Life after Yggdrasil: Watering the Ash

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  1. insidious meme

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    Sounds like someone is going with the "if they didn't announce it, it doesn't exist." I'm not disliking him for that.
     
  2. Torq

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    Nope, haven't heard it ... at least not in conditions suitable to make any comment on it's performance.

    I've had the opportunity for a loan unit and I turned it down.

    I'm not really planning on touching it until it supports Roon out of the box and the unit I test is equipped with a 4.4mm TRRRS output (which doesn't then also require a multi-month pre-order if I actually then want to buy one). There's too much functionality, and too many operational permutations, to test if I'm not going to be able to do so properly.
     
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    We can at least try to once he's into doing this.
     
  4. Torq

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    Why not just do a loaner for SBAF in general?

    I think it'd be a healthier thing if others were reviewing this stuff before the usual "DAC triumvirate" start posting their impressions anyway. And there's no particular reason why that needs to be something I participate in at all.
     
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    Definitely interested in a loaner. The Pro iDSD is only of the only DACs I’m interested in as a potential all-in-one alternative to my ADI-2 DAC. I’ve seen very little else that is affordable for me while offering all of the features I like.
     
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    @iFi audio I would be down for a loaner. I have a soekris dac1541 and a Yggdrasil A1 here though one will be leaving the stable after comparison. For the price I think the Pro iDSD is awesome with all its features. It just needs to prove the sq is in line with the big boys ;) .
     
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    Same here - currently using an xDSD balanced out to Aeon Flow Closed, which is magical, but I'd really like to hear the Pro iDSD. One of the only desktop DACs I'm considering.
     
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    We'll ask at HQ.
     
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    Don't ask, just tell them you are sending us one. Falls under its better to beg for forgiveness, than ask for permission concept. Works better. ;)
     
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    We have a saying where I work. "You can do anything you want... on your last day."
     
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    Please give us two, three days or so. We won't lie, the demand for Pro iDSD is far above the number of samples currently available. By 'asking' at HQ we meant brutal fight with others to snatch one for this place. Not that easy.
     
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    I was only joking. Definitely do what you have to do, the right way. Definitely looking forward to hear this as well.
     
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    We know you were joking, all good. It's very cool that folks here are interested. We've been at SBAF for several months now to feel the place. We like it and plan our next steps.

    Btw. if that's not a secret, who's in charge of SBAF?
     
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    There was a small 'event' of sorts at Audio Eden a few weeks ago that I attended. I was impressed with the build quality and price of a lot of your equipment. If I was at all into portable gear, I think I would go to your products to try out before anything crazy, like kilobuck tubeamps.

    Out of the demonstrations that were on display, I was most surprised with the audible differences I could hear with the iFi AC iPurifier. They demonstrated it by playing some music on a Mcintosh 275 over some Wilson Tune Tots, and I did hear a difference in the sound. I wish I could have heard it in my own system, but my overall impression was the thing worked. I was tempted to grab a couple since they were at a discount during the meet, but I realized I didn't even have a single spare outlet on my power strip so I shelved that idea.
     
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    Now that makes it this much easier for us. Thanks :p
     
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    Just send it to me, I'll take care of everything.
    ;)
     
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    Yeah, we figured :cool:

    On a more serious note, it'd be good to talk to the main man/woman first. xDSD was around already but Pro iDSD is a more complicated case and - as a proper company - we have our internal procedures how we do this, but that's probably not a surprise to anyone.

    It'd be cool to know how many people are interested as well.
     
  20. Warrior

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    Could start a thread to see if there is enough interest, with a poll.
     

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