Comparing Bel Canto and Schiit DACs

gdnrbob - You are very welcome.  I think I posted comments previously on another thread too.  In my O-pinion, there's an advantage to having lived with the non-MB version for a while and becoming familiar with it's "sound" and then doing the upgrade subsequently.  Hopefully you will be as "knocked out" as I by the improvement.  Money well spent (and I am the poster-child for "frugal").  Good luck.  I'll be interested in reading your impressions when you get it done.

So far the Gumby it gets better and better everyday, I only have it since 2/13...I used the xlo cd burn in, I don’t leave it 24/7 on. Iam very please on what Iam hearing ..it works well with my system...

@jayctoy 

Glad things are working out.  
You do what you are comfortable with, of course but FWIW I leave the Gungnir on 24/7.  Apart from the very infrequent need to unplug it briefly for a move or whatever, it's been on for months and months...years even.  I tend to leave all my solid state gear powered up but muted and/or volume turned all the way down when not in use.  

See post #874 on this thread...
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/new-schiit-ragnarok-and-yggdrasil.667711/page-441

@jayctoy 

Yes, glad to read things are working out to your expectations. That said, my personal belief is that the Schiit DAC products do *not* need the extensive burn in period that most users typically report. It could be that your perception of it "getting better and better every day" is nothing more than your getting used to the sound. Nothing wrong in that though, as my experience is that the sound is terrific, authentic, etc. 

Gdhal True Iam getting use on the sound, what I mean by getting better and better everyday is , it opens up more, like bass, highs, a bit of extension , it becomes more clearer, this Gumby is good, I can sense analog touch on the sound...