A habit I copied from you Master.
The newest Yggdrasil A2..... in duct tape.
That Yggdrasil looks really nice!
A habit I copied from you Master.
The newest Yggdrasil A2..... in duct tape.
Early negatives:
Positives:
- No Silver
- Lower power on SE side (Gee only 2 watts at 32 ohms!! vs 5 watts!!)
- Small knob
- $199 great spec, powerful balanced amp with superlative ALPS balanced pot…
- Black
- Matching small knob
- Better switchgear
- Designed and built in USA
Any others?
Can't wait to hear impressions between asgard 3 and magnius. Asgard 3 was already a great amp for 200. Having the balanced bifrost 2 paired with asgard 3 for me meant no use of balanced, but I really liked the pairing anyways.
I would pair at least a Mjolnir with the BF2...
Funny...I agree. It's the best sounding and ugliest DAC I ever had.
That's cheating, you're multiplying by 0.001, not 1000..."1000x lower" = "X * .001"
And still no blue anodized face plates...History of audio:
1880-1960s - everything was wood
1970s - silver metal became edgy (with wood grain endcaps), silver eventually became the norm
1980s - black was edgy and eventually became the norm
late1990s - silver was edgy, and eventually became the norm
late 2010s - black is edgy, and will eventually become the norm (again)
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Amen.It's not that it's not understood.
It's not that it's easier to write
It's not that it's easier to say
It's just not right damn it!
"...0.1% as much..."How would you express the same concept in correct terms?
Thank you for deleting that post, it was full of 1st order distortion, very un-Pass like.oops, sorry I quoted myself. This post is noise. Needs better feedback.
Curse you Jason Stoddard! With this delectable Magnius & Modius combination, I have to now devise a way to get a new computer system to run it, and a house or much larger apartment for a place to put it and use it. Why do you do this to me?!?I actually still strongly prefer silver...but in this case, it was better to stick with black. The machining of the top and the way the connectors intersect the bends looks a little odd in silver. I have an early unanodized prototype. It's pretty ooogly.
Now, get the CD transport out. PS Audio is getting ready to beta test their new CD/SACD transport, and they need some competition!
I had not heard about their new CD transport, but I am pretty confident it won't have a Unison USB output
Having installed the Unison USB input board in my Yggy A2, the only CD transport I would even consider is Mike's.
Quad from the UK always used a very special colour combination. And kept with it for decades. You can recognise Quad gear from a mile away."Champaign" was coming in third all those years.
You reminded me of a small outfit, maybe one man, in the 1990's. In northern California? His first product was a pre-amp. It had wood sides, my memory may fail, but a black? face plate with some interesting highlights in green, magenta? It cost about $1200. I thought it looked cool, precisely because it was not black or silver. Cannot remember the name though of that company. I think he sold direct. Closed down after a decade or so.
Other gear of other color schemes I think I like (thanks to the late Art Dudley):
Leben: champaign with a green stripe at the top bottom of the face plate
Shindo: dark green
I would like to hear about more. Please exclude gaudy and bling if possible.
You should sign up for Paul's daily blog. He discusses a lot of random topics, at times, but he also announces new gear in the posts. Paul also recruits beta testers their too. PS Audio reminds me of Schiit in many ways, especially since they do things their way. I favor Schiit, but PS Audio seems worthy too.
I presume such a unit from PS Audio will be upwards of $1K?
Thanks @StimpyWanYou should sign up for Paul's daily blog. He discusses a lot of random topics, at times, but he also announces new gear in the posts. Paul also recruits beta testers their too. PS Audio reminds me of Schiit in many ways, especially since they do things their way. I favor Schiit, but PS Audio seems worthy too.
Me too...I actually still strongly prefer silver...