I will not be purchasing a Wyrd primarily for this reason. My thoughts: I highly doubt that any of us would have been able to determine whether or not a Wyrd was being used in a blind test. If there was a difference, it was very small. I think only Adam (the owner of the Wyrd) was even certain he heard much of a difference between using the two big $ Schiit DACs with or without the Wyrd. If they had better USB technology why wouldn’t Schiit offer it as an option to include it internally on all their DACs?Ĭonclusion: Not really. Test #3 - Did the Schiit Wyrd USB device make much of a difference with the Yggdrasil or the Gungnir Multi-bit?īackground: I was extremely skeptical that either the Wyrd device would make any difference. All four of us still preferred the sound of the “warm” Yggdrasil to the “cold” Yggdrasil even after the “cold” Yggdrasil had been powered on for a few hours. Test #2 - Did the “cold” Yggdrasil warm up after a few hours and sound the same as the “warm” one?Ĭonclusion: No. We didn’t blind test this, but I’m sure we would have all be able to tell which Yggdrasil was which. The “warm” Yggdrasil had more definition and a crisper sound to my ears. The “cold” Yggdrasil sounded congested and slightly veiled compared to the “warm” Yggdrasil. There was a noticeable difference between the two. My thoughts: The Schiit advice about leaving the Yggdrasil on is real. Is there any truth to this?Ĭonclusion: Yes! All four of us preferred the sound of the “warm” Yggdrasil to my “cold” Yggdrasil. Would Larry’s “Warm” Yggdrasil sound better than my “Cold” one? The Yggdrasil manual mentions that you should always leave it on. My Yggdrasil has been unplugged and powered off for a few weeks since I currently don’t have a rig to run it with. Test #1 - Does a warmed-up Yggdrasil sound better than one that had been sitting cold for a few weeks.īackground: Larry’s Yggdrasil had been plugged in and powered on continuously for weeks. I’ll describe the most interesting tests we performed, what the group conclusions were, and my thoughts, if any. We used a Radio Shack SPL meter to ensure that differing volumes would not be a factor. We tested by playing minute-long snippets of our favorite testing tracks on each set of gear to be tested. We used a Placette Audio Passive Line Stage as a volume control and input switcher. The primary setup we used for our testing was Larry’s B&W 804S speakers powered by a Parasound Zamp. We ended up getting four people (including me) together for some testing at Larry’s house. We later found out that that Adam (drfindley) had purchased the Gungnir Multi-bit and we were interested in pitting the two Schiit top-dogs against each other in a blind test.įast forward to Saturday. Larry and I had each purchased Yggdrasil DACs and we were interested in both putting them through their paces and testing to see whether the Uptone USB Regen device made a difference. Larry (jazzfan) had come up with the idea of doing a mini-meet when Andrew (particleman14) and I bumped in to him at the California Audio show a few months ago. I realize that many of you aren't comfortable posting over there so I wanted to share our testing results here as well. This is also a cross-post from over at HC. I'll do another post with some concluding thoughts in a day or two when I've had some more time to think everything over. This post is going to be something of an information dump as I try and summarize my notes from a full day of testing.
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