Ok so ive had my Bifrost burning in and today i tried it with my Helios headphones and wow it sounds so good. better today than yesterday. I just cant get over how good it sounds. More full, lush and detailed. The music sounds so much more involving. holographic. the sound is more textured and real. Its like i switched to a more detailed headphone.
At first i was unsure when Mon recommended i upgrade my DAC next. but boy was he right. My Su8 DAC is so much lesser than the Bifrost. listening to my playlist the songs are much more substantial and engrossing. I have some tracks that did not sound very good having poorer sound quality and mixing. And sounded a little flawed in the SU8. But the Bifrost really perked them up and made them sound much more legit.
I really thought a while ago that you couldnt get much better than the sp200 and SU8. but the RNHP and Bifrost are such a big upgrade to that. they really underline how important it is to upgrade the amp and dac over headphones sometimes. They are much more substantial.
I got the Bifrost hoping to tame the treble on the headphones i seemed to be leaning towards. But the Bifrost unfortunately seems to have increased the treble on some songs. There also seems to be more bass. but for me thats never a bad thing lol.
My one reservation about the Bifrost was i had been told it had a lot of soundstage. but my soundstage seems to have been reduced from what i usually hear. I knew the SU8 had a lot of soundstage but didnt realize how much. much happier with the soundstage on the bifrost.
And thats another thing i love about the Bifrost. it seems more faithfull to the music. i really dont like colored DACS. i feel they should bring out whats there and not add to it. The Bifrost seems to be more faithful to the music in that way.
IDK but im starting to wonder if the SU8 was just a bad DAC and i didnt realize it. I dont think i could recommend it to anyone after this.
I did notice that when i turn on exclusive mode in the Amazon music app that windows no longer controls the volume. I have to use the RNHP to do that. On my SU8 i was still able to use the Windows volume mixer to control it. not sure what that means but i am glad that the Windows mixer does not seem to be involved in my music anymore.
