Schiit Audio Gungnir Delta-Sigma Digital Analogue Converter

Multibit or delta-sigma? Yes. With Gungnir, you have the flexibility to choose between affordable delta-sigma performance, or Schiit’s own proprietary multibit architecture with closed-form digital filter.

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• Multibit or delta-sigma? Yes. With Gungnir, you have the flexibility to choose between affordable delta-sigma performance, or Schiit’s own proprietary multibit architecture with closed-form digital filter. Both versions offer excellent performance for a moderate price—as well as the comfort of completely upgradable, modular design.

  5-Year Warranty

  Gungnir is covered by a limited warranty that covers parts and labor for five years. That’s 5 years. Yes. FIVE. Which is up to 5X that of our competition, if you weren’t so hot at math. Note the marketing weasel-w

• Gungnir: Formidable Performance

  Choose Gungnir, and you get a truly hardware-balanced DAC with two AKM AK4399 32-bit D/A converters, followed by a fully discrete, JFET-input stage for current gain and filtering. The result is exceptional performance for the price—frequently lauded by the press as the best in its price class.

  Adapticlock™: Unique Clock Analysis and Regeneration

  Both versions of Gungnir include our proprietary Adapticlock system, which provides for both exceptional jitter performance and rock-solid, glitch-free connectivity. Adapticlock analyzes the incoming signal quality and automatically routes it to the best clock regeneration system—either VCXO or VCO-based. And, it does all of this without altering the bit depth or sample rate of your original music.

• Gungnir

  D/A Conversion IC: AKM AK4399 x 2 (4 total channels, hardware balanced configuration)
  Analog Stages: All fully discrete, JFET-input topology, DC coupled, summed for single-ended output

  Frequency Response, Analog Stage: 20Hz-20Khz, +/-0.1dB, 1Hz-100KHz, -1dB
  Maximum Output: 4.0V RMS (balanced), 2.0V RMS (single-ended)

  THD: Less than 0.002%, 20Hz-20KHz, at full output
  IMD: <0.002%, CCIR
  SNR: > 112dB, referenced to 2V RMS

  All Gungnirs

  Inputs: Coaxial RCA SPDIF, BNC SPDIF, Optical SPDIF, USB 
  Input Capability: up to 24/192 for all inputs
  Input Receiver, SPDIF: AKM 4313
  Input Receiver, USB: C-Media CM6631A

  Output: One pair XLR balanced and two pairs RCA single-ended
  Output Impedance: 75 ohms

  Clock Management: Bitperfect clock management at all native sample rates via Adapticlock analysis and VCXO/VCO regeneration, plus asynchronous USB Gen 2 module

  Power supply: two transformers (one for digital supplies, one for analog supplies) with 8 stages of regulation, including separate local supplies for critical digital and analog sections.

  Upgradability: Separate, modular USB Input Card and DAC/Analog Cards are snap-in replaceable.

  Power Consumption: 20W

  Size: 16 x 8.75” x 2.25”

  Weight: 11 lbs