...Ragnarok 2 is playing the speakers just fine...Good Sweet Schiit...Shostakovich via Jarrett

second the tube pre-amp idea.

Ragnarok 2 delivered past Friday. Plan is speaker amp in the other room. Currently set up in place of the Mjolnir 3 and Freya + and old speaker amp with old speakers. Listen with LCD2 on Mjolnir and Yggdrasil/Urd. That is good. Too soon to say anything about LCD2 balanced Rag, the Mjolnir is so...

an hour and a half after delivery, Ragnarok2 brings a smile, pushing speakers, with Urd and Yggdrasil. Dave Holland Quintet, Not for Nothing'

Just finished a coffee...listening to Gould doing Bach....fogged in maybe sunshine later

I placed an order for +GS2 yesterday, I'm sure theyre'l be Zero issues as well. My +MIB is warming nicely

Took the hint! ordered one yesterday, arrives tomorrow Sat 25

Mt Tam has been a favorite of mine as well. As I see it you can order a gift box on line and have it shipped overnight FedeX, coordinating with the recipient to be home for the delivery.

...and keep them short. 2/0 marine grade, hard enough to work with

Sweet! at that time I was enamored of Gerhard's designs...original Avanti...dreaming

Under a high fog layer currently, was 55*F and 100% humidity, gradually changing to 58*F and 85% humidity, might get to 76*F if the fog breaks...so good California weather today. Listening to 'WorkingMan's Dead' via Mjolnir and Yggdrasil and Urd.

Out of curiosity what are you considering as 'more energetic cans'?

Starting to get positive impressions of the Schiit Yggdrasil, in place of the excellent Bifost2/64. USB from URD balanced to the dual preamps, Freya+/Mjolnir, balanced to the Ayre V3/Alon 5.

I did hastily jump to this conclusion. However after two days in it's box, and then a start-over, with location change and space between other components, the unit mechanical/transformer noise seems to be quieting down. I will keep the Yggdrasil.

Rain has moved on south from north bay. See some blue amid broken cloud banks, and strong wind

This was transformer hum. The unit hummed whether it was connected to another device or not. Pulled the power cord, it stopped humming. No signal hum. I could detect hum through the open headphones during quiet passages, turn the volume up and mask the hum.

Took delivery of Yggdrasil MIB on May 2, 2024. Has been powered on since 1230pm on May 2. I've listened to a selection of CD via URD, Freya+, Mjolnir3. The Yggdrasil has sonic potential, but this unit is a Hum-Monster, gave me a headache. Replaced the Bifrost2/64 into the system, and it is a...

Thank you Schiit Audio for the delivery of Yggdrasil. Powered on.

LCD2 looking toward Meze Freya volume open, control with MJ3

...unused and used

more or less marketed as the same solvent

Currently the Freya+ is disconnected, MJ3 by itself. Definitely enjoy what the Freya brings to the MJ3, but MJ3 stands alone just fine. Not concerned about power and Tungstens not on my horizon

switched out of NOS last evening. this morning can not tell the difference.

..made me think Xylene or Xylol. that'd be a nasty ingredient in gum or fake mayo. seems to recall use of Xylol in a bio class as a solvent when prepping specimens for slide making

looks like the 'splitter' is "shrink to fit", instead of a noisy metal cylinder?