Yggdrasil Refined - New Schiit Yggdrasil Analog 2 (Yggdrasil A2) Sound Impressions

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  1. dmckean44

    dmckean44 In a Sherwood S6040CP relationship

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    I wouldn't let your audio nervosa get the best of you. Transformers do sound different from each other but if you're already using a high quality input transformer from one manufacturer, switching to another will only be a small improvment.
     
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    Damn, they really scrubbed the Schiit thread. Whiny bitches/trolls.
     
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    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    @A1Gear:

    I figured one of you would look up the price of those AD5791BRUZs on Mouser.

    Those Cinemags can be ordered directly from them. Might be some lead time, but David Geren will make them.
     
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    I hope they try to "recycle" those chips one way or the other instead of just throwing the whole thing away (or should they be returned to the original owners as souvenirs?)
     
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    The biggest problem with the Yggdrasil for me was the small flat sound-stage and seems like there's very little improvement there.
     
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    I never thought the soundstage was flat, but upfront with good depth. If you want a DAC that seats you farther from the soundstage, like put you in the 26th row, then something like the Master 7 would be better, although the Master 7 actually has less depth (all instruments are on one plane) and doesn't offer ambient cues to the size of the venue. The EAR and SFD DACs do portray a larger deeper stage, but they are more diffuse and lack precise localization.
     
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    They could desolder them and reuse on the new boards. Who knows. Either way, not cheap (manual labor from techs skilled in the art of SMD or new chips).
     
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    Chip removal is pretty trivial: quickly heat with a hot air nozzle and when the solder flows flip the board and whack it on the bench. I think quality assurance would be be more of a costly issue with reusing recycled chips.
     
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    My Yggdrasil was shipped last week for the Gen V upgrade and it was probably very soon to be shipped back, glad this came out when it did. Pretty sure I'm at the front of the queue now for the analog upgrade :) One reminder to people with older models is to ask for the 75 ohm BNC connector since some of the older models had 50 ohm (mine did).
     
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    I got mine back 5 days before the announcement hit. But I think the Yggdrasil is saying how much it misses sunny California, so I might need to oblige and send it back to the west coast again. Thank god for the generous shipping discount I get from work ($30 for overnight to CA from MD!)

    Me being a fairly new Yggdrasil owner, I welcome the upgrade. The Yggdrasil sound is something I've grown accustomed to at this point: Obsessively-detailed, brutally honest, exciting, downright slammin and yet, ever-so-slightly digital sounding (in a non-fatiguing way...for the most part). I'm hoping the upgrade nips that minor nitpick in the bud.
     
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    batriq Probably has made you smarter

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    Yes I need to do that. How do you ask for the BNC fix?
     
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    They did it automatically on mine. I didn't even ask for it or know about it. Was just like, "oh snap! Thx!"
     
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    In the last week I desoldered and resoldered 5 SMD chips, including a super annoying QFN package. Not super hard but you are right about recycling chips. I doubt they would do it but you could offer a 'B-stock' version of the boards with the used chips.
     
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    I still need head-fi for the classified sections, but it was really hard not point out this guys folly with this post:

    He says he didn't call Marvey any names, despite actually calling Marvey names (he called him an egotist.) The amount of mental gymnastics this guy went through to avoid being seen as an unprofessional jackass has completely done the opposite. Though, his use of punctuation already tipped me off that he isn't exactly logical. The ellipsi have had enough! Just let them die in peace instead of being misused maliciously!
     
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    @Marvey , do you mean the Master 7 from GD audio? thanks
     
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    Yup. Master 7 from AGD. Headphone listeners may still find the Yggdrasil Analog 2 headstage too upfront if they didn't like Yggdrasil headstage. The thing about headphones is that there isn't much depth differentiation of instruments within the headstage, so weaknesses such as a flat stage won't be noticed, and a stage that is placed far back can be beneficial. SFD and EAR DACs are good at projecting a deeper placed stage too.
     
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    @Marvey : How does the Yggdrasil A2 compare to Gumbfreya?
     
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    ^ That's the post that I quoted so I am sure I saw it!
     
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    Lordy I need a bigger screen on this phone!!

    Or just learn how to scroll... :confused:
     

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