I Finally Replaced my Yggdrasil A2 With?

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Rockna Wavedream XLR

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5 hours ago, jp11801 said:

excited to hear both this dac and it's new little brother, I own a yggy gs and love it but have the itch to move on up!

 

Interested in your impressions! Sadly I do not think I have an opportunity to hear one in my system any time soon.

 

I recently upgraded to a Yggdrasil A2 w/ Unison from a Topping DX7S. Substantial upgrade for me and I think this is where I will stay for years to come.

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4 hours ago, matthias said:

 

IIUC, you have both the Yggy A2 Unison and the Rockna Wavedream XLR.

Please, can you share some impressions about how they compare?

Thanks

 

Matt

Unfortunately I do not have both. The Yggy A2 Unison is the highest-end DAC i've owned. The Rockna wavedream XLR was more of a recommendation because I've read subjective high praise from at least one happy Yggy A2 Unison owner. They were absolutely blown away by the Rockna. I have yet to actually hear one, let alone in my system with proper control variables in place.

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2 hours ago, mrkoven said:

 

Well I'm not great at eloquent impressions to be honest... I guess what I can say is my most memorable, unique, DAC experience was DAVE but after many DACs I've come to realize my preference leans towards R2R and I'm easily as happy w/ the Wavelight as any past DAC. Too bad I don't have DAVE anymore to compare - from memory I don't feel like I'm missing it's resolution or transparency, but it's hard to say w/o a direct A/B. All I have (had) now is the DAC3 which I recently sold after two weeks of comparison. Wavelight stands out to me as smooth, organic, and notably holographic. It's lush but not smeared. It's sharp but not etched. All in all it's liquid and grainless to me. I plan to take it up a notch w/ the Wavelight Server I²S pairing once released next month or so. Although the Mola Tambaqui still piques my interest, I think I'll be happy w/ the Wavelight front end for a long while. FWIW I listen to headphones primarily via Susvara. I have never tried the Wavedream either.

Thank you.

 

Edit because I missed the headphones detail at the end of your post.

 

Have you tried any of the mentioned DACs with 2-channel?