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Switched from Yggdrasil to Gungnir Multibit.

Based on accounts of the Gungnir sounding more "mellow" than the Yggdrasil,  and reports that the latter takes months to deliver, I've switched my order.
i currently own a vintage Theta Pro Prime DAC that similarly has a more "romantic" presentation, and think I'll be happier with the Gungnir.  From what I've read, it's close to the Yggy in terms of definition, and for the price it's remarkable. (Although price was not a prime consideration.)
I'll have 15 days to change my mind.  That's barely enough break in time to make an informed decision, but it'll have to do.
Any opinions?
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gdhal
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Thank you @rvpiano

Are you able to avail yourself of the balanced outputs? I'm not sure this would be the case with the Gungy, but often times components balanced outputs run about +6db hotter than the RCAs. And I believe your NuForce monoblocks accepts balanced input.
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kalali
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rvpiano, if I understand your issue correctly, its more to do with the input sensitivity of your amp as opposed to its power rating. The recommendation from gdhal may address this issue since in most source components the output voltage from the XLR outputs is normally twice the RCA., e.g. 4 volt vs. 2 volt, etc., respectively. Good luck.
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shadorne
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The XLR on this DAC runs at 4 volts vs 2 volts. 

Since you invested in high quality power amps then you might want to try any of the pro audio style DACs which will have much more powerful output (around 20 volt or ten times your Gungy) 
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Gdhal and kalali:
Forgive my ignorance.  I’m more of a musician than a technophobe.
I’m connecting my Oppo player which I use as a transport to the Gungy with an optical cable. I have a vintage Conrad-Johnson preamp which only accepts RCA plugs.  So I guess I wouldn’t be able to avail myself of XLR cable.
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gdnrbob
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Why not contact Schiit and get their input on your problem with the Gungy? 
They might just have an answer.
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