Yeah, a lot of those big names (Wadia too) went toward that direction. Warm, syrupy, even thick, slow, muddy. At best what I wuold call "euphonic dead." A lot of audiophiles like that kind of sound. Viva Egoista 845 tends toward that.

No. 36 is very different than the Gen V and SF DACs. Very warm, very syrupy. Not loads of detail. No. 360/S is a much better DAC if you're after a Levinson. 30.6 is the best of them all, but the prices are beyond stupid, and they are very difficult to service.

Thanks. The reason i asked was because it was passed down by my dad, and i was thinking of changing to the Yggy. As it is now, my Franco Serblin Accordo is pretty bright already and id like them warmer with a less aggressive top end, i guess the DAC is not the chain that needs changing.

Thanks =) Anyone here knows warm sounding 6922's?

I'll never be able to afford the Ygg. Glad to know that Gungnir is  in the same half of the universe.

I'm surprised to see that the Modi 2 is a noticeable step up over the first Modi.  I've never heard the first one, but for some reason I was under the impression that they sounded basically the same...

USB power. Modi 1 needed Wyrd to avoid sounding thin, weak, grainy, and unfocused. With Wyrd, Modi 1 improves significantly. I didn't bother with the Wyrd factor in the graph. Too many variables. For example, supposedly the Hugo shifts to the left and jumps upward 13 spaces with the Wyrd. I'm surprised Chord hasn't hired Jason and Moffat yet to do their USB properly.

Pirates,

I am currently listening to a well burned in Yggdarsil.  I was about to post some comparative impressions, but I want to make it more fun. Also wanted to give a chance to any pirates in the LA or Orange County area for a chance to listen to what I am hearing within the context of the system it is being heard in.

I have formed some opinions at this point but I was hoping for some possible healthy discussion after hearing the dac within the current system context.

We can do some listening and then possibly discuss over dinner somewhere locally (or if the wife is up for it, some home cooked North Indian meal...no promises on that.  Also no obligation to eat!).

Now, this listening session needs to happen asap within the next few days (sorry for the short notice BUT I want to get the dac back to its original owner ASAP).  He has been way to gracious and I don't want to overstep my bounds which in my mind I already have by keeping the dac for a few days already.

If there is any interest in this home listening session, please post here.  I'd love to have more, but I would think 6 people at absolute maximum for now.  It is not a very large listening room and there is basically one main listening chair where the system as been tuned for.

Open to Able Bodied Sailors only please (these tend to be people that are already vetted out for the moment and I feel a little more comfortable inviting into my home). If you are NOT ABS, but I know you from before or anywhere else, just PM me. The main listening rig is a speaker rig, but if you also want a headphone listening station, I can set it up.  I don't have any nice fancy headphone amps anymore, but I have a Ray Samuels B52 and Sennheiser HD600, HD650 and HD800 on hand if needed.

I'm located in Anaheim Hills in Orange County.  Right next to Yorba Linda at the 91 and 55 freeways, Imperial exit.  I will privately message the first 6 ABS pirates who want to show up so we can decide the date and time and what works.

Should be a fun learning experience for all!  Feel free to bring your own music.

I have two speaker rigs setup, by the way.  So we can distribute and take turns listening to 2 systems in areas of the home. 

Cheers!

Sounds good.  I think with 2 systems, we can get a few more people in as well.  Lets go for 8 people total.  The second system can seat more people and we can simply rotate.  I'll keep updating the list.  Once we have all the people, I'll setup a group private message for time/address etc.

LIST:
1) Anaxilus
2) OJneg
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