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

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I have been noticing something of late with the Yggy. If I change the music fairly rapidly especially with different bit rates, the Yggy stops playing. I use Amarra 3.0 and the laptop shows the music playing but there is no sound. Anybody else have this happen to 'em? if so, any thoughts on what could be going on? Thanks.
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You need a new GF/amp. Stop cheating on her.

My EC/Yggy rig on the left. Pretty much every Preamp I've ever heard on the right.



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Yet another belated discovery on my part. Yggy to BH Crack (Speedball) to HD 600 (got it yesterday). Holy cow. Where is that bass coming from?  Yes, I hear the treble but I guess my hearing abilities prevent me from seeing it as a nuisance.
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Mike, are u saying your EC/Yggy lacks boobs and masks microdetail with makeup?
Or is it the "whore" part we should relate to?

(Bear with me, it's so hot in Burbank... At 4AM  walk the plank2)
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This ^! ...

Believe me, you aren't the first to talk about developing a tube output stage for the Yggy.
Also, besides attempting that,
I am wondering if there is a "test point" between these stages,
And if there is enough signal amplitude to bypass that line-out stage..
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The human ear is capable of detecting ONE hydrogen atom,
yet the brain's processing of sound,
 filters these constant occurrences out (!)
So when they say, "I can't hear a difference", you can say,
"It's all in your mind"! :p

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Mr. Hankey and some Schiit
« Last Edit: June 13, 2015, 08:39:08 PM by Pat »
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... The second phenomenon I believe to be part of the analog output stage. MArv and I have noticed and commented on this sort of greyness before as a Mosfet mist. In this case, Jfets. BJTs have often sounded clearer and blacker IME, but it seems they would be much more difficult to work with in this application and at this price point.

Believe me, you aren't the first to talk about developing a tube output stage for the Yggy.

The yggy is.said to have a "transparent buffer" stage, and its dac output is such that is needs no amplification...

So I assume a tube buffer stage would have been superior to the Jfet buffer stage..

Also, I assume this "buffer" stage must be well controlled in the yggy, but also, being SS,
Is still alot cheaper, reliable and more cost effective than other solutions...

I am tending to like a passive component solution which is whole lot easier, but also much more expensive,
That in implementing instead large  Quality coupling capacitors for the outputs...
;)
I think Im turning into a cap head.
They made huge improments to my projects (amp).
Using different types and learning how to choose in right place for sonic benifits was fun.


Updated my OP (post 2) with a few criticisms. All I can find atm.
Nooo, I dont wanna be a "bad guy"!
Lol
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I forgot to mention that the Lampy4 more "euphoric" closer mids, although very enjoyable,
clearly was a not the truth of the recording,
because the audience applause was not as focused as it was on the yggy, which placed the singer a bit further into the stage.
The sonic image seemed just as real on the Lampy(being a bit closer),
But you could still tell the yggy was the more sonically accurate.

 Overall playback the song dynamics was a bit more expanded on the Lampy, like using a expansion device, (like "DBX" if anyone recalls that).
So I would say the "voicing" of that dac was not true to the source, yet, again, it was very highly musically involving,
Which is the main reason why anyone would chose another dac instead of yggy.
I personally would normally rather choose a more truthfull dac over a more euphoric dac, 
if they both had same level of detailing,
I could always add that euphoric sense down the line in my amp,
 with a swap of more romantic tubes...


 :)p8
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The human ear is capable of detecting ONE hydrogen atom,
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 filters these constant occurrences out (!)
So when they say, "I can't hear a difference", you can say,
"It's all in your mind"! :p

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So am I correct in interpreting all of this Ygg talk to mean that Schiit has developed a real game-changer with the Ygg? It seems like this Ygg does things that really no other DACs do as well, and for a fraction of the cost of other ToTL DACS? Pretty amazing.
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I've listened to all of 3 DACs in my life; so caveat emptor. The Yggy has breathed new life as it were to the CD rips that sounded anemic to pathetic hitherto. I was listening to Clapton's Behind the Sun CD yesterday. Just magic in terms of details I never heard with the Gungnir.
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So am I correct in interpreting all of this Ygg talk to mean that Schiit has developed a real game-changer with the Ygg? It seems like this Ygg does things that really no other DACs do as well, and for a fraction of the cost of other ToTL DACS? Pretty amazing.

Yes… this is absolutely true if you are smoking crack & drinking Koolaide at the same time !!!

Get real… try it yourself… all else is BS…

David
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