretty positive to me.

 

He said he almost ordered it after the stereophile thing, as in a good/great/positive review.

 

The problem was actually, as I read it, not so much with the positive review by Herb Reichert but with the way that John Atkinson took that review and turned it into an incorrect and negative headline on FB, falsely pegging the Yggdrasil as obsolete. But that's a convo for the other thread really. It seemed to a lot of people to be a negative poke at Schiit motivated by loyalty to paying advertisers.

He said he almost rage ordered it. As in he was angry by the negative headline from JA.

 

I was attempting a bit of a joke... wasn't rage -- during all the interesting discussion after the JA facebook post about the dac chips used, I started researching it (Yggdrasil) even more seriously, and made it as far as checking the price / B-stock / etc. but luckily it's out of stock -- really need to hold off to see what they do with digital this year.

 

Just picked mine up today. I feel like it adds another level of refinement to my sound but I'm noticing a fair bit of noise at the minute. Running USB from a Macbook Pro to the Modi Multibit. I'll go back through this thread to see what people are suggesting.

 

That makes sense. I took it as ordering in a crazy state of mind, without really thinking. But your way makes more sense.

 

What kind of noise are you talking about? If it's a staticy noise or ringing on one side then disconnect power and reconnect to reboot the DAC.

 

It seemed to be static type noise, got noticeably louder with volume. It seems to have toned down substantially as I left it on (in fact it seems to be gone entirely).

It was the final piece in my chain so now I'm finally just enjoying the music.

 

Ok, cool. Mike has said that sometimes interference, signal glitches and other things can throw the DAC off and a simple reboot will fix it. This has happened to me once.

 

First impressions of this are great. I'm a noob so I can't compare to other DACs but going from Macbook -> Vali 2 -> HD600 to the same with the Modi MB in the chain, there's a noticeable (or perceived) improvement. The clarity and resolution both seemed to improve. The bass felt tighter/more precise. I feel like the soundstage was improved, but I may be mistaking that for the better separation.

It would be nice to be some blind testing to see if it's genuine or just my mind playing tricks.

 

Modi MB + Vali2 makes a great pair. I'm a little bit afraid of even thinking about exactly how good it is compared to Yggdrasil + Mjolnir2.
I'm just ignoring the comparison...

And to make things complete for this second setup of mine, my favorite place for scoring cheap NOS tubes delivered again! One NIB NOS Telefunken E88CC and one NIB NOS Telefunken ECC88. Even the plastic wrapping around the boxes were intact! (But maybe they didn't come with plastic wrapping back in the sixties....anyway they were new!) Paid $15 for one and $20 for the other

Good evening.

 

Why so skeptical?

 

It's more just the fact that I don't trust my ears yet. Haven't done a lot of technical listening to this point.

 

Your observations are similar to mine and I am very new to this hobby. I switched from GO450 to Modi Multibit- the soundstage opened up dramatically. I've also discovered that my best 'technical' listening comes when I'm just listening to the music and not the gear. In those times, there will be moments where the music grabs or lures me in a new way - that's the gear changing my experience. But the more I strain, the less I tend to hear.

 

My modi multibit finally arrived today. I left it on for 6-7 hours before listening. Had some problems in making windows 7 recognize it, that i solved with the alternate driver on schiit website.

Compared to my previous dac it's a noticeable improvement. High frequencies are more creamy and less sibilant, with cymbals and hi hats that feel more real and detailed; i can also hear more nuances in reverberation. Soundstage is more 3D, with the strongest improvement in depth, width also improved but this is more dependent on the track. The bass is more detailed, but as far as impact goes, i think my other dac is a little bit better, but maybe keeping it always on the sound will change some. Can't believe the video of some guy on youtube that tested the bifrost against another cheap dac and found them to sound the same, to me the differences are very noticeable and i'm pretty happy with the sq improvement for the price it goes.

By the way, in the driver there is the option to choose between 16, 24 and 32 bit, but the modi works internally at 16 bit, am i right? So what is the setting that makes more sense to choose? And for jriver users, do you keep the "device use only the most significant 24 bit" on or off in the device settings?

 

What are you guys using to hook your modi up to a Mac? I'm using the optical out, is that the best option?

 

The USB connection, cuz my shitty macbook doesn't have an optical out.