I received my Yggdrasil, and have a question...

[matthias]

53 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

The consensus over on Head-Fi seems to be that it takes a month of constantly being powered up before it starts to sound the way it is supposed to sound. Have the owners of this DAC here found that to be the case?

 

.......and the following posts 🙂

 

Matt

[matthias]

Hi Guys,

 

is there any consensus how Yggy should be connected for best SQ to a single-ended preamp with RCA connectors?

XLR to RCA converters

or

RCA to RCA?

 

Thanks

 

Matt

[matthias]

@JoeWhip

@barrows

The question is if pin3 should be connected to RCA ground or should be left unconnected.

What are the pros and cons?

Thanks

 

Matt

[matthias]

2 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

I have tried both the RCA and the XLR outputs, but not an adapter. The RCA outputs output at 2V and the XLR outputs 4V so it may influence gain in the rest of the chain.

 

AFAIK, consensus is XLR sounds best when the rest of the set-up is balanced as well.

 

Matt

[matthias]

34 minutes ago, JoeWhip said:

That is indeed correct Audiodoctor. I still use the balanced with adapters recommended by someone at Schiit. I am very happy with the results, even if I am only hearing the difference between 4V and 2V. If I were to make a change to the Yggy, it would only be a beefier power supply. Not sure there is enough room for that though. 

 

Please, can you share how the adapters are configurated or provide a link?

At least it seems not to be recommended by Schiit:

 

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-yggdrasil-impressions-thread.766347/page-30#post-11778417

 

Thanks

 

Matt

 

[matthias]

3 minutes ago, musicguy said:

Im in the first full week of Yggy burn in with  uptone audio  iso regen and lps 1.2.     I just put uptone on this usb input because i own then.  Just as a test.  So not saying anything.   

 

But overal picture.  Amazing dac!!

 

musicguy

 Would try without Iso Regen as well for comparison 🙂

 

Matt