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| Schiit Reference Sytem review: Freya into Yggdrasil, into Vidar @georgehifi To your thread, which involves a Freya, Yggdrasil and Vidar, all of that can be connected via balanced cabling, true? I’m assuming Vidar in mono. If so, and the owner of said equipment desired to go that route, how would the Loki be co... | |
| Schiit Reference Sytem review: Freya into Yggdrasil, into Vidar It’s only an advantage with noise, if the interconnects are over 10mts long. Single ended in most cases sound better, because many balanced inputs or outputs are just a balanced opamps thrown into the signal path before or after the true single en... | |
| Yggy RCA Interconnects When I did have RCA connected to my Yggy, I used this https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/index.htm and believe it is perfectly fine. I never bought into the expensive cable routine and even if one does subscribe to the idea of "better" ca... | |
| Suggestion on XLR Cables @ghosthouse I would categorize the quality/sound characteristics as full bodied and neutral (not necessarily lean or warm). I think one of the key characteristics in the design of the cable is the "Star Quad design". I've also used straight wire m... | |
| Suggestion on XLR Cables @shadorne Thank you. | |
| Suggestion on XLR Cables Canare Star Quad L-4E6S is the best you can find, much less than 1K.+1@shadorne I think this is cause for celebration, as it would appear you and I can actually *agree* on something :) | |
| Cable recommendation between Dac and Integrated amp Balanced is demonstrably better, if you can do it.+1So much better in fact that it doesn't matter if the circuit isn't "truly" balanced and subsequently converted to SE. | |
| Does a new cd transport require break-in time? Unfortunately, Cambridge doesn’t give a phone number in the States to call.I have to rely on email to get a response.Even then, they make it difficult to ask a question. The query won’t even go through if you don’t enter the serial number of your ... | |
| No frills balanced ss integrated amp? Frills or not, I think in that price category you should *consider* a (new) Musical Fidelity M6si. It excels at the basics, despite having a phono input and USB DAC. | |
| Which should I choose? No, I don’t think it makes much sense to go with the 203, particularly in your case where you can afford the difference in cost and have other gear capable of resolving subtleties :) Seriously, besides the better analog audio in the 205, there is ... | |
| Schiit Reference Sytem review: Freya into Yggdrasil, into Vidar Just buy it. Very smooth controls, transitions and no artifacts or noise. 15 day return policy. You will not regretTo bad the Loki doesn't have balanced connectivity in/out. Now, "that would be something" :) | |
| Does a new cd transport require break-in time? @rvpianoSorry to read of your equipment issues. As you say, it would seem to be a host of bad luck. That said, and not knowing what is or isn't wrong with your Gungnir and Oppo, you might be pleasantly surprised when you receive those items back f... | |
| Does a new cd transport require break-in time? Right. Just my .02, but..........the Schiit Gungnir (and of course the Yggdrasil) have an indicator light (meant for user observation) that would indicate whether or not there is an "issue" (widely defined, see respective Schiit documentation for ... | |
| Does a new cd transport require break-in time? @rvpianoThe following quote is from Schiit Tech support in response to the noise you are hearing when you are pausing music. My *assumption* is that the same response would apply to your Gungnir."The Yggdrasil doesn' t trigger on silence itself, i... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? 2^20 = 10485762* (2^20) = 2* 10485762097152 = 20971522^21 = 2097152 |