DAC's Streamer and Preamps

@jallan you’re able to determine that from listening to an unfamiliar DAC in an unfamiliar system at an audio show? I envy you. 

i’ve had the og yggy as well as the lim version, and currently I have two lampi’s (among others)

the yggy’s are pretty nice overall, have a lively personality, but the lampi’s are in a different league of realism of soundstage, "analogness" of presentation, and musical drive/impact when the music calls for it

the yggy has an uptilted, sometimes unruly top end, can be quite aggressive and sibilant... that is its achilles heel

@jallan On January 10th weekend I am heading out to a headphone audio event. The show will have the following:

- dCS Lina Stack

-Imersiv DAC (along with DAC designer)

- Allnic D-15000 Signature OTL/OCL (my choice as the best in the world)

- my Schitt Byggi (if I get it delivered to my home by January)

- Chord Dave

- Mola Mola Tambaqui  (not sure)

A couple of headphone dealers will bring RAAL 1995, Stax, and ZMF. Attendees will also bring their own phones; I will bring a Focal Utopia OG and a RAAL SR1a.

This is a great way to compare gear. I can gauge where the Schiit Byggi fits in this group. Last year, my Schiit Yggi+ OG was sent with a friend, and it was closely compared with the Mola Moila Tambaqui and Chord DAVE. 

Here is what the DAVE owner said about the Yggi+ OG. My friend liked the OG more than the DAVE.
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Another Head-Fi’er, @yyzSB, sent his Schiit Audio Yggdrasil+ OG DAC with Danny, and I got a chance to listen to it not only driving my Immanis through my Zahl HM1 and VM-1a, but also through Danny’s Feliks Audio Envy. It has great tonal density—more than my Dave. And it does bass drum better than I think I’ve ever heard. Not only with the impact of the drum strikes, but the hollow reverb (I mean hollow in a good way here) of the sound of that strike bouncing around inside the drum. Timbre across the rest of the FR, and technicalities, were a touch behind my Dave, with the Yggi+ sounding a hair more digital. But the Yggi+ is also much less expensive and offers insane SQ per $.

@jjss49 

the yggy’s are pretty nice overall, have a lively personality, but the lampi’s are in a different league of realism of soundstage, "analogness" of presentation, and musical drive/impact when the music calls for it

I have always considered a tube DAC but was never swayed because I feel some resolution or detail is lost with tubes. Though the tubes give other benefits. [Edit: I just remembered I had the popular tube DAC Audio Mirror Tubador. It was nice but it was also missing detail.]

The Allnic DAC that I am raving about, and about to get a 2nd job to buy it, is the most detailed DAC I ever heard. It is also a tube DAC and has an incredible holographic sound. From my research into the South Korea designer, I am inclined to believe this guy is onto some genius level OTL/OCL designs. I think it is this OTL/OCL that elevates the Allnic from other regular tube DACs. like the Lampi et al.

My comments on the Yggi+ OG above are not to meant to say it is the greatest DAC. It is meant to say it is the greatest DAC at that price point.

I like this post from today comparing the Yggi+ OG with the new Byggi,
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