Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison

@steakster  Agreed! They definitely make a difference, including the upgraded DC cables. I've been running HDPlex to power the switch, server, etc. for quite some time now. I'll probably play around with different brands once the major components are finalized.

there will only be tiny differences between dacs relative to most speakers, room tmts., etc.

galvanic isolation can be a biggie for a DAC -- besides an opto-isolation technique, a LPS, and/or star-quad DC power cables are good ideas

@rbstehno Thank you for your response.

Some differences: the Denafrips offers DSD; higher resolutions of PCM; Over Sampling; three I2S inputs, and an extra set of Coax, TOSLink, AES each, but no BNC --- over the Yggdrasil.

Unfortunately, probably fortunately for some : ) MQA is not an option for either DAC at this time. It would have been a nice feature to have.

I am not clear on the consumer benefits of MQA.  It does seem DRM capable however...

@randy-11 I’ll be installing the Gen 5 USB board which does offer galvanic isolation for the Yggdrasil. I believe there is galvanic isolation built into the Denafrips (but I need to double check this). For now, optical isolation is off the table; I am aware of the benefits.