Yggdrasil MIB was: Jason+Marv Pyrate Edition 11001B

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Anyone interested in Yggdrasil MIL-B Pyrate Edition

  1. Yes, I'd like to be in a limited run of a new DAC

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  2. Yes, although I'd rather go the upgrade boards route

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  1. yotacowboy

    yotacowboy McRibs Kind of Guy

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    Update! So after my initial experience with MIB boards, I'm convinced the boards I originally heard were somehow borked (i'm not kidding, they sounded like absolute hot YMO ass). The sound was so totally off I sent them back for a refund. A month or two later I went ahead and ordered another pair of MIB boards, and despite some less than professional shipping issues, they've been in my headphone rig for about a month. And have now been in my speaker rig for about a week. All I can say is there absolutely must have been something wrong with the boards I originally heard, as these newer boards are fan-f'ing-tastic. Bass is actually present, if not just a bit less slammy compared to A2, and a little less textured (especially into the midbass) compared to LIM. But everything from the upper mids on up the frequency response with MIB is just silky smooth compared to both A2 and LIM. With MIB there's less "golden lit from the mids" perspective compared to LIM, but the layering and fine texture kinda trounces the LIM's palpability with greater nuance and delicacy. With MIB there is absolutely zero grain or white-washing.

    If I had to sum up my experience with these three different analog boards it'd be this: LIM—I focus on percussive immediacy and instrument body, and bass and midrange texture; A2—I focus on soundstage delineation, definition, detail, space, and unraveling complex mixes, and bass heft and slam; MIB—I focus on vocal inflections, transient information (attack, sustain, release, etc), and microdynamic expressiveness.

    What's most wonderful to consider is that with these three (well, four, I have A1 boards, too) I have a DAC that I can tailor towards the rest of the chain's misgivings and omissions and cover most scenarios of minor tuning mismatches. For example, in my speaker rig, MIB is the True King, however, in my headphone rig, LIM is the realism and palpability master.
     
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  2. Wojciech Czupta

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    Does the MIB upgrade kit work with the old chassis?

     
  3. internethandle

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    Yes. When you purchase Yggdrasil upgrade cards, on the Schiit website it asks you if you have the older or newer chassis. If you choose the older chassis, they send you the cards plus the appropriate firmware (EEPROM) chip to install it, assuming you choose self-install.
     
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    Do you know if a 110V Yggdrasil can be converted to a european 230V ?
    thanks
     
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    It can, but that'll void your warranty. Voltage conversion is available as a service by Schiit US (it was two-way shipping costs + $50 a couple of years ago). May be reasonable to ask Schiit Europe, whether you have that option as well.
     
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    if I wasn't impressed by MIL and LIM replaced A2 eventually (I enjoy tight bas and rolled of highs don't bother me), is there any chance I would still enjoy MIB?
     

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