Schitt Yggdrasil More is Better

Well, my Benchmark LA4 preamp sold almost immediately, so I went DAC shopping today. I called The Shittr in Newhall, CA to see if they had the LIM and MIB DACs for demo. They only had the LIM, but the guy on the phone was very helpful.

They have the Magnepan LRS in one of their demo rooms, so they knew how my office speaker sounded. The person I spoke to was telling me that he was a musician and for his money the best DAC they make was the Yggi+ OG. He did not like the LIM, for reasons that I can also hear, but it works nicely on the LRS+ so that is what matters to me. He had not heard the MIB.

With regards to the OG, he said that the OG's chip is considered the best compared to what is used in the LIM and the MIB. The only issue was that it was not going to be available in the future so they need to discontinue the OG. 

I have read reviews where the OG was not preferred, but the guy on the phone made a convincing case for why it would work nicely on my Yamaha NS5000 speaker. I bought the OG today. I have the option of changing the LIM to the MIB for $850 + shipping if it ever comes to that.

Now I have 2 Yggi+ DACs.

Funny thing about the LIM- I 'restocking fee' auditioned the final Yggy LIM just as the new, modular (remote) LIM came out. So, with a new one out there, which they said was the same, just 'modular' I purchase the latest model because the Yggy brought a certain breathless analogue loveliness to my current rig. For whatever reason, I never got the magic from the new LIM. Has anyone else had that experience with Yggy?

Curious how you bought an OG version.  It was discontinued more than a month ago.  Only the MIB and MIL versions are listed on Schitt’s web page.

@mikeg777 the guy at Schitt I spoke to told me that there was 1 last OG available on the clearance page of the web site. Unusual to not see any discount for clearance, it was $2699, but I decided I wanted to hear it since I already had the LIM and I have a pathway to the MIB via the upgrade if I wanted to do that.

Reading up on the OG from some reviews makes me feel pretty good about the purchase. I should have it in my place soon if it is coming from CA.

I have a lot of good luck listening to the audio advice from musicians.

Once I get the OG DAC, I am going to break it in in the office system and compare it with the LIM. The LIM sounds really good with the LRS+ so it will be interesting to see if the OG is preferred.

I have my RAAL VM-1a tube headphone amp which I will also use to compare the 2 DACs. I can also play the CA-1a headphone via my Benchmark HPA4 preamp and the Schitt Aegir 20-watt amp. Unfortunately, my Benchmark HPA4 preamp I got a few days ago cannot play the CA-1a well. The HPA4 was obtained for the successor, the RAAL 1995 Immanis. I do not have that phone yet to compare with the 2 DAC's That would be the best comparison since the HPA4 is so neutral.