You might probably wanna take a look at Kara

Tyrs are VERY CAPABLE monoblocks. I did some back-and-forth between Freya-S (about 4 yrs old) and Kara (new) and I felt that Freya is holding back the Tyrs and Kara was more like "just go with whatever you can". As for tone/music etc, I played acoustic instrument for >10years as an amateur and...

I am totally with you there. When listening to Tyrs driving LS50s, the Tyr COMMANDS the LS50 to do their biddings and the LS50 never had a second word.

And we have the passive mode, which is something I haven't given as much time to yet myself. It sounded to me that if 1x is a light bulb at full brightness, then the passive mode is a much turned down light bulb suitable for a night light.

I use Kara with a pair of Tyrs. 1x and 4x selected depending on my mood. 1x is Laird back and fluid, often great when I'd like to relax or just have the music on as BGM. 4x brings on more excitement and impact, it works well when I want to be more immersed in music or TV/Movie.

I'd highly recommend to just save up for Tyrs, you won't regret it.

Well it's there all the time, switching back and forth is so easy. The only gripe I have is that the dent on the volume knob is invisible for a guy my age sitting 2 meters away. I need to add some appendage to the knob to make it more visible.

To me the 1x is more polite and less up front, I can't say it's my cup of tea.

I moved from Freya S to Kara a couple of weeks ago. LIM -> Kara -> Tyrs -> LS50. When I was using Freya S, I generally use the 4x mode for the excitement it brings, but sometimes I'd go back to the passive mode especially with Jazz music for the transparency and the "bounciness" of the sound...

I used to think that USB-C would be the saviour until I got the Multibit card into my Jot1. Buzzing issues pops up sometimes and it can be fixed by unplugging and replug. Sometimes my MBP would fail to recognize the card unless I flip it to another side. For USB-B, it was all plugs and play, no...

Interesting that you have both Mj3 and Tyr, how would you compare their characteristics? Are they closer in terms of dynamics, power and timbre?

I finally pulled the trigger on Tyrs, 2 of them of course. Bought them in the US while on a biz trip and then moved them home as checked baggages. Luckily for me, 22kgs per box is slightly under the overweight threshold (did you guys do this on purpose or was that just coincidence?). Got home...

I bought a Freya S when when visiting Schittr a few years back and had been happy ever since. With Kara out it is very tempting to make the trip again. I'd like to name it 'Starbuck' if I were to buy one this time.

Pizzahut in Taiwan has always been very creative on the toppings.

@Jason Stoddard would you guys consider updating the Unison module for Yggdrasil to UDB-C? It's pretty easy to get good quality USB-C to C cables nowadays.

Would you mind sharing your favored up sampler and modulator? Thanks!

Forget about the expensive empty box, it's meant for sarcasm anyways :) To your point of preferring the ESS over AKM, how would you compare that with preferring the MIL over OG/LIM? Is ESS leaning towards MIL's characteristics more?

Or this https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/lb200-light-box

You might have better power quality that doesn't fudge with the DAC somehow. It's great to have an always-on great sounding equipment.

I wonder if it's got to do with a rumored grounding change because you mentioned that it's fixed by a power conditioner. Does anyone have details in what exactly was the grounding change?

Hey guys, I've owned my Yggdrasil since 2017, bought it as first gen from Schiitr, and then later upgraded with gen5 USB, and then to GS and then a LIM. Throughout the years, there had been a curious issue with it. I know everyone recommended not to switch off Yggdrasil, but every now and then...

I remember Mike talking about keeping the clock as close to he chips as possible. I think that's his way of saying no.

Being fully balanced is a big plus if your system is fully balanced. I'd think it's a great companion for the monoblocks

And alternate them accordingly to seasons. I have the A1, so I can get at most 4 variants (I even kept the old ROM) Now it's gonna be tough to define which one for which season.

Apologies I completely missed that. Now I should go watch that video.