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RE: Another take on Schiit Bifrost

"Sibilants are a little more pronounced and unlike the rest of the presentation, the highest notes do not sound natural or particularly pleasant. Vinyl enthusiasts might say it sounds more "digital" now. Has anyone else encountered this?"

Check your source for jitter. Had the same issue - and when I got rid of my - what I thought to be - a good SPDIF cable and replaced it with one I knew was 75 Ohms to about 5GHz, the sound warmed up, glare was gone, top end calmed down and became much more detailed and airy, and bass ... oh the bass detail!

Funny thing is the new cable was about one quarter of the cost of the one it replaced. (Was an Audioquest, is now black Cat 75 Ohm. I also designed my own and that works, too)

But this may not be your issue ... but jitter kills in any event. The best digital reproduction sounds more convincing than Vinyl and actually sounds better in that it is more realistic. If you are getting top end tizz, and upper midrange glare - the culprit is likely jitter.

I had a Squeezebox touch driving the Bifrost ... and changing the cable was the single biggest improvement. The second best improvement was making ethernet hardwired to the Squeezebox.
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Edits: 03/19/12

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