LarryMagoo Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Are Mani and JA the same dude? Has anybody seen these two? They should be easy to spot....their ears will appear to made of Sn. Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Well I only have one input from my Mac mini and send the signal from the Yggy to a Headphone amp, for HP listening and another output to my Pre/Pro for speaker listening....no need to switch inputs...! Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 The new Oppo disc player will have the Sabre ESS 9038 chip, just like their new Sonica. From my experience owning their 105 Disc player as well as their HA-1 HP Amp/DAC. The Sabre DAC is way harsh compared to the Yggy...in fact there is literally no comparison ...> I have read reviews on the Sonica, and they have said, although much better than the 9018 and 9028 chips, the Sabre Glare is still there. I still use my HA-1 as my Headphone amp (class A with plenty of grunt for my HD 800S), but use it with the Yggy DAC instead. As far as remote control goes, the HA-1 has an excellent remote to control my Headphone volume. Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 A DAC with a Volume control ??? Kinda like a NAS with a volume control...it does not make sense! 15 DACs...Yikes...do you have a problem with commitment? Streamers with Volume control..makes sense...straight DACs...not so much! Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Then what does your Pre-Amp do? Or is it part of your DAC...hence the Volume control? Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Great looking unit! Checked out their Home Page. While they have nice photos...No Specs? Looks like they're are built well! Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 My point was that for a DAC to have a volume control...it's got to control something...must be a pre-amp! But heck, this thread should be about Yggys? Which have no pre-amp built in...so no Volume knob! Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Usually impressed with most stuff made in Germany, I found the amp's specs underwhelming.. .. Since my HD-800S is a bit power hungry, I always look for amp output at that impedance... The specs showed Amp ratings at 1 KHz and at less <.1% distortion. Hell at 1000 Hz then is not at all what music demands from the amp. Like saying an Amp has boat loads of "Peak Power" but RMS @ 20Hz-20Khz is a whole different animal. But I'd guess it's got enough power for your requirements and that's all that matters!! Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I wonder if there was this much evaluation work put in to the "euphonic distortion/specs of Tubes? They measure poorly when compared to SS...but because is referred to a Euphonic Coloration, its accepted as what's "right with Tubes". Mani and JA obsess over..."what'd they do with the last two bits?? Is it truncation or just what? How about Euphonic Digital Coloration....It's what right with the Yggy!!!! Put down the OScope and just listen! Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 They run out of Yggys all the time....what makes you think there's a pending upgrade? I don't think that Jason or Mike would have let something new out of the bag without being ready to deliver. If you read their book, Schiit Happens, they say they will never do that again...?? Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Good point...maybe they have not learned their lesson... Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 The Yggy can be compared to any DAC at any price!!!....and that just what Mike and Jason say about it! As previously mentioned....put down the damn OScope and listen!!!! hornytoad 1 Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 This discussion has got so boring, I'm checking out of it entirely!!! hornytoad 1 Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 14 hours ago, earnmyturns said: I have frequent front-row seats for performances at SFJAZZ, and I also listen to albums by the same musicians often through my 2-channel system, in which the Yggy was the last component to be added. It was only after that that I lost any desire to upgrade the system to get closer to my frequent live music experiences. I have a Holo Spring 3 on order for my office system (Why the Spring instead of another Yggy? Because variety is the spice of life, that's why. ) so I might have to eat my words after I have heard it thoroughly, but in the meanwhile my living room is finally a capable proxy for those days live music is not available. Fernando, It will good to hear your comparison of the two DAC's...especially since they are both R2R technology. I know the Solo does DSD which I have no interest in at the moment. The Yggy was built with two different PSs. One for Analog and one for Digital, It does not look like the Solo was built in that manner so I am looking forward to your comments... Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Here is all you need to know about the Yggy reviewed Robert Hartley from The Absolute Sound... Conclusion I don’t know how Schiit Audio has done it, but the $2300 Yggy is in many ways competitive with any DAC I’ve heard regardless of price. In some criteria—transient speed without etch, clarity of musical line, whole-body involvement—the Yggy is as good as digital gets. Yet the Yggy’s bold incisiveness may not resonate with listeners who prefer a more relaxed and easygoing sound. I, however, have no such reservation; this is a DAC I could listen to and enjoy for a long time. In fact, there was something different about the Yggy that pushed my buttons—I felt a musical exhilaration that was experienced not as some intellectual abstraction, but at a more fundamentally visceral level. If you’re looking for a DAC that does quad-rate DSD, decodes MQA, offers a volume control, and includes a headphone amp, look elsewhere. But if the very best reproduction of PCM sources is your goal, the Yggdrasil is the ticket. It’s a spectacular performer on an absolute level, and an out-of-this world bargain. The Yggy is not just a tremendous value in today’s DACs, it’s one of the greatest bargains in the history of high-end audio Maxx134 1 Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Now JA can go piss himself...he's lost all credibility with me anyway... Robert Hartley said the Yggy was one of the 3 best DACs he has ever heard... I can’t tell you how Moffatt did it, but I can describe how the Yggy sounds, and why its one of the three best DACs I’ve heard regardless of price. (The other two are the $19,500 Berkeley Alpha Reference and the $35,000 dCS Vivaldi. I suspect that the MSB Select is outstanding, after hearing it many times at shows, but I haven’t evaluated it in my own system.) Back to my day.... Maxx134 1 Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 35 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: What are the best high-end cables to use with the Yggy? RCA? XLR? AES? USB? Audioquest is a great place to start...so is Blue Jean Cables and Better Cables for a great place to look for value I bought a AQ Carbon for my AES input... Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 He's the editor of The Absolute Sound Magazine been so since Harry Pearson passed away as the originator of that publication some 30+ years ago...hell it might be closer to 40 now... Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Yea sorry about that T ...I have a long time buddy with that last name...with the T I like what gmgraves said about his Yggy above....while I have not heard the $36K dCS Vivaldi or the $20K Berkeley, I do think, from what I have heard (40+ years as a Audiophool) and read, the Yggy is one of the best fricken DACs you can buy period! gmgraves 1 Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Here's all that needs to be said about the Yggy.... "The Yggy is not just a tremendous value in today’s DACs, it’s one of the greatest bargains in the history of high-end audio". Robert Harley The Absolute Sound April 2017 Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I think some folks just like to argue....they are so good at it that they could argue both sides... All I know is the Yggy has let me enjoy my digital Music files like I never have since giving up Vinyl!! Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 8 minutes ago, manisandher said: From my time with the Yggy, Stereophile's class B rating for the Yggy is about right. Mani. It's a great thing that your opinion and that of JA's is so totally removed form what the preponderance of owners think.....Why don't you just go to thread where your opinion is popular because you obviously do not fit a thread about the Yggy...much less own one you TROLL! Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Three cheers for Fernando for calling it perfectly. Mani has zero to contribute except to throw mud on something he obviously does NOT own or even like....He can go to a thread where he actually makes a positive contribution instead of throwing shade on everyone else.... Well everyone else besides John Atkinson... Link to comment
LarryMagoo Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 The thing is Mani has nothing positive to contribute PERIOD. Link to comment
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