# Schiit Bifrost 2 DAC - Official Thread **URL:** https://forum.headphones.com/t/schiit-bifrost-2-dac-official-thread/4074 **Category:** DACs and Digital **Tags:** schiit, dac, balanced **Created:** [October 25, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/schiit-bifrost-2-dac-official-thread/4074 "2019-10-25T14:54:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 9
### Author: ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq) #### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/schiit-bifrost-2-dac-official-thread/4074/9 "2019-10-26T05:23:12Z")
## First, Very High-Level, Impressions (Sound) … While I’ve been running the Bifrost 2 solidly since it arrived, I’ve only gotten to spend a couple of hours with it paired with an amplifier I’m familiar with, so I do mean “very high level” impressions here: Bifrost 2’s signature is very similar to Gungnir MB “A1” and Yggdrasil Analog 2 (think more low-end slam/impact and presence - along with markedly improved bass quality/texture, a bit “moister” overall, less-in-your-face/forthright treble, though perhaps a hair darker than either). In terms of technicalities, it performs on par, maybe even ahead of, Gungnir MB “A2”, at least on a USB connection (haven’t tried it via S/PDIF yet), and is surprisingly close to Yggdrasil Analog 2. The single-ended outputs are no longer second-class either, which was a factor with both Gungnir and Yggdrasil. They might measure differently, but as of right now I’m not _hearing_ a difference. I can see why people are referring to this as a “mini Yggdrasil Analog 2”. The “mini” part is important, both in terms of physical stature _and_ sound; _Yggdrasil still has sonic-technicality advantages_ - but it’s tonally very similar and a lot _closer_ technically than I’d have dared speculate; _better_ in some aspects in fact. The original Bifrost MB struggled, at times, to distinguish itself from the much-cheaper Modi MB. There’s none of that here. This is clearly better than either, across the board. Now, whether this is all more attributable to the DAC/analog stage changes, or the “Unison” USB interface, I can’t say (at least not at the moment). It doesn’t really matter, I guess, as you can’t get one without the other … and it’s overall performance that counts. I’d say that the qualitative _difference_ here vs. the original Bifrost MB is perhaps bigger (or at least more noticable) than the _delta_ between the original Yggdrasil/USB Gen 3 to the Analog 2/USB Gen 5 version. Pretty impressive when you consider that this **whole DAC** is only $50 more than just the Analog 2 _upgrade_ for Yggdrasil. Lots more listening to do, and comparisons to make, in much more detail … but first impressions are definitively, and strongly, positive. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.headphones.com/t/schiit-bifrost-2-dac-official-thread/4074)._