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Schiit Yggdrasil DAC, why did they change it ?

Back in 2017 Schiit Audio introduced a DAC they called a Yggdrasil. It was well received to say the least and The Absolute Sound said after a break in period it sounded as good as any DAC. Some time ago they changed it and right now there are 3 versions available on their website. They are Less is More, More is Better, and GS2 (Garage Sale 2). The prices are $2299, $2699, $1699 respectively after the recent price increase. The difference is the first 2 use gen 2 cards and GS2 uses gen1 cards. Each DAC has 4 of these cards and the gen 1 cards cost a lot more ( Schiit says Uber expensive ). The GS2 uses cards they got when people upgraded to the new DACs and they kept the gen 1 cards. Mike Moffat said in an interview he did not want to have a product that cost more than $2500. I think the original just became too expensive to build and that’s why they went with much cheaper TI cards. They claim the new DACs sound better after they did complicated math and engineering. I think the original sounded better and the GS2 is at least as good as the new ones. I’ve seen "want to buy" ads for the original. Having said all of the above I want to say I’m a big fan of Schiit Audio and use their Freya+ preamp and the GS2 DAC. The rest of my system is a PSAudio S300 Amp and Herbeth 30.2 XD speakers.

carl292
katzenjammer27
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heading to Capital Audiofest this weekend and plan on auditioning several DACs. Not sure the Yggy will be there, but do know Geshelli Labs will be there, very interested in hearing the different versions of their Dayzee. I've been researching the Yggy, Dayzee and the LTA Aero. I'll listen to a bunch of others, will be hard to really tell due to all of these will be running different systems in different rooms, but I hope to determine their nature and help me decide which one I will order for home trials. Should be a fun weekend.

davenrk
11 posts
 

Good morning,
I have tested some old Wadia X64.4 and WT3200 transport connected via AT&T
They have a wonderful sound, especially the "weight" and "body" in the mid range. They are transparent, too, to the source (cds).
It seems that the music is alive.

What do you think would sound the Yggy MIB compared to the Wadia?

 

Does the Yggy have a particular sound signature?

 

thank you

 

 

 

yyzsantabarbara
4,917 posts
 

I took my Yggi+ OG to my friend’s house to hear the new speakers he is building (I am now buying, wow). He loved the OG DAC and will be taking it to a Colorado headphone event in December on my behalf. I asked one of the organizers to compare my Yggi+ OG with the great DACs that will be showing up to the event.

The main reason is that these people will for the most part be listening to the RAAL 1995 Immanis and Magna phones at the event. I will be buying one of the 2 phones ASAP and I want to figure out if I should buy a second OG or convert my existing Less Is More to the More Is Better, which is close to the OG sound

I have 0 interest in any other DAC. The Yggi+ OG is endgame for me. ANYONE WANT TO SELL A YGGI+ OG?

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I am so impressed by Schitt. I am going to advertise to sell my expensive headphone amp this weekend. It will easily go for about $5.5k and it will be replaced by a $450 used Schitt Aegir amp connected to a $1200 Schitt Mjolnir v3 preamp. This will allow me to buy maybe the best headphone in the world. I have been doing a head-to-head comparison between the 2 stacks, and I am not going to have an issue selling the expensive headphone amp.

The Aegir v1 | Mjolnir v3 are not reference level gear but given the price and how close it can get to top end gear is very impressive.

Does the Yggy have a particular sound signature?

No sound to it. If you want sound from a Yggi+ then try the Less Is More which is a bit rolled off on top and makes people say it is musical. I liked the LIM with my Magnepan LRS+.

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My systems

1) Yamaha NS5000 | CODA #16 | Holo Serene preamp | Yggi+ OG | Friends new speaker

2) Magnepan Mini | Sanders Magtech | Benchmark HPA4 preamp | Yggi+ LIM

3) RAAL CA-1a (selling soon) | 2x Schitt Aegir v1 mono amp | Schitt Mjolnir v3 | Yggi+ LIM

Systems #2 and #3 are in the office and use the single Yggi+ LIM. Love the fact that it has 3 outputs. I currently have all 3 used with the soon to be sold heaphone amp also connected.

 

 

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