Upgrading from my Yiggy

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On 8/22/2019 at 9:18 PM, Rt66indierock said:

 

Just for you. Better DACs would be March Audio DAC1 and the Topping D50s on the less than $500 side. For a few more dollars the Okto Research DAC 8 and the SMSL D1 less than $1,500.

I'd also suggest trying both more expensive and less expensive DACs and see what, if any, differences you hear. You might conclude the upgrade isn't worth the cash. The Topping DACs (including the new D70) measure very well - close to state of the art. 
Others in your price range would be the iFi iDSD Pro, the Benchmark ,and the Myteks.

As far as more expensive DACs my favorite in the under 10K range is the Playback Designs Merlot. It's FPGA based (no chip) so it can get upgrades over time. 

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On 10/3/2019 at 7:22 PM, barrows said:

I am pretty sure the Bricasti uses the same 20 bit R2R chips as the Yggdrasil...

Pretty sure it doesn't. The Yggy uses a non audio chip that required a LOT of proprietary software engineering to make it usable for audio. Haven't seen any hint anywhere that Bricasti has bought that technology from Schiit, and I doubt Schiit would sell it in any case. And Schiit touts the Yggy as being the only DAC in the world that has that technology.
I think if Bricasti has some unusual technology like that, they'd at least mention it, in their product blurbs, and they don't.
See below from the Schiit website:

 

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The DACs we're using—AD5791—were billed as "the industry's first true 20-bit DAC" by Analog Devices when they were introduced in 2010. Note the words "first" and "true." This is not 20-bit as defined for audio applications, this is not 24-bit delta-sigma, this is not (nudge, snicker) "32 bit" complete fantasy stuff. These DACs have never been used in an audio product until Yggdrasil. Normally, they are used for medical device imaging and weapons targeting—applications in which accuracy is absolutely paramount.

There's more on the Schiit web site about what's involved.