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I found the Gustard X26 Pro (not the R26 which I never owned) much warmer than the Yggi+ LIM. My Office system is the Magnepan LRS+ speaker, which is a tinge on the bright side of things. The Yamaha NS5000 speakers in the Livingroom is a tinge warm. The Yggi+ plays very nicely with both. I would not use the X26 Pro with the NS5000.

When I used the X26 it was with a super bright system and the X26 cooled it down. Interesting, that same system with a new implementation of a key part allows me to use silver cables. I had to use copper before.

On Wednesday my friend, who worked with the Schitt guys, is coming to my place. I am buying one of his amps. He has some golden ears, and I am very interested in his take on the Yggi+ and some other gear I have.

He is going to hate some of my gear, but as they say, "different strokes for different folks."

Some interesting comments on this review.
Schiit Audio Yggdrasil Less is More Review - Reviews - Audiophile Style

BTW - the Yggi+ LIM can be demoed at home for 2-weeks. After 2 days I threw the shipping box away.

Do some research on the much cheaper Schitt Yggi+ Less is More. It was designed by a guy named Mike Moffet. I was telling a friend about the DAC 2 days ago. He is in the HiFi business, and he told me I was the 4th person that said great things about the LIM to him.

He also told me that he had a long conversation with Mike Moffet years ago when he did a project with Schitt and he thought MM came across as a digital genius.

I had the Gustard X26 Pro. It was bettered by the Musetec 005. It was bettered by the Lumin X1. It was bettered by the Schitt Yggi+ LIM. In fairness, the X1 is also an incredible streamer.

A used X1 at around $7.5k maybe a great choice using fibre optic streaming directly into the X1. Just need a very low-cost network switch with fibre support. If you only stream (no analog sources) then the X1 becomes even more attractive with the amazing Leedh volume control on the DAC. It is the ONLY DAC I heard that did volume close to the level of my Benchmark LA4 preamp. The Yggi+ does not do volume but I think it is a better DAC.

That Theta mentioned above was done by Mike Moffet.

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@navyachts If one of the reasons is to eliminate a preamp and also stream then go for the Lumin X1. The Lumin X1 is one of the very best streamers (use fibre). It is also an almost perfect volume control which also works with the streamers output. I used that with my PeachTree GAN1 (amp/DAC) since it has no volume control and only a SPDIF input. The Lumin X1 is amazing for these reasons alone.

In terms of sound quality, I could tell a very small improvement in clarity with the LIM using my RAAL SR1a earphones. Now most things are not as resolving as those phones so you may not even notice.

The Schitt Yggi+ MIL DAC is also getting some love with some new thing they did. I have not heard it. In my situation I have a better volume control than the X1, with the Benchmark LA4 preamp, my streaming is also comparable with the Sonore OpticalRendu.

If I did not use a preamp, I would likely have stuck with the X1 in my office system. I normally hate a DAC doing volume.

One cool thing about the LIM is that it has 3 live outputs and in my office system I use all 3 of them with the following 3 systems.

• RAAL VM-1a tube headphone amp (bought this amp again)
• Schitt Mjonlir preamp | Schitt Aegir amp | RAAL TI-1b interface | RAAL phones
• Benchmark LA4 preamp | Sanders Magtech amp | Magnepan LRS+

Super happy with these 3 systems in my office. The Schitt works perfectly with all 3.