DAC question

BMC PureDac $2K
Lampi Amber $2K
Chord 2Qute $1.8K
Schiit Yggdrasil $2.3K

The first 3 give you DSD playback cabalility.

Yeah, heard the Schiit Yggdrasil last week at a friend's house and it was really great. It bettered a number of higher priced DACs in his SOTA system.

I've had a mindset that DSD would be a requirement in any future DAC purchases for me, but the "Yggy" has me rethinking that concept. If I had the coin right now, I'd be buying Schiit Yggdrasil. More impressed w/that company each time I hear their gear.
Their sense of humor doesn't hurt either.

Cheers,
Spencer

I am a week in on my Yggy warm up and am impressed but have not heard other high end dacs in my system - just in other systems so hard to compare. Out of curiosity, what other dacs did it best?
Thx!

Llkmi,
I really don't want to go there publicly, but you send send me PM about it.
It beat out at least 3 others all more expensive.

After I heard it, the owner switched to using the balanced outputs and told me that sound is even better now. (As I would usually expect) Cheers,

Spencer

My conversation with their rep: I do not think the warm up on this unit is reasonable, to much on time.

With the Yggdrasil thermal equilibrium can take upwards of 48 hours depending on ambient conditions, in a well air conditioned room it can take beyond 48 hours.

Nick T
Schiit Tech

tech@schiit.com

On Dec 10, 2015, at 7:28 AM,

Yes, I am very aware of this fact but usually an hour or so will suffice ?

From: Nick T [mailto:tech@schiit.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:20 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Yggdrasil DAC

Electronics perform better when they reach thermal stability, this can take long enough in the Yggdrasil that turning it on and off is impractical to reach steady state temperatures.

Nick T
Schiit Tech

tech@schiit.com

On Dec 10, 2015, at 5:41 AM,


Hello

I am not sure why, but all over the internet it states you must leave the Yggdrasil powered on all the time. Why ?