Hot off the press: Yggdrasil review

The stock Yggy is perhaps the best sounding PCM only DAC in its price range.....very good value. However, a few simple inexpensive mods can take it to another level. These DIY mods can be done in a couple of hours. Please see my website for details: http://www.tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Schiit_mod.html

With these simple mods the Yggy is more detailed, more air, better stereo separation, lower grain, more dynamic, more pure, etc. etc.

My friend, who did the mods shown on my website wants to send me his Yggy to put my zero feedback class A buffer/shunt regulator power supply on the output along with a much larger power transformer and better diodes. If this ever gets done then he might have a world class DAC.....there are, of course, even more mods that could be done....just the beginning.

I love that you make these mods available Rick. Very nice of you. I have done your speaker binding post mod on my amps and speakers to great effect. I also use your modified Wimma caps and grounding tweaks.

Your new SS amp looks very interesting also.

I bet your dac mods do wonder here!

Kernelbob. If you gave up on the PSA DS without at least a minimum of 800-1000 hours break-in... then for sure you missed out on a superb dac.

With the Yale Final OS uploaded...it is a no-brainer.Come on over and have a listen. ;)

Aolmrd1241, Funny as that is exactly what another PS Audio DS owner said to me after replacing the Yggy with the DS.

So many factors. I guess patience is hard for us Aphiles!

Thanks Grannyring....I am afraid it will do no good to anyone. No one wants to tweak....too afraid of hurting it, loosing warrantee or loosing resale value. Of the 250 or so Yggys sold only two people have even taken the cover off. One changed the fuse to good effect and the other, my friend, did all the mods I suggested. If the Yggy were $1000 then more would take a risk. So, we are left with Yggy great for the money but will never be really great unless tweaked and no one will tweak. Its just too bad the Schiit people are not open to tweaks....I could help them make a super version and they could sell it and still retain warrantee and no fears for anyone. Oh well, just the way it is. No one will ever hear how good a DAC it could be...except maybe my friend. Even more expensive DACs will never get modded by anyone. I have never, ever seen a product I could not make sound considerably better. There are many other people that can do the same and with different and similar skills.