johnwmclean

I believe the SZ3’s are the newest since ~2015.... the diaphragm was slightly tweaked.

So I get my new Stat SR-007A’s today from eBay and the box serial number reads SZ2...... Back to Japan they go.

Happy Birthday Jim!

Thanks Steve! Glad to see you back here!!!

Happy Birthday, Hope you had an awesome day!

Thanks to all, I had a great day, extra special as I also received some good news regarding my mums health.

Thanks Laowei, being the Yggdrasil is direct DC coupled from chip to output your findings are interesting. I’m not denying the existence of the difference you hear, just the theory to substantiate it. Many thanks for the offer .

Those voltage converter boards were Spritzers, I’m pretty confident he doesn’t offer them any longer.

Any differences with upgraded caps?

Happy to hear all people and pets are all doing well as can be under the circumstances. All the very best!

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I love the CAT pre amp, wonderful sound through the phono stage. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Please do tell.

Horse before cart. So do we need to ups pitch size to accommodate components that are within correct operating voltages...?

Have a great birthday!

Kevin in the same sentence you claim you’ve never listened to a Yggdrasil yet you know other products that outperform it

There would very few companies that pass scrutiny dished out here. Regardless of the valid issues raised by Don and Chief Cook my Yggdrasil is sounding amazing.

I’ve had Pure Music and Amarra in the past and kind of struggled to hear any differences from iTunes, so I kind of stuck with iTunes for quite a while. Whilst the Yggy was being upgraded I completely re-stored my music server iMac (2012) back to factory settings, and I’m just in the process of evaluating Pure Music and Amarra again but limited to Mountain Lion (10.8). I’ve got a demo of Pure Music running at the moment and there’s quite a few differences since I last used it, and I can now hear a difference. iTunes seems a bit muddier in comparison. Do you think these playback software companies purposely shape the sound a little...? I have suspicions, but am liking what I’m hearing.

To put this into some context, I have been using a cheap USB cable (from before and after the installation of the Gen 5 board), it's been consistant in my setup, there are no other devices between the iMac and the Yggdrasil. With further listening I'm quite surprised how well the DAC is sounding, a layer of grime seems to have been removed. I wasn't expecting such a significant improvement from the original Gen 3 board, frankly I thought all this USB interface talk was a load of hype but this has me re thinking the whole front end thing.

^Agree. I recieved my Yggy back with the Gen 5 upgrade and was pleasantly surprised to hear a not too shabby level of improvement.

Oh that’s sad news! RIP Glen

RIP Betty Cuthbert 79 Four time Olympic gold medallist

True. Who knows...

Unfortunately Stax doesn't tier their product line-up with third party amps in mind. Even though the 007s do scale brilliantly with Kevin's amps and compete with the 009s, Stax is mute on the subject and for obvious reasons.

A cultured yankee! Who’d have thought...