Topic: Schiit Yggdrasil DAC Review (pre-production): a short preview of your next DAC (Read 80228 times)

Sorrodje · « **Reply #40 on:** January 08, 2015, 07:45:05 PM »

Quote from: shipsupt on January 08, 2015, 07:05:28 PM

It's a non-starter... no DSD! What? I deleted all my non-DSD files early last year. Life with 6 albums is so much easier. Would be better with DSD.

Just Like I did myself mate. The Only album I kept is "Jazz at the Pawnshop" . I listen to it all day long.

Thks for the Input Marv' and Zerodeefex.

That's indeed great news. What about the possibilty to use several amps together ? Does it run warm ?

schiit · « **Reply #41 on:** January 08, 2015, 07:55:27 PM »

Quote from: zerodeefex on January 08, 2015, 07:19:02 PM

All jokes aside, one thing I should have added to my review, I have more DSD content than probably 99% of DSD advocates. I own several hundred SACDs, all of them are ripped to ISOs on my server. It's still just a fraction of my music collection.

DSD converted to PCM on the fly in JRiver sounded better on the Yggy than it has on any DAC that I've heard that supported DSD natively.

We actually discussed, mostly jokingly, adding a routine to convert DSD to PCM in Yggy. There's probably enough space in the DSP.

However, this is not what DSD is about (although it's pretty much the same as most DACs that support "native DSD," as it is converted to an intermediate multibit format before conversion--there are only a handful of chips that support DSD as its original 1-bit format, and a couple of DACs that don't use chips and retain the original single-bit bitstream.)

So that's not happening.

Marvey · « **Reply #42 on:** January 08, 2015, 08:17:45 PM »

Quote from: Sorrodje on January 08, 2015, 07:45:05 PM

Thks for the Input Marv' and Zerodeefex. That's indeed great news. What about the possibilty to use several amps together ? Does it run warm ?

Ran from SE and balanced outs same time no problem. I assume the x2 SE outs is paralleled? (Jason question). So depends upon the load of your amps. Don't know output impedance of the SE outs. Shouldn't be a problem though with the typical input impedance of most amps' line-ins.

Yggy does get warm, but not anywhere near Rag.

schiit · « **Reply #43 on:** January 08, 2015, 08:25:51 PM »

Quote from: marvey on January 08, 2015, 08:17:45 PM

Ran from SE and balanced outs same time no problem. I assume the x2 SE outs is paralleled? (Jason question). So depends upon the load of your amps. Don't know output impedance of the SE outs. Shouldn't be a problem though with the typical input impedance of most amps' line-ins.

Yep, SE outs are just paralleled, 75 ohm output impedance.

Sorrodje · « **Reply #44 on:** January 08, 2015, 08:39:08 PM »

Thks .. So it's Time to save Money and wait more impressions when the Iggy will be finally released

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Ali-Pacha · « **Reply #45 on:** January 08, 2015, 09:51:12 PM »

Any idea about how it would pair with some Stax ?

Ali

zerodeefex · « **Reply #46 on:** January 08, 2015, 10:29:33 PM »

Jazzfan got to the meet early. He had some time with his 727 > KGSSHV. He mentioned it was a definite purchase for him.

adamaley · « **Reply #47 on:** January 08, 2015, 10:51:15 PM »

I don't think this has been addressed/asked yet - can you guys who have experience with the DAC give impressions on the USB implementation on the Yggy? Did it respond to 3rd party USB converters such as the OR5, or even Schiit's own Wyrd? Or does it have a USB implementation that doesn't need such ancillaries to shine?

pyu · « **Reply #48 on:** January 08, 2015, 11:24:31 PM »

Thanks for the review. I have to say, the part that stood out for me the most was when zerodeefex said he had to mod his HD800 again because he couldn't stand to listen at higher volumes.

And I see that the Yggdrasil will be using the same chassis as the Ragnarok. Not to be a downer but as someone who has limited desk space, I do hope that Schiit will consider finding ways to shrink them into smaller form factors. People who own hi-fi equipment might be okay with these sizes but I think if you are able to make them smaller, you will be able to make them more accessible to a bigger demographic.

Ali-Pacha · « **Reply #49 on:** January 08, 2015, 11:29:21 PM »

Thanks Zerodeef. I'm waiting for a BHSE to pair with my SR-009 and SR-007 mk1, and I'm also on the path of finding the good source.

Ali

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