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Author Topic: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.  (Read 55391 times)

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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #50 on: June 11, 2015, 09:38:58 PM »
The sinful dwarf gif has utterly killed my boner for <redacted>. From now on whenever I think of something I cannot have, I will come here.
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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #51 on: June 11, 2015, 09:43:40 PM »
Changstar is too damn good...just didn't realize HOW good! I posted a request a couple of posts ago and within 10 mins or so of posting it, I had a local owner reach out to me and offer to bring it over for a listen.  Un-bloody-believable!  p:8  :)p1
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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #52 on: June 11, 2015, 10:06:59 PM »
In all seriousness, this is extremely helpful and will be the basis of many discussions and replies to those asking advice.
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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #53 on: June 11, 2015, 10:21:36 PM »
Absolutely, I'll probably do a write up and post some listening impressions.
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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #54 on: June 11, 2015, 10:36:17 PM »
Not that much work. About the time I knew my days were numbered at my old place of work, I jotted this down just to see if the idea would work.

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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #55 on: June 11, 2015, 10:39:47 PM »
Quote from: purr1n on June 11, 2015, 10:36:17 PM
Not that much work. About the time I knew my days were numbered at my old place of work, I jotted this down just to see if the idea would work.

Looks like you tore the page off with some urgency ;)
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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #56 on: June 12, 2015, 12:01:01 AM »
Quote from: shaizada on June 11, 2015, 09:43:40 PM
Changstar is too damn good...just didn't realize HOW good! I posted a request a couple of posts ago and within 10 mins or so of posting it, I had a local owner reach out to me and offer to bring it over for a listen.  Un-bloody-believable!  p:8  :)p1

That's awesome and a little scary. I turned mine off for 2 days once and when I listened later it sounded waaaay worse cold than it did out of the box. Took at least another two days to return to bliss. FYI, YMMV.
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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #57 on: June 12, 2015, 01:34:12 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on June 12, 2015, 12:01:01 AM
That's awesome and a little scary. I turned mine off for 2 days once and when I listened later it sounded waaaay worse cold than it did out of the box. Took at least another two days to return to bliss. FYI, YMMV.


Oh no...don't tell me that! damn it...that won't really work in our situation...the owner doesn't know me well enough yet (we haven't even met), but maybe.....MAYBE maybe, he might be willing to leave it for a few days.  That is asking too much, but I will mention it to him. When something this fascinating can happen within 10 minutes of posting, it might NOT be too far fetched of an idea when it comes to Changstar folks.  I'll leave that up to him, but it would be a good idea to get a real understanding of what the Yggdarsil is capable of doing.  2 days to settle in makes things much harder logistically...

I was also thinking of just purchasing the piece and doing the home demo, but my wife would probably strangle me if I even suggest such a thing!  I JUST bought a new preamp and turntable setup that has been charged but not delivered yet ;)  Damn 1st world problems...lol

One of my best audio friends owns a top of the line Total Dac D1 which I also like a lot (also a purchase I had been contemplating..) Would be great to see how deep the Yggdrasil rabbit hole goes if we can ever get a chance to compare it there as well... oh well.
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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #58 on: June 12, 2015, 01:52:36 AM »
Long time lurker, first time post here.  I find the chart very interesting without too many surprises.  I am curious why the iDSD nano was found to be so terrible.  I haven't heard it but I recently owned the iDSD Micro (which may be much better?)

Some background for context:

I recently owned at the same time, iDSD Micro, Resonessence Labs Concero HP (4v HP out on Y-splitter) and the standard Schiit Modi on USB battery.  I thought the iDSD Micro was great at it's price point, though in comparison to the other two I found it to have a strange midrange dip or veil.  Prior to owning these I used the Concero HP on it's own for quite a while with my HD800, while my then broken EC Super 7 collected dust.  I finally got it repaired and then performed one of the Cap mods from another thread here (Jantzen Silver on interstage, Superior on feedback)  And then a strange thing happened.  While only at first comparing the Concero and iDSD, I decided to throw the Modi + Battery into the mix and found myself actually preferring it overall to the other ones, and that's with the very revealing amp.  So I ended up selling the other 2 more expensive ones and drop the money in savings toward eventually getting an Yggy. 

Though I did end up getting an iFi iUSB to use with the Modi, since I already had their Gemini cable and purifier line filter.  Plus I figure I can try it with the Yggy when it comes time.  That being said, I thought the iDSD Micro was still pretty decent, but perhaps there's a big gap between it and the Nano.  The iFi house sound could end up being one of those "beyond classification" things for some people.
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Re: Purrin's DAC Chart of Awesomeness.
« Reply #59 on: June 12, 2015, 01:53:22 AM »
Quote from: shaizada on June 12, 2015, 01:34:12 AM
Oh no...don't tell me that! damn it...that won't really work in our situation...the owner doesn't know me well enough yet (we haven't even met), but maybe.....MAYBE maybe, he might be willing to leave it for a few days.  That is asking too much, but I will mention it to him. When something this fascinating can happen within 10 minutes of posting, it might NOT be too far fetched of an idea when it comes to Changstar folks.  I'll leave that up to him, but it would be a good idea to get a real understanding of what the Yggdarsil is capable of doing.  2 days to settle in makes things much harder logistically...

I was also thinking of just purchasing the piece and doing the home demo, but my wife would probably strangle me if I even suggest such a thing!  I JUST bought a new preamp and turntable setup that has been charged but not delivered yet ;)  Damn 1st world problems...lol

One of my best audio friends owns a top of the line Total Dac D1 which I also like a lot (also a purchase I had been contemplating..) Would be great to see how deep the Yggdrasil rabbit hole goes if we can ever get a chance to compare it there as well... oh well.
Don't be too shocked if this person let's you keep it a few days. People here are very generous.
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