Guys, I"ve had the Yggy in my system on two occasions. One for was about 5 days. I had a Codex in the house and did my own listening. I then invited a few friends over to hear both units. The Codex won every time. The people listening weren't really audiophiles, just music lovers an one was a pro musician. They never asked which piece was which, ,but it also wasn't a scientific test.
The Codex threw a wider stage, went deeper in the bass and has much more detail. The pace and rhythm was there in spades. There was a male vocal (forget who) that had a reverberation in that lower mid that sounded right on the Codex. The Yiggy was close, but it didn't give the same emotion that the Codex did.
I can see why Schitt has a following. Great products for reasonable cost. I spoke to two owners of the units who post on Computer Audiophile I believe it is and they both had posts about the Yiggy besting the Codex etc... I PM"d them and spoke to both. Neither had ever heard the Codex let alone had one in their system. I found that strange. When I talk about a product it may have been hearing it once in a shop or someone else's system and me not liking what I hear right up front. Could be many reasons, but I'm not the type to get excited about the TV on the floor at Best Buy that's the brightest of the bunch and stands out because of it.
If you feel the Yiggy is better than the top DAC's Matt has had in his system, then that's awesome. My post wasn't meant as a mean spirited comment to you, but I did dismiss it based on my own listening (The Codex isn't in the same league as the QX5/20 so I made an assumption that the Yiggy can't hold a candle to the QX5/20). The QX5/20 isn't quite as good as some of the DAC's in the 18 and above, but better than a few I"ve heard.
If you want to get Matt Yiggy to go up against the others, I'm sure he'll plug it into his system for a day. If we can set that up for the day I get to visit with my Ayre piece then that would be great too. Maybe I'll hear differently in Matt's room (can't wait to get there Matt).
The Codex threw a wider stage, went deeper in the bass and has much more detail. The pace and rhythm was there in spades. There was a male vocal (forget who) that had a reverberation in that lower mid that sounded right on the Codex. The Yiggy was close, but it didn't give the same emotion that the Codex did.
I can see why Schitt has a following. Great products for reasonable cost. I spoke to two owners of the units who post on Computer Audiophile I believe it is and they both had posts about the Yiggy besting the Codex etc... I PM"d them and spoke to both. Neither had ever heard the Codex let alone had one in their system. I found that strange. When I talk about a product it may have been hearing it once in a shop or someone else's system and me not liking what I hear right up front. Could be many reasons, but I'm not the type to get excited about the TV on the floor at Best Buy that's the brightest of the bunch and stands out because of it.
If you feel the Yiggy is better than the top DAC's Matt has had in his system, then that's awesome. My post wasn't meant as a mean spirited comment to you, but I did dismiss it based on my own listening (The Codex isn't in the same league as the QX5/20 so I made an assumption that the Yiggy can't hold a candle to the QX5/20). The QX5/20 isn't quite as good as some of the DAC's in the 18 and above, but better than a few I"ve heard.
If you want to get Matt Yiggy to go up against the others, I'm sure he'll plug it into his system for a day. If we can set that up for the day I get to visit with my Ayre piece then that would be great too. Maybe I'll hear differently in Matt's room (can't wait to get there Matt).