Are folks using the NOS mode and up-sampling everything to DSD512 in HQP when feeding the Holo ? What is the configuration that sounds best to your ears ? Is anybody using Daphile to up-sample instead of HQP ? In my setup I find Daphile to perform better up-sampling to DSD256.

^ I get that too sometimes. In my case, it happens when the preamp is running for while. If I turn it off and then turn it back, it goes away and comes back again after sometime. I am not sure if its the tube or something to do with the preamp.

When I turn the volume all the way down with the tube gain mode, I can still hear faint music coming from the speakers (94db) and I can hear it from 5ft distance. Can somebody confirm this is or not the case with their Freya ?

Hum...yeah, that is why I am a bit surprised to see my results. The Jfet buffer mode sounds fine and doesn't have the edginess. I bought the quad cryo treated from cryoset - not sure if that makes things a bit different. I am also using a nc500 based Amp which is very revealing, so every small...

  Maybe I should give more time on the Tung Sols. The guy from where I bought (cryoset) said depending on the design, it may take 50-100hrs.

how are the new Tung Sol sounding for rest of the folks ? I got a new quad last friday and its been about 50hrs so far but I am finding it to be edgy, forward and aggressive sounding. Maybe I need to put in more hrs but so far I am not that impressed. The Jfet buffer sounds more natural than the...

Makes sense. I am currently using an old quad Tung Sol that I had laying around while waiting for the new ones to arrive this weekend. After playing continuously for little over a day, today morning I hear ever so slight change in the sound in a good way. I would be interested to know what you...

Anybody knows if the preamp has any break in time ?

Yes, I agree. The Tung Sols seems very good on this pre. I briefly tested against a Sylvania NOS GTB and like the Tung Sols better.   Its being a long time I had bought mine and wondering where are folks getting these days from ? Matched quad is needed ?

Freya arrived today but the remote control wasn't included. The built quality is excellent and on par with other products (being a Yggy owner) and feels solid despite it being only 11lbs.   Unlike others, the stock tubes has a ton of microphonics. Tap on the chassis and you can hear it loud on...

My Freya is on the way and gets delivered next week. Reading the noise issue with different tubes makes me a bit nervous.   Where are folks buying the Tung Sol Platinum quads from ?

Chris over at CA reported an issue with wireless networking when using Revena based device. Did anyone had this issue with Rednet ? If so, how did you solve it ?   http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f22-networking-networked-audio-and-streaming/focusrite-rednet-28878/index7.html#post557912

Thanks Jamiee. I will be cautious if I do open and replace the fuse. The way Ygg sounds in my system, I am very much pleased but curious mind want to know more :-)     Well, the fuse will blow not because Schiit's high confidence in their products but other factors which Schiit has...

Hi Folks,   Did anybody had any luck with replacing the stock fuse with a better one ? I asked Schiit about the fuse rating but they clearly refuse to tell - "There are no user serviceable parts in the Yggdrasil." This is one of the tweek that has worked so far with other DAC and do believe...

I am a bit late in this thread and haven't gone through the entire thread. Please point if its already been discussed but I am interested to know approx release date for iDSD and iCAN pro.

Thanks for the update. I think you are correct. If we can pull down pin 16 to lo (0), then anything on the pin 15 (DSD detect or not) will not matter to the PS Audio side. Therefore,   For PCM ======= I2C SCL/DSD Detect  = 0  I2C SDA/Not Used     = 0   For DSD ======= I2C SCL/DSD...

Thanks DacLadder.   I think pin 15 is connected to "DSD Detect" signal on U12 side (not shown in the diagram you posted). The U12 raises this high whenever it sees a DSD data stream. Not sure what it does but it could be something that works with their DAC. Please take a look here  ...

Does any one know if the Gustard U12 after DACLadder modification of the chip change will be compatible with the PS Audio DirectStream DAC on the I2S interface ? I got the U12 recently and have been splicing a cheap hdmi cable to see if the channel swap and phase change got fixed. It did when I...