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| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? Well, I too would have to believe there is more to why someone would purchase a DAC 3 over a Oppo if sound were the primary consideration. | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions .....though when you aren’t listening, I’d still advocate running signal to the Ygg even with your amp muted.....I’ve taken that under serious advisement. In fact, I’ve posed the question to Schiit tech support. The manual does indicate to leave i... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions All your equipment has a reputation for Mid-Fi sound IMO.Certainly. After all, I don’t have living voice vox olympian speakers and comparable gear to feed them. This is one reason I prefer the Grateful Dead. They sound grate regardless of the equi... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions Again, I truly remain very appreciative to everyone’s input. At this early stage of owning and listening to the Yggy I am inclined to keep it. I’m honestly not even considering returning it. On the bright side, I’m very happy with sound of my equi... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? Yes, DAC3 and Oppo will sound the same. Not because they use similar chips, but because all decent modern DACs sound the same.@defiantboomerang Interesting insight on your part that you bring to this thread discussion. So if the DAC3 and Oppo will... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions @david_ten Hi David. Yes, I'm inclined to give it more time.Can you please clarify what you mean by "isolating" it properly?Thanks. | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? @defiantboomerangI had given the Benchmark DAC 3 serious consideration. I talked at length with one of their sales rep, and I very much liked the fact that he spent the time with me. Something Schiit really doesn't do.If I recall (and this was mon... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? @defiantboomerang / @shadorne Frankly, I'm interested, care about, etc. both measured performance and the sound. But as I've mentioned and am experiencing first hand (not to mention second hand by listening to other systems), I already have four D... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions @blindjim Thank you so much for your detailed and obviously well thought out response. I shall heed your advice (and that of some others). | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? I believe Schiit addresses - at least somewhat - your question on their website FAQ page. If you have a Yggdrasil, I'd be grateful for your opinion regarding my question(s) in this post https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/new-yggdrasil-first-an... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions What I'm also finding a bit peculiar here is the Yggy has a phase inversion button. The manual states to use whatever one of the two possible settings (on/off) sounds best. Even that I'm finding difficult to discern any difference. In that case, b... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions Agreed the UDP-205 is superb. And yes, I have directly compared the OPPO to the YGGY, keeping all other factors constant, and (so far) found little difference. Frankly, I wasn't expecting tremendous difference. If there were tremendous difference,... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions Thanks guys.@blindjim -Yes, I too read of the long time for the Yggy to blossom. I suppose I was just hopeful that I’d readily detect at least a slight difference immediately (right of the box) and then gradual but noticable improvement over time.... | |
| Interesting HDMI Problem: OPPO UDP-205 It does so much so well. You would think that while the units offer a "Pure Audio" mode, that it would remove any "video feed" from the circuit.... in effect turn the HDMI portion off.@nuttyJust so you are aware, *if* the 105D pure audio mode func... | |
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