Schiit Yggdrasil Less is More, is it a quality dac ?

I never heard Schiit Yggdrasil but I owned Pontus-2 and construction vise Pontus looks much more serious DAC too me. Huge toroidal PSs placed in separate compartment is big advantage.

The Yggy can't be matched at twice the price, IMO.  I've owned the OG model for >2 years.  Can't comment on the Less is More model.

My system stomps many of my fellow audio club members at a fraction of their investment.

TEAC NT-505x is worthy of your consideration in that price range.

Preferred it to my Yggdrasil A2 in my home system.

The Yggy can’t be matched at twice the price, IMO.

based on my own experience with the yggy and numerous others (roughly 40 dacs since early 2021), i don’t agree with this statement

three dacs come to mind readily that to my ear, in my system, outperform the yggy in overall musicality, prat, imaging, and top to bottom cohesiveness

mhdt orchid (esp, w grannyring mods), but also in stock form ($1600 modded)

denafrips pontus ($1700)

cambridge cxn v2, with dan wright’s brilliant tube output stage mods ($2400 modded)

to be sure, different systems benefit from dacs with different sonic presentations, but based on my own listening and owning various dacs, i wanted to offer this contrasting point of view to the bold statement set forth above

I a Yggy several years ago,  I also had a W4S DAC. I initially I preferred the Yggy but after having both upgraded the W4S was better and I sold the Yggy.  I sold the W4S for a Terminator and then sold that for a Terminator plus.  I would go Denafrips over Schitt.

I also had a Freya and the Schitt phono pre.  Schitt makes good low to mid quality gear but it's not outstanding.