Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison

@gdhal  I'm not sure I understand your question. Yes, the Gen 5 board upgrade applies to all three Schiit DACs you list.

My Yggdrasil is about 2 years old and has the Gen 3 board in it. I've been holding off on the upgrade until I had another DAC on hand.

@david_ten 

I initially thought, because of the way I interpreted your 11-07-2017 8:24am post, that you were wanting to install or use the Gen 5 board with or within your Denafrips Terminator. I also assumed (because you wrote that you have the "Schiit Yggdrasil (my current primary DAC)" that *is already* Gen 5, not knowing your current Schiit Yggy has the Gen 3. This is/was my misunderstanding. Thanks for the clarification. 

@david_ten 

So may I assume that it is your intention to compare **on a per input basis** the Schiit Yggdrasil to the Denafrips Terminator ?

What inputs will you be comparing?

Will you be posting your observation results herein?

I would also ensure all the components are broken in, especially the Terminator DAC.

@gdhal 

Got it. No, I don't want to mess with Mr. Zhao's flagship work!. : )

My main output is USB from a Sonore Signature Rendu SE.

I'll primarily be focused on comparing the USB input between all DACs.