New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions

I've just been notified " Your repair is complete and your product is on its way back to you" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool, looking forward to your impressions.

So my Yggdrasil is back and hooked up in my system.

Let me start with the obvious and easy to check items. The serial number has changed completely (and is now prefixed by a "B"). A single sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper with a sticky note indicates the repair order "verification" and "post repair checklist" (all 11 items marked passed). The tech wrote in the external damage of blemishes area "scratches top". This doesn’t make sense (to me) because not only are/were there no scratches anywhere on the unit when I sent it to Schiit, there are still no scratches on the unit after I received it back. Perhaps he checked with a magnifying glass. In any case, suffice it to say the unit appears exactly the same as when I sent it, and was packaged just like a new item (I sent it back with the original packaging).

As to the less obvious but more important aspect of the sound, I’ve listened for the past two hours from a cold start. Of course I need to listen more, but it does appear as though *something* has changed, but at this early stage I cannot put my finger/ear on precisely what. Nothing necessarily better or worse, but different. The bass seems a bit less "forward" or "emphasized" compared to what I previously remember. Also, the "spacing" between the instruments may have increased ever so slightly. I've also checked that all inputs and LEDs work, the temperature (when warmed) is the same, and the initial power on LED flash sequence is the same as before.

Still checking/listening.....

Quick turnaround.  Again, you need to go through the process.  Let it burn in for a few days and listen to some music until you get more of a handle on the sonic properties of the upgrade.  And don't approach it as if you MUST reach the conclusion that the original may have been more to your liking for whatever reasons.  But give it a chance.  IMO, you really need a month to settle in with a new component.  And, also IMO, solid state digital needs to stay on all the time.  So I bet in 48 hours of constant on, it will sound better to your ears.  Have fun.  Listen to some old music you liked when you were in high school or college.  

My belief they won’t asked $550 fee for upgrade if there is no big improvement for old unit and $100 for new buyer, Gdhal thank you keep on posting...