Schiit Yggdrasil DAC ??

The "mixed" impressions were from a recent CamJam headphone show, where the DAC was initially not powered up for a sufficient amount of time to reach its best performance. The manual for the Yggdrasil specifically requires the unit to be on continually for best performance, and even for a minimum of a few days after its initial break-in. YMMV

The Yggy has been out for about a month or so and is thought of very highly. One guy has MSB Analog DAC with external power supply and 4x USB input module ($11,500 list) and feels the Yggy is just as detailed but not as musical. Under my direction a friend in SoCal has done some easy to do and inexpensive mods to his Yggy with startling results (way more detailed and musical). I have posted the current mods on my website for all to see and all to do themselves, if so inclined. There will be more mods and probably a zero feedback fet stage that I will possibly add. Right now my friend is thrilled with the changes but would love to A/B with some other serious DACs so if you want to hear a modded Yggy then let me know and we can hook you up with this guy....he is in Pocoima. I think his modded Yggy would be much better than the MSB Analog DAC.....so DACs like the Bricasti, The Total DAC Dual, Empirical Audio DAC, Lampizator Golden Gate, and Berkeley Reference would be nice to compare with. I have a feeling the modded Yggy would do very well against these DACs and there is much more to do....much more.

Link to info:
http://www.tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Schiit_mod.html

You can reach me directly using email: [email protected] or at 831-420-8819

I've compared the Yggy to my old Monarchy NM24 (tube and solid state), the DAC built into the Wyred4Soung mPre and the output from the Oppo 103D and find it to be far the most natural and open or that grouping.