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Author Topic: Schiit Yggdrasil Review and Impressions yggygiggity thread (production units)  (Read 42981 times)

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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #120 on: May 12, 2015, 08:48:05 PM »
This DAC totally sucks. It's making me go through and listen to all my CDs again. Massive time suck, but oh so enjoyable!

Will have PWD v. Yggy impressions up either later tonight or early tomorrow depending if I can ever stop listening to the Yggy...
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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #121 on: May 12, 2015, 11:05:50 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on May 12, 2015, 08:48:05 PM
It's making me go through and listen to all my CDs again
so true to me too. same here.  Problem is some of mine are like 15-20 years old copies, and they begin to give read errors in outer tracks...........   .....

Looking forward to your follow up  comparison.
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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #122 on: May 13, 2015, 01:42:06 AM »
Have you guys found that flipping the bits (running music through the Yggy) "warms it up" faster? I had power outage a few days ago, and I found Yggy up to speed with "magic" after 48 hours after leaving CDP on repeat.
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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #123 on: May 13, 2015, 01:58:44 AM »
Oh, wait, I thought you guys were running music through it already while you let it warmed up...something I've always done...
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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #124 on: May 13, 2015, 02:00:58 AM »
Quote from: purr1n on May 13, 2015, 01:42:06 AM
Have you guys found that flipping the bits (running music through the Yggy) "warms it up" faster? I had power outage a few days ago, and I found Yggy up to speed with "magic" after 48 hours after leaving CDP on repeat.

Yeah, I've been running music through it non-stop. Especially when I had to go home for the weekend and leave it running at school. You've probably noticed that the Yggy is quite warmer when it has had music running through it for a while. When I turned off my PC last night, I woke up with a semi-warm Yggy.
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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #125 on: May 13, 2015, 04:42:04 AM »
 Haven't had a serious period of time to perform the second set of measurements. probably going to wait for the high res oscilloscope to arrive before doing the next set. But as Anaxilus says, this DAC sucks ... you into periods of lost time. When this baby hits 188 hrs, you're going to hear some serious schiit!
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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #126 on: May 13, 2015, 02:19:52 PM »
Out of curiosity... has anyone tried any gaming with the Yggy? I'd love to give it a try once I'm done with my finals.
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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #127 on: May 13, 2015, 03:58:49 PM »
Quote from: thegunner100 on May 13, 2015, 02:19:52 PM
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has anyone tried any gaming with the Yggy?
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i get the impression that Yggy can beat anyone, at anything, so probably better not to bother.


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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #128 on: May 13, 2015, 04:08:04 PM »
Going on two weeks through the ups and downs of break-in, but very well worth listening regardless! :P :P
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Re: Schiit Yggdrasil Review/Impressions thread (production)
« Reply #129 on: May 14, 2015, 09:09:12 AM »
As I was demoing a bunch of headphones tonight, I discovered something rather surprising: the Yggy reveals this sort of tape hiss. At first i was wondering if it was some feedback or interference with my interconnects. As I played more tracks, there are some tracks that had it and some that didn't I thought it was an MP4/FLAC thing and so I compared the same song back to back and the hiss was there regardless. Then on some albums the hiss changes from song to song (see: Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days). I've determined the his is in the actual recording!

As someone who appreciates honestly hearing the recording, I actually enjoy this, but I was shocked to discover it. I think it has something to do with the mics used, the hiss of the tape or something. It's quite present on Miles Davis recordings or the White Stripes.

To give you an idea of how this changes from track to track on the same record, compare the two songs below. Even with the compression YouTube gives us, the difference is quite start to my ears. (Drive has it, Nightswimming doesn't once the piano cuts in)

R.E.M. - Drive


R.E.M. - Nightswimming
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