Thank you Dan! You are awesome.
I’m excited to try one out for sure.
One more question, from what I read, the Gungnir Multibit “Gumby” when compared with the Yggdrasil comes pretty close.
Most accounts say the Gumby is a warmer presentation and perhaps a smoother one as well (where the Yggdrasil is certainly more detailed). I’ve read that the Gumby is about 90% sound wise of the Gumby (and even in a blind test many skeptics preferred the Gumby).
Do you have experience in the Gumby vs Yggy sound?
For me, the cost isn’t a consideration when both are great prices. I do tend to prefer a little smooth edge to my music (and even with all the detail of the DAC2 felt fatigue with that DAC.) I also like a slightly wider and deeper soundstage.
Your description gives me a lot of hope that there’s a Schiit DAC in my future.
I’m now debating which Schiit will give me the sound I’d prefer.
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Originally Posted by jdandy
Jason.......The McIntosh D100 and the Wyred 4 Sound DAC2 both employ delta-sigma DAC's. Neither of them are unpleasant to hear. The Schiit Audio Yggdrasil employs precision multi-bit ladder DAC's and Mike Moffat's well designed Closed-Form Digital Filter, a time and frequency-domain optimized digital filter with a true closed-form solution for bit-perfect conversion. The Yggdrasil is an entirely different approach to digital to analog conversion than the delta-sigma concept. The absolute bit perfect conversion creates a very realistic and pleasing to my ears reproduction of musical instruments and voices that transcends nearly all delta-sigma designs that I have experience with. The Yggdrasil DAC preserves the original samples all the way through from input to output.
As for streaming Tidal with Audirvana through a Mac mini I would suspect the Yggy to deliver a very convincing performance that will have you favoring the Yggdrasil over your other DAC's, but using the Mac mini, although a decent server rig, it is not delivering a premium level presentation. A true dedicated, purpose built music server will up your performance bar substantially.
Something else to consider is the modularity of the Yggdrasil DAC. The newest Analog 2 with Gen 5 USB version of the Yggdrasil DAC can be installed in all older Yggdrasil DAC's, thus allowing owners to remain at the leading edge of Schiit Audio's hardware and software updates. This will remain true for future updates if and when they may become available. In other words, you will never be stuck with a Yggdrasil DAC that has become obsolete.
I hope this helps clarify your questions. The new Yggdrasil DAC is an amazing D/A converter. It's sound is worth far more than it's price. Once you hear the Yggdrasil in your system I would be very surprised if your general impressions did not parallel mine.
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