R2R DAC owners and lovers

[Solstice380]

11 minutes ago, iansen said:

To date, the best DAC that's been in my system has been a R2R DAC: the Schiit Yggdrasil

 

Errrr, I think the Yggy uses a DAC chip and is not a R-2R ladder DAC.  

[Solstice380]

9 hours ago, iansen said:

 

Hi Solstice380,

 

In his review of the Yggdrasil in The Absolute Sound, Robert Harley states:

 

"...Moffatt selected an unusual DAC—a 20-bit R/2R ladder device from Analog Devices (the AD5791)...."

 

It may be that I am getting confused with my terminology, but from this I came to the assumption that the Yggdrassil is a R2R ladder DAC.

 

 

@davide256 and @TubeDriver clarified it well.  It is a hybrid approach that uses the AD chip and not a resistor network.  And it oversamples and uses Moffat’s “mega burrito” filter.   So I guess a little of both, but not NOS R-2R ladder.

[Solstice380]

2 hours ago, mansr said:

The resistor network is inside the chip.

 

Thanks for clarifying that.   I didn’t understand it well enough. ? ?

[Solstice380]

On 5/26/2018 at 2:06 PM, butifull01 said:

Golden Atlantic's bass amount is too much, so mid-range and treble are damaged by bass.

 

I don’t find that to be the case at all.  When I first received it I thought I made a big mistake because it was lean with not much in the bottom end.  Then it smoothed out and has become well balanced.  That is with the KR 5U4G rectifier.   With a 274B recti it gets a little bloomy, but never does it overpower the mids.  My comparison is the Debussy and McIntosh D150 listed in the sig.