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

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

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I am planning to buy Yggy too, just have one big problem with it: 1 week heat up time!
Since i am always moving around, different homes, meets etc. I cannot wait 1 week in every place for this unit goes to perfect temperature.

Also i have no idea how hifi power circuits work, but just idea to use UPS or Car voltage changer (12v -> 110/220v) can keep it heated enough? Or it
will affect sound quality so bad that just no point of using this solution? I understand if you turn it off for a few minutes it will not affect quality, but for few
hours it will cool down and you need to start over.

So how this would work to travel with Yggy?: At home using wall socket, then plug it fast inside the UPS, then plug it inside the Car changer, later do vice versa?
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A quality UPS (full sine wave) will work just fine for transporting it around.
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I am planning to buy Yggy too, just have one big problem with it: 1 week heat up time!
Since i am always moving around, different homes, meets etc. I cannot wait 1 week in every place for this unit goes to perfect temperature.

Also i have no idea how hifi power circuits work, but just idea to use UPS or Car voltage changer (12v -> 110/220v) can keep it heated enough? Or it
will affect sound quality so bad that just no point of using this solution? I understand if you turn it off for a few minutes it will not affect quality, but for few
hours it will cool down and you need to start over.

So how this would work to travel with Yggy?: At home using wall socket, then plug it fast inside the UPS, then plug it inside the Car changer, later do vice versa?

A smaller DAC might be good for travelling. Just wait.
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Compared to my Anedio D2 the Ygg is so nice to listen to - the passages that made me cringe no longer do. It's not that the musical info is missing it's just that I'm able to open my ears and listen to it. No fear.


I found the D2 a little thin sounding when I auditioned it - especially via usb.

I'll admit that at that time my system was too far at the other extreme (thick and syrupy). 

How's does the yggy compare to the D2 in that regard?
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Just got offered a black one, which fits better with my other stuff.  Shipped right away.

It will go up against an APL NWO-M and an Audio Note 4.1 which I just recently re-acquired (had sold to a friend) and will probably sell again.  Maybe you should hear it first Marv? 
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A smaller DAC might be good for travelling. Just wait.

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So how this would work to travel with Yggy?: At home using wall socket, then plug it fast inside the UPS, then plug it inside the Car changer, later do vice versa?

You have the right idea...It's honestly not a big deal. Some folks opt to plug directly in to an inverter plugged in to their car. Personally, I use a battery pack with a 12v DC out, which I plug an inverter into - that way there is no cool down between unplugging, packing and bringing it out to my car. I just turn off Yggy, unplug, replug and power back up. I then pack up the unit and set the battery pack & inverter on top of the packing material in the box. The battery pack powers the DAC for the entire car ride; I never switch over to an inverter in the car. Once I arrive, I can walk in to the meet, set the box down, and not have to worry about immediately finding power for the DAC, etc. I've done 2 meets with this setup and it works well. I repeat the process for the drive home so I don't have to go through the warm up period again.
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My Yggy order placed after the first wave shipped today.
So Schiit backlog is starting to improve perhaps.
(Let's hear the fiber jokes. Not.)

No, it will not be burned in nor powered for 800 hours on car battery in time to attend the Denver meet.
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I'll admit that at that time my system was too far at the other extreme (thick and syrupy). 

How's does the yggy compare to the D2 in that regard?

The D2 does sound thin to me. The YGGY doesn't have that problem at all.
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