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Apr 14, 2017 at 2:42 PM Post #2,792 of 14,566
radicus said:
 
cozzi said:
  Ergo signatura vitea vix ante pax obitus.
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Statim finis!
 
I don't think so.
 
Curre ad montana cum musicorum aures tuae!
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That's what we al do here every day, except for running at the mountains perhaps.
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Apr 14, 2017 at 2:59 PM Post #2,793 of 14,566
rkw said:
  If I understand correctly, you have a source with balanced output, and you want to use it with both a Ragnarok and Mjolnir 2. Do you need to use both at the same time? If not, use a switch such as this: http://www.markertek.com/product/arx-abs-1/arx-abs-1-audibox-xlr-a-b-switcher-stereo-input-signal-switcher (hopefully you can find one that isn't so ugly!).
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http://www.markertek.com/product/vs-4x/kramer-vs-4x-4x1-balanced-audio-passive-switcher
 
The Kramer switch works very well and is high quality - I have not been able to hear any degradation in signal with it in or out of my gear chain.
 
Apr 14, 2017 at 5:10 PM Post #2,795 of 14,566
All this talk of opera.  I have never been a fan, but I am listening to Mahler's 5th by the San Francisco Symphony and find it pretty transcendent.  Or transcendental, which ever.
 
Apr 14, 2017 at 6:04 PM Post #2,797 of 14,566
baldr said:
  The Absolute Sound Yggy review came out.  Really different from Stereophile.
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Just got it and devoured the review by Robert Harley, whom I personally consider one of the more rational reviewers.
 
 stunningly great
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Congrats, Mike.  That review is one of the most laudatory of your achievement with the Yggy that I've read.
 
Now, to order my Gumby before you guys run out again.
 
Apr 14, 2017 at 6:09 PM Post #2,799 of 14,566
Just read Harley's review of the Yggy in Absolute Sound. He's absolutely in awe of performance and price as someone mentioned. Compared favorably to Berkeley Alpha Ref and dCS Vivaldi. He also was favorably disposed to USB implementation. Yggy was least improved of all DACs when he hooked up to Berkeley Audio Design Alpha USB converter. In other words, the Yggy doesn't need the help as much as other DACs. Good to know I don't need a $1900 USB to AES fix for my $2300 DAC.
 
Regardless, a good read for those interested. He also addresses the 20 bits of resolution issue.
 
Apr 14, 2017 at 8:59 PM Post #2,802 of 14,566
bageljoe said:
  Just read Harley's review of the Yggy in Absolute Sound. ...
 
Regardless, a good read for those interested. He also addresses the 20 bits of resolution issue.
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Do you think that 20b comment was a dig at the friendly opposition?
 
And is it true that no A/D yields more than 20b anyway?
 
Apr 14, 2017 at 9:24 PM Post #2,804 of 14,566
ableza said:
  All this talk of opera.  I have never been a fan, but I am listening to Mahler's 5th by the San Francisco Symphony and find it pretty transcendent.  Or transcendental, which ever.
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Sometimes, for some people, it is difficult to get by the stylized form of singing.  The opera that converted me was Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio - Abbott and Costello rescue the Girls from the harem.  Hilarious, and easy to follow in person with supertitles.
 
I have in my entire life only displayed one bumper sticker.  "Mahler Grooves", almost 50 years ago.  He does.  Try Solti's 8th, and Walter's Second and 1st (oldies but goodies).
 
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Apr 14, 2017 at 9:25 PM Post #2,805 of 14,566
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