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Originally Posted by W9TR
I have, at least for now, decided I don’t need another piece of pro audio gear. The RME ADI-2 is a Swiss Army knife of all-in-one DAC / HPA devices that use S/D converters. Wow. Really versatile and well designed.
But when you strip it down to it’s essentials I don’t really need the parametric eq (JRiver does that in spades) and since getting my Yggy I just don’t use any of my D/S converters anymore. So I have a concern that as good as the AKM converters are, they may not be to my liking.
I’ll be looking at a Multibit DAC and probably a separate HPA.
I may get an RME ADI-2 one for my mobile setup anyway, though. Space is at a real premium. Never say never.
So I’m back to Schiit multi-bit because I like the YggY.
And priority 1 is to get a really good HPA since mine died and I am using the MCD 1100 HPA which I thought was pretty good initially but on extended listening is flat and lifeless.
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There is no end to the different products and various paths to nirvana. Schiit's DACs are proven to be highly satisfying.
I went through the GumbY and YggY and if it wasn't for the excellent Luxman SACD/DAC that I use in my main system, I'd still be listening to YggY.
On my desktop, the Audeze Deckard DAC/AMP (with preamp outs to drive my WOO tubes), is keeping me more than happy with either class A for discovering/browsing/casual listening or when I get serious, I fire up the tubes in the WOO and have a deep listening session that can last hours in an almost trans like state. Single ended triodes can do that....
In any case, have fun with it Tom.