After reading through this thread and others, I've put in my Yggdrasil order.

In the process of reading up on the Yggdrasil, I found one bit of information that might be interesting to folks asking earlier in this thread (or was it another one?) about using the RCA outputs rather than XLR.

In a list of Yggdrasil tweaks (http://www.tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Schiit_mod.html) I saw the comment

If you are using the coax (single ended rca's) outputs then you need to take the single ended signal from the xlr connectors for much better sound.  There is a summing circuit after the balanced circuits that is not super transparent.  This mod eliminates this circuit.  You can get or make adapters to use (you use just pins 1 and 2 and you leave 3 unterminated....important!).  Another way would be to put xlrs on your cables that use just pins 1 and 2.  Another even more transparent way is to harwired (more on this later).  This mod will make the DAC way more transparent and clear.....mucho better.

I was intrigued, so I asked Schiit if that was wise/possibly a good idea. They replied

It would be fine to use the XLR to RCA cable to bypass the summing circuit. Make sure the cable you use does NOT short the out of phase (Pin 3) to ground (pin 1). It does bypass additional circuitry which is generally a good idea.

Cool. So I asked Pete at Triode Wire Labs if he could make me a pair of his interconnects in this configuration. Yep, he can (and I'm sure others could as well).

I hope this is useful and interesting to folks. It sounds like a good way to reduce any angst about having to use the RCA outputs on the Yggdrasil. I have no direct knowledge that it makes a difference (since I won't even get the DAC until August if Schiit is realistic about the timeframe on shipping.)