[US Blues]

  I realize that there's a price gap but...
 
Have there been any reviews directly comparing the Yggdrasil to the Bifrost and/or Gungnir?

I replaced my Gungnir with an Yggdrasil. When Yggy arrived I powered down my Gungnir, disconnected the wires, swapped in the Yggy, and reconnected the wires. Cold out of the box Yggy was clearly better at reproducing musical realities than Gungnir. Then Yggy warmed up over the next few months and found it's groove.

 

[jfoxvol]

Same

 

[jfoxvol]

The Valhalla2 climbs so high that you may be spoiled thinking you will gain much more from the Rag.

I was worried about that. I spent the evening running the 650s into the Mjolnir. Sounded great but there was a weird lower mid bump that just made it seem too forward and boomy with some stuff. Mjolnir with LCD3 different story. That just amazes me on every level. I had intended to sell the Valhalla but it loves high impedance headphones and is a good sonic pairing. Tight and revealing amp with a laid back smooth headphone.

 

[bearFNF]

I replaced my Gungnir with an Yggdrasil. When Yggy arrived I powered down my Gungnir, disconnected the wires, swapped in the Yggy, and reconnected the wires. Cold out of the box Yggy was clearly better at reproducing musical realities than Gungnir. Then Yggy warmed up over the next few months and found it's groove.

pretty much did the same thing with my uberfrost.

 

[dwest1023]

I sold my Gunginr as well. Got $576 for it on Ebay, Also sold my Meridian director. Yggy clearly better than both.

 

[theblueprint]

Wow that buyer got a good deal out of it!

 

[artur9]

I sold my Gunginr as well. Got $576 for it on Ebay, Also sold my Meridian director. Yggy clearly better than both.

I was hoping for a description of how it was better than Schiit's lower tier DACs.
 
Accuracy?  Soundstage? Imaging? Everything?  Does it really just crush them in all possible ways?

 

[jfoxvol]

  I was hoping for a description of how it was better than Schiit's lower tier DACs.
 
Accuracy?  Soundstage? Imaging? Everything?  Does it really just crush them in all possible ways?

For me, absolutely.  My Gungnir was my second DAC.  I had a DACMagic before it.  Blech.  The Gungnir really showed me what a good DAC could do.  However, the Yggy is, to me, miles better in every way.  Clarity is the word I'll use.  Everything seems more clear.  More defined across all adjectives. 

 

[US Blues]

 

  I was hoping for a description of how it was better than Schiit's lower tier DACs.
 
Accuracy?  Soundstage? Imaging? Everything?  Does it really just crush them in all possible ways?

For me, absolutely.  My Gungnir was my second DAC.  I had a DACMagic before it.  Blech.  The Gungnir really showed me what a good DAC could do.  However, the Yggy is, to me, miles better in every way.  Clarity is the word I'll use.  Everything seems more clear.  More defined across all adjectives. 

We must have been separated at birth! I went from a DACMagic to a Gungnir to Yggy. 
 
All I can add to your description of the sound is the word "real." Iggy sounds more like real musical instruments playing in space than the others. 

 

[jfoxvol]

 
We must have been separated at birth! I went from a DACMagic to a Gungnir to Yggy. 
 
All I can add to your description of the sound is the word "real." Iggy sounds more like real musical instruments playing in space than the others. 

 
Nice.  Yes, that is a good word.  My Ragnarok is getting delivered today and I'm stoked how this big pile of schiit will sound. 

 

[dwest1023]

In my system, other then being clearer sounding, the Yggy bass is more musical and defined compared to the Gun.

 

[US Blues]

 

 
We must have been separated at birth! I went from a DACMagic to a Gungnir to Yggy. 
 
All I can add to your description of the sound is the word "real." Iggy sounds more like real musical instruments playing in space than the others. 

 
Nice.  Yes, that is a good word.  My Ragnarok is getting delivered today and I'm stoked how this big pile of schiit will sound. 

You will love it, I got mine after Yggy really broke in. Mind you I listen to speakers, but the Rag is some serious Schiit. 

 

[eddypoon]

It's all right. Nothing fancy, just a DAC that's giving you the real music.

Real. Music.

No other DAC in the same price range does the same.

 

[Jamiee]

Hmmm... did my Yggy just give up the ghost?
 
It's been baking for the past 3 days without an issue, then I had to reboot windows due to a Win10 required update.
After the update, no audio whatsoever...
 
There's no indication of sample rate on the Yggy's front panel.  I've tried USB direct into the Yggy and via AES input from a Stello U3 DDC.
I have tried both Thesycon drivers (for the U3), and the Yggy's Gen 3 driver. They install fine, but still no sound.
 
I have tried powering the Yggy off and back on....  The VCO/VCXO light flashes for 15 seconds or so then goes off - still no sample rate indication.

 

[evillamer]

It's all right. Nothing fancy, just a DAC that's giving you the real music.

Real. Music.

No other DAC in the same price range does the same.

There's also the audio-gd master 7 and master 11 at the same price range.