The price went up because my guess... they had to catch-up with exchange rates.
http://www.schiit-europe.com/index.php/schiit-ragnarok.html
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Is Yggdrasil also incompatible with Jplay's Kernel Streaming ? I hope more and more DAC manufacturers realize that Jplay compatibility is a big minus vs the competition is Jplay is more or less mandatory together with 2012 Server in Core Mode..
If it will be €2500,- or lower, I sure as hell am going to get one!
I understand the USB input is really good. Since I mainly will use it for my computer, that of course is a big plus.
Will it be "as is", or will it be upgradable? (Couldn't find information about that, or if it supports I2S, but I probably haven't looked right.)
Just registered, because I had to jump on this Windows Server thing.
I'm not sure where the basis for installing a server OS for audio quality came from, but it's pretty nonsensical for many reasons:
1. Server OSes in general aren't designed around using audio, much less optimized for it.
2. The vast majority of the whole server codebase shares code with the consumer version. This has been true since Windows XP/2000.
3. In fact, not only are they the same codebase, but most of the DLL files are identical, or within a patch version of each other.
4. Using Core Mode/disabling most services isn't a recommended avenue for anyone who can avoid it. Those methods are usually reserved for systems and servers that are so old and slow that they don't really have any business running the operating system.
Long story short, save your cash, spend it on something that matters, like this Yggdrasil!
Is Yggdrasil also incompatible with Jplay's Kernel Streaming ? I hope more and more DAC manufacturers realize that Jplay compatibility is a big minus vs the competition is Jplay is more or less mandatory together with 2012 Server in Core Mode..
Just registered, because I had to jump on this Windows Server thing.
I'm not sure where the basis for installing a server OS for audio quality came from, but it's pretty nonsensical for many reasons:
1. Server OSes in general aren't designed around using audio, much less optimized for it.
2. The vast majority of the whole server codebase shares code with the consumer version. This has been true since Windows XP/2000.
3. In fact, not only are they the same codebase, but most of the DLL files are identical, or within a patch version of each other.
4. Using Core Mode/disabling most services isn't a recommended avenue for anyone who can avoid it. Those methods are usually reserved for systems and servers that are so old and slow that they don't really have any business running the operating system.
Long story short, save your cash, spend it on something that matters, like this Yggdrasil!
What would be the benefits of such optical ports?
Me myself would only utilize the standard BNC/USB/Toslin/COAX inputs... Possibly HDMI I2S or AES/EBU but there is none it seems...
Well have you done it or are you just wasting people's time with your undocumented assumptions about things you clearly have no clue about ?
I have done it and I can tell people it's definitely worth it and much smarter than spending $$$ on product (Microsoft gives free Student licenses to 2012 server btw......0 dollars). Core mode only equals to jumping from a mediocre DAC to a decent one.
You sound just like a manufacturer who pushes people to buy more product rather than doing smart and cheap tweaks to fully leverage their gear.
Well have you done it or are you just wasting people's time with your undocumented assumptions about things you clearly have no clue about ?
I have done it and I can tell people it's definitely worth it and much smarter than spending $$$ on product (Microsoft gives free Student licenses to 2012 server btw......0 dollars). Core mode only equals to jumping from a mediocre DAC to a decent one.
You sound just like a manufacturer who pushes people to buy more product rather than doing smart and cheap tweaks to fully leverage their gear.
Sorry, but no it doesn't. This is just another audiophile wild goose hunt in search of a placebo.
And before you accuse me of being a shill, I've done it and blind tested it under reasonably controlled conditions. I also have 3 decades of experience with MS operating systems and at one time held every cert imaginable from MS. My org is also an MS partner, so I have access to the operating systems at no cost, so I'm not saving any money avoiding Server OS. Not stating that to brag, just to avoid the same accusations you made above.
Unless you're running on hardware more than a decade old that simply can't handle the basic background processing of the OS, turning off random services is not going to improve audio. Mutlipthreading operating systems long ago dealt with operational priority and modern hardware streams without breaking a sweat. Every look at your CPU utilization at the process level on a PC while you stream audio? Do you even hit 5% CPU utilization?
I'd be open to the possibility if anyone can show the improvement running Server in Core mode using hard data. To date, hasn't happened.