Schitt Yggdrasil More is Better

Funny thing about the LIM- I 'restocking fee' auditioned the final Yggy LIM just as the new, modular (remote) LIM came out. So, with a new one out there, which they said was the same, just 'modular' I purchase the latest model because the Yggy brought a certain breathless analogue loveliness to my current rig. For whatever reason, I never got the magic from the new LIM. Has anyone else had that experience with Yggy?

Curious how you bought an OG version.  It was discontinued more than a month ago.  Only the MIB and MIL versions are listed on Schitt’s web page.

@mikeg777 the guy at Schitt I spoke to told me that there was 1 last OG available on the clearance page of the web site. Unusual to not see any discount for clearance, it was $2699, but I decided I wanted to hear it since I already had the LIM and I have a pathway to the MIB via the upgrade if I wanted to do that.

Reading up on the OG from some reviews makes me feel pretty good about the purchase. I should have it in my place soon if it is coming from CA.

I have a lot of good luck listening to the audio advice from musicians.

Once I get the OG DAC, I am going to break it in in the office system and compare it with the LIM. The LIM sounds really good with the LRS+ so it will be interesting to see if the OG is preferred.

I have my RAAL VM-1a tube headphone amp which I will also use to compare the 2 DACs. I can also play the CA-1a headphone via my Benchmark HPA4 preamp and the Schitt Aegir 20-watt amp. Unfortunately, my Benchmark HPA4 preamp I got a few days ago cannot play the CA-1a well. The HPA4 was obtained for the successor, the RAAL 1995 Immanis. I do not have that phone yet to compare with the 2 DAC's That would be the best comparison since the HPA4 is so neutral.

I have the latest (2023) Yggdrasil Less is More and I love it on my office system. The office has the Magnepan LRS+ speakers and a slightly warm DAC works nicely.

In my Livingroom, I am looking for a bit less warmth from the DAC (and amp). Has anyone heard the new Yggdrasil More is Better? I was planning on spending a bit of coin on a DAC, but I now realize that I can get better bang for my buck with an amp upgrade instead. I am thinking of the soon to be updated CODA System 150 amp.

@yyzsantabarbara

I owned the OG twice...never heard the LIM and the other variant.

I just saw what components your system listed. Since the NS5000 is one of the speakers i have as well, I could say that the high impact upgrade than DACs may be the BACCH. The BACCH "takes over" the soundfield and will no longer have you thinking about the DAC ladder ascension.

Since you have the speaker in a living room (WAF/aesthetics may be a consideration, no gigantic subs?), I would get a pair of the KC62 kef microsubs to pair with them. You could put them out of the way, discreetly along the side walls, in front of/behind your listening position (around modal nulls, see where//what they are through the harman calc.). Room marriage and your bass foundation would be in a different ball game and positively build up into the upper octaves.

These items will be a much bigger upgrade, perceptively, than dacs and amps (in consideration of what you already have).