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Two new Schiit Yggdrasil's released yesterday!

www.schiit.com

Yesterday Schiit now announced two new Yiggdrasil models to be sold, alongside the current original Analog 2 model.

Three "flavors" to chose from.

Both models priced at less than the current analog 2. All three now have different D/A converters chips.

Future sales will determine which two are dropped, and then the remaining model will continue to be made.

Strange marketing "ploy" in my opinion???

There are a couple of comparisons of the models done at the Schiit store in California.

New Schiit Yggdrasil Blind Listening ComparisonThe very first sentence on the Schiit Audio Yggdrasil web page says, Forget everything you know about DACs. I concur in the most unequivocal way possible. Members of the Audiophile Style community are well aware that I absolutely love the Schiit Audio Yggdrasil DAC. I reviewed it back in November... audiophilestyle.com
Review: Schiit Yggdrasil OG Vs. Less Is More Vs. More Is LessA review of the Schiit Yggdrasil OG Vs. Less Is More Vs. More Is Less. All three of the new Schiit Yggdrasil variants compared in a shootout. audio-head.com

Thoughts and comments, Yiggy fans??
don_c55
jl35
4,014 posts
 
just don't forget the 5% transaction fee if you return one (or three)...
don_c55 OP
1,025 posts
 
The Schiit trial of 15 days is way too short to fully break in their DACs and realize the long term sound quality.

I have 2 Gumby Multibit 5 DACs, and both took a good 4 weeks to settle in, before they sounded their best.


ghdprentice
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Well, I guess sometimes less is more.

You know, it really doesn’t surprise me. Schiit thinks outside of the box. I worked at Burr-Brown (think DACs in high end CD players) and worked with design engineers. Schiit probably had two camps… the overdo it guy and the “what sounds best” guy and they just said, “let the customers decide.

A common argument… build to specs or theoretically good, or to the ear. I’ll go with the guy who builds something that sounds good any day.
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audioman58
4,172 posts
 
Ihad the latest model unison module ,top 🍊 fuse upgrade 
with those medical grade chip sets it’s just not that musical it does something’s well but prat and one of them .it has great bass ,and very respectable detail 
even with top Usb cable that’s very warm and still its not That involving vs 
the Denafrips Venus ,or HoloSprings 3 which are right around $3k ,
if your-system is tubes and warm then maybe . In your system it Maybe good.
the 15 day return is bare minimum for breakin to decide plus a 15% fee and 
loss of shipping both ways. After reading all these reviews what a let down .
after that I just said I will spend much more to get closer to a reference level
the Bricasti M3 with streamer well worth the extra monies.

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