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Berkeley Dac 2 or PS audio DSD or Schiit Yggs?

Hi all,

I am debating Berkeley Dac 2 or PS audio DSD or Schiit Yggs? 
i have tube amp (Line Magnetic 219ia)
i am inclined to Schiit yggs based on reviews ..
i have no experience with any of these dacs..
please share your experience if you happened to listen all of these and your personal opinion..
thank you all.
sundaram78

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georgehifi
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No manufacturer I know calibrates and adjusts their product/s after a days of being turned on, they all do it at most after one maybe two hours, some even do it cold.

So if things change sound wise after many hours/days of being left on then, they are also not staying in calibration//adjustment that the manufacture did on them in the first place.


Cheers George   

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georgehifi
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sundaram78

A very good article for you to read seeing you about to pull the trigger on one, by JD and interview with Mike Moffat of Schitt Audio about Redbook (pcm) replay and R2R Multibit dac conversion.

http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/01/zesty-and-sweet-the-stunning-schiit-gungnir-multibit-dac/

Cheers George

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georgehifi
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sundaram78 
Berkeley Dac 2 or PS audio DSD or Schiit Yggs?

Sundram hi,  if you are using Redbook CD(pcm) or downloading PCM then you can't go passed the Yggs as it is r2r multibit and able to convert pcm "bit perfect" compared to the other two which give a facsimile of it as they are Delta Sigma.

MoJo music

"When a PCM file is played on a DSD or Bit Stream converter, the DAC chip has to convert the PCM to DSD in real time. This is one of the major reasons people claim DSD sounds better than PCM, when in fact, it is just that the chip in most modern single-bit DACs do a poor job of decoding PCM."
  

But if you plan to do DSD downloading then you have to go for the PS or Berkeley.
 

Cheers George


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