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

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Pat

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I know what you mean, but the uphill climb in Digital has been miniscule till now, so I guess with my 6SN7 preamp up front I'm pretty damn satisfied!

Hey Marv, I used to have a Lampy Dac, are you possibly related?   :))
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Bypass the output stage, could that be the first step?  Maybe what feeds the output stage has some non-negligible dc-offset and has an output impedance that can't drive standard interfaces respectably. However, if it can drive a jfet, it can probably drive a foot of wire and a tube grid OK (possibly cap coupled and/or cascoded). It would be hilarious (and awesome) if yggy had a terminal block on the back labeled "RTFM DIY".
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Bypass the output stage, could that be the first step?  Maybe what feeds the output stage has some non-negligible dc-offset and has an output impedance that can't drive standard interfaces respectably. However, if it can drive a jfet, it can probably drive a foot of wire and a tube grid OK (possibly cap coupled and/or cascoded). It would be hilarious (and awesome) if yggy had a terminal block on the back labeled "RTFM DIY".

If Yggy had a terminal block with direct access to the chip pins, boom! Near $400 worth of chips cracked and smoking with smell of burnt plastic in the air. Schiit would get idiots returning their Yggys: "I dunno, I swear, I didn't do anything!" Random Head-Fi'ers would be recounting their experiences of using quantum purifier ding-dongs and how they improved the sound quality by 327% when in fact they simply increased distortion to 5%. The horror. The horror.
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I've had good experiences with the quantum purifier ding-dong.
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Not sure about the quantum ding dong but some over headfi and computeraudiophile have reported noise floor improvements with application of 3m AB5100s emi absorber on top of Semiconductors chips
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A quality UPS (full sine wave) will work just fine for transporting it around.

what VA rating on a pure sine wave UPS would be sufficient for Yggdrasil & an amp (rag or bw)?
I'm looking at the CyberPower line: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00429N19W
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I'm using this model with my Yggy, and it seems to be working well. I plan to test out the backup duration this week; if that's adequate for my needs I'll count it a good purchase.
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I've had good experiences with the quantum purifier ding-dong.

I googled quantum dildo. I don't know what I was expecting, but this video was certainly not it...
https://vimeo.com/5088097
(SFW... a rather lame WTF actually)
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Do you think there may be an acoustic leak from the jack hole? ~Tyll Hertsens

Not sure if I like stuffing one hole or both holes. Tending toward one hole since both holes seems kinda ghey ~Purrin

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I'm using this model with my Yggy, and it seems to be working well. I plan to test out the backup duration this week; if that's adequate for my needs I'll count it a good purchase.

Yeah, I'm sure 1500VA is adequate.. but I don't want to spend that much if I can get away with 1000 or 850.
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I got my Yggy today also, i was not eager to wait for new patch, so i bought used one (230v first patch unit from USA).

First impressions after turned it on!
With Apex Pinnacle and HD800 it is by far best DAC i have heard in my life. I guess for this price it is best buy! Even not warmed up it sounds so good... i guess now i start one week warm-up period and see how it sound a week later.

I am not sure how much the previous owner's one month 24/7 burn-in period affected the sound but it is definitely good sounding DAC, even not warmed up.
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