[Yoga]

   
This is the kind of thing I found myself saying after listening to the HE-1000.  I can't say enough good about them and people just don't believe me.  Well the proof will be in the pudding.  Many others have heard them and agree.
 
Hearing this about the Yggy makes me really interested now.

Have you heard the Abyss? It's just like that also; you're 'in' the music, rather than it being 'in' your head.

 

[Stillhart]

 
Have you heard the Abyss? It's just like that also; you're 'in' the music, rather than it being 'in' your head.

I haven't had the privilege, no.  Assuming the HE-1000 is going to be godawful expensive, I'd want to hear an Abyss and a Stax before buying.  I hope to be able to do that at Canjam.  Maybe even with a Yggy!  :-D

 

[mulder01]

If this thing is as good as everyone says, there's gonna be like a 6 month wait on orders I reckon.

 

[Music Alchemist]

  If this thing is as good as everyone says, there's gonna be like a 6 month wait on orders I reckon.

 
Nooo! I wouldn't be able to bear the agony.

 
My knowledgeable friend (and various other factors, such as far better objective measurements) convinced me to just go for the STAX SR-009 and SRM-323S amp instead of the Abyss once I can afford a summit-fi headphone system. (It would work out to under $4K that way.)
 
With such an ultra-resolving transducer, I would be even more keen on comparing the Yggdrasil to the Modi 2. Then again, I also want the Smyth Realiser A8 virtual surround sound audio processor (which emulates the sound of limitless speaker systems!), and that already has a pretty good DAC in it...so I guess this all depends on my budget and whether there is a long wait period.

 

[Yoga]

  I haven't had the privilege, no.  Assuming the HE-1000 is going to be godawful expensive, I'd want to hear an Abyss and a Stax before buying.  I hope to be able to do that at Canjam.  Maybe even with a Yggy!  :-D

 
That would a nice audition combo! 
 

  If this thing is as good as everyone says, there's gonna be like a 6 month wait on orders I reckon.

 
Depending on price :¬)

 

[mulder01]

 
Depending on price :¬)

 
Well we know it's going to be roughly $2.5k, and if it's just as good or better than everything under $15k then why would anyone want anything else?  
 
Zerodeefex, can you think of any reasons anyone in the higher end part of the DAC market may not like it?  Could you imagine anyone trying it and saying "nah, it's not really for me"

 

[Yoga]

[Wrong thread - deleted]

 

[mulder01]

There has been a fair bit of talk around price for a while and it seems to be a pretty reasonable indication.  If you know much about Schiit, they're pretty serious about their no BS approach to deliver quality at a decent price.  Just take a look at their website and you'll see what they're about - and look at the prices of the rest of the range - even if it was $2.5k it would be by far the dearest product in their lineup.  This is designed to be paired with the Ragnarok amp at $1699 http://schiit.com/products If it comes out at $5k or something I will be floored.

 

[Yoga]

  There has been a fair bit of talk around price for a while and it seems to be a pretty reasonable indication.  If you know much about Schiit, they're pretty serious about their no BS approach to deliver quality at a decent price.  Just take a look at their website and you'll see what they're about - and look at the prices of the rest of the range - even if it was $2.5k it would be by far the dearest product in their lineup.  This is designed to be paired with the Ragnarok amp at $1699 http://schiit.com/products If it comes out at $5k or something I will be floored.

 
Whoops, I had my wires crossed; thought I was replying to you in the HE1K thread!

 

[Jason Stoddard]

For the record, Yggdrasil is going to be $2299.

 

[ThingyNL]

  For the record, Yggdrasil is going to be $2299.

Will that compare to € 2299 overseas like the Rag?

 

[mulder01]

 
Will that compare to € 2299 overseas like the Rag?

 
Yeah importing this stuff to a different country is always gonna cost more.  I was doing some rough estimates on price for myself...  The Ragnarok in Australia is $2949.  So 2949 divided by 1699 US = 1.74 times the US price.  So $2299 US for the Yggy X 1.74 = $3990 in Australia... which is the same price as the Auralic Vega... Even though in the US, there is more than a thousand dollars difference between the two... I don't get it.  I hope my estimate is wrong 

 

[zerodeefex]

For the record, Yggdrasil is going to be $2299.

I'm seriously considering getting two. Ridiculous price for this thing

 

[jusbe]

  For the record, Yggdrasil is going to be $2299.

 
Looking forward to learning more about it when it arrives.

 

[ThingyNL]

Yeah importing this stuff to a different country is always gonna cost more.  I was doing some rough estimates on price for myself...  The Ragnarok in Australia is $2949.  So 2949 divided by 1699 US = 1.74 times the US price.  So $2299 US for the Yggy X 1.74 = $3990 in Australia... which is the same price as the Auralic Vega... Even though in the US, there is more than a thousand dollars difference between the two... I don't get it.  I hope my estimate is wrong 

 
I payed € 1699 for my Rag.... US$ in €.... That is a big difference but I did the calculations and including shipping, import tax, luxury tax and all other crap taxes, it's about the same price as ordering directly from Schiit... Only now I have local support if something goes fubar.
 
So, i don't mind paying a bit more it's just I need to now how much I need to reserve for my order...
 
And on a side note... I would like to reserve the Yggy with serial 216..... matches my Rag.....