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| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions Did you compare it against the Oppo yet?Yes, of course. In this context the comparison I'm doing is playing some flac 16/44 or higher via the Oppo's USB port. The Oppo is connected to my amp via RCA, and connected to the Yggy via coax. The Yggy is... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Yes - rule of thumb is every 10 degrees Celsius higher in operating temperature will half the life of many capacitors.Most caps are rated 105 degrees for 2000 hours. At 95 they will last 4000. At 85 they should last approx 8000 and so on and so fo... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions If you have to go through this much coddling and craziness to just hear a small small difference is it really worth it? There is not that much A B difference between good digital.......The Yggy has a great rep and is certainly a super Dac. I main... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? I agree with @shadorne regarding (paraphrasing) drawing an inference to the product based on manufacturer technical claims. In fact, the boisterous claims by Schiit is one (of a few) reasons I purchased this particular DAC to begin with.In additio... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions UPDATE:1 - Regarding the burn in of said unit, per Schiit Audio "Running music through it is not necessary for burn in; only that it is on and left on."2 - I have connected SE output (RCA) cables from the Yggy to my amp. The RCA cables are identic... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? Curious what, if anything, is wrong with my suggestion to pose the question to Schiit. | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC If you left your DAC1 on for seven years straight night and day then I think you may have suffered what I observed. A dead sounding DAC due to capacitors aging (higher heat ages faster). And might/would that apply to any DAC? Or for that matter, a... | |
| Psychological effects of volume control Silly question perhaps, nevertheless, I'll ask the resident experts herein.Would having to raise the volume at the pre-amp (in the OPs case) be the same if he had an *integrated amp*?In my experience when an amp is at 12 or above, even when all so... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? You are not against independent reviews, are you?Of course not. Your original question is valid, however, it hadn't really been answered (accurately or inaccurately) until after my post, when shadorne provided additional clarification and almarg o... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? It can’t. John Atkinson review of the DAC clearly states that while the analog performance is excellent, the digital performance is less than desirable especially on high signal levels (which is the majority of pop rock music).Hello @shadorne Plea... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? Interesting in that Soekris states "It have the fantastic clean and natural sound of a 27 bit R-2R sign magnitude DAC..." whereas Schitt states "If your 24 bit recordings actually have 24 bits of resolution, we’ll eat a hat. And those "32-bit" DAC... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? I most definitely agree that the statement "Some audiophiles build their systems around their amps. Some around their speakers." is true.Further, I agree with you that "why" is interesting. | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions @randy-11I only listen to and collect live music in flac 16/44 or better format. That said, I have plenty of hi-rez "sample stuff" that I’m able to playback via the Oppo, and the Yggy recognizes it as high res given the change in its front panel L... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? Hi Erik. Well, I'm sure you know you and I typically disagree on all things audiogon forum related, nevertheless, I'll engage in this thread. :)I purchased a Musical Fidelity M6si in November 2015 and never looked back. I'm pleased enough with its... | |
| carver 2000 Receiver 1984 : opinion? While I cannot comment specifically about the Carver 2000 Receiver, I owned and enjoyed a Carver MXR-130 for nearly 30 years. It eventually died because of internal parts wear-and-tear, but was a stellar performer while in its hey day. In fact, I ... |