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That's a great combination. My Vali 2 is on semi-permanent loan to my cousin in Detroit, but I miss it every now and then.

Alice eventually wakes up. Keep some spare tubes and you do not have to end the dream. The tube magic will continue.

How are you liking the headphone rig so far?

The regular non-remastered version is muuuuch better.

Loving this new Hozier track and the whole EP: https://youtu.be/bkUHaz5lY3I

@zonto to your PM about smoothness in the treble, I don’t get that Yggdrasil A2 is smoother than GumBy2. For the stuff I listen to, G2 is warmer and fuller and seems a bit more forgiving on top than Y2, although in a different way Gumby1 did, which is just softer overall. I don’t know that it’s going to soften things on top the way you’re hoping. Y2 is more extended and transparent up top IMO.

To overall impressions, I’ll stick to my initial impressions: G2 is fuller and denser in tone, but also a bit more blunt/dry. Y2 is wetter but also leaner and slightly less forgiving. However if soundstage, layering, microplankton and atmosphere is high on your list of priorities, Y2 wins.

I’ll try to write up a comparison soon and post in one of the Schiit DAC threads, or Torq’s Yggdrasil thread.

I think it would mean what some of his followers have been thinking for a while: Amir IS God!

What if when we die God is just chilling in an eames chair listening to some tunes with a fat DCS stack beside him and he just looks at us with a *nod* and says "....right you were boyos"

^^^ nailed it!!

so you are the lucky fellow that snagged it! People say 3 weeks, but i would say 1 week. I'm stuck at 175 out of 188 for A2 upgrade. fuuuuu....

Just turn the Gungnir Multibit off and leave in the garden for an hour to cool, then it's fair

@Cellist88, I started in a similar position on June 8. I'm now 117/188.

I just joined myself and I know people don’t like it “cold” but even at hour two I thought it was the best DAC I’ve ever heard.

Has Schiit ever explained why this is? I've never heard of this issue with other DAC brands.

Pavane and Yggdrasil 'A' are both grotty in the first few hours. I heard a Soekris board that was cold and didn't like that much either.

My Yggdrasil A was like this too. I remember my wife and I were watching the Friends series on Netflix at the time, and after we swapped in the Yggdrasil vs. the Oppo BDP-105 DAC we were using previously it was crazy how voices sounded. Distortion and clipping, almost like the microphone gain was up too high or something. Smoothed out a bit by the time we watched an episode the next evening.

I already sent the package off but I don't mind taking pics of mine. In fact I might have already taken pics

Also went Modi Multibit -> Gungnir Multibit; the difference was immediately apparent. Modi bought new at end of Feb, wonder if its one of the new ones. :O

Thread: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/new-schiit-modi-multibit.6591/

https://www.wired.com/2013/03/nhl-selection-bias/

Interesting article. They really can find stats to show anything these days. The biggest question I have is this:

Why the hell is this being covered on Wired.com!? ;-)

Can confirm. Was just at IKEA and a good 60-70% of the women in the 20s-30s age range looked like they were ready to drop.

Nice. I'm thinking either these or the Contour 20 will be my end-game speakers.

Yeah the Contour 20s do look pretty amazeballs, but too pricey for me right now. Got a wicked deal on the Fortys, which is the only way I was getting those at this point in my bank account.

Good luck, all the CA stuff I ever had has broken down just out of warranty, except for one tuner. I avoid them like bum disease now.

I sure hope not, it was a good used deal (considering it's a $3K CAD retail amp), but it still wasn't chump change.

Me too, I'm not wishing disaster on you, obviously.

Not about USB nervosa, it's about the best possible streaming source to feed your DAC.

my mistake. carry on.

Going to be trialing some other streamers over the next while, some RPi hats , etc see if there are any major diffs