Gumby vs Yggy

The Yggdrasil will sound very different to the Gungnir.  Read the review in Absolute Sound.  Incisive is one adjective they use.  It's definitely not in the mellow camp.

Sorry, thought Gumby implied multibit. I’ve read several reviews comparing the Arcam as being very close to the Gungnir ds so I was actually thinking they mislabeled this as a Gumby.

@treynolds155

BTW, welcome to the forum! No need for an apology, but I'll gladly accept it! 

If "Gumby" implies "mulitbit" this is something I wasn't aware of. I thought is was just a "nick-name", like Jggy. I merely looked at the description on the Schiit website and noted there is a delta-sigma and multibit option.  http://www.schiit.com/products/gungnir

To your point about reviews indicating the Arcam and Gungnir are very close, while I haven't read those reviews (I own a Yggy), I do know that it *can* be difficult to discern a difference between DACs. Moreover, even if there is just a "slight" improvement/difference as *you* perceive it, then it may (your decision) still be worth the upgrade/change. If your system prior to Gungnir already sounded very good, it can be challenging to make improvements that are readily noticeable. I've always argued that if a change is introduced that is *obviously and immediately better*, then the level of sound quality to begin with should be called into question.

Thanks gdhal!! I think that’s what disappointed me, all the Gumby and Yggy reviews tell of huge sonic gains and talked of the multibit “magic”. Don’t get me wrong, it sounded great, but so does my Arcam. Some songs favored one or the other but very comparable. And yes it was powered up with music streaming through it 24/7 for ten days straight. Source was Tidal through Audirvana.

Just try a Benchmark DAC3 on 30 day return. And don’t use your pre as this will just add noise and dumb it down.

@treynolds155

You’re very welcome.

Shadorne’s suggestion is perfectly valid, and in fact Benchmark does offer the consumer a much better trial period/policy than Schiit.

But we’ve beaten the Yggy/DAC 3 comparison to death and ad nauseam, most recently in the following threads. Besides, if you’re insistent on multi-bit (and why not be?) then the DAC 3 is out of any contention.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/new-yggdrasil-first-and-second-impressions

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/schiit-yggdrasil-21-bit

EDIT:

If you’re able to get a hold of this album https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_Gypsy in digital format it can become very easy to discern a difference among DACs.