Post by brubacca on Oct 12, 2014 15:34:02 GMT -5
Ok... In some ways I am a complete sucker for an "inexpensive" tweak. I just received a Schiit Wyrd yesterday. It's a long story , but I built a music server out of an Atom PC several months ago. I thought that I was on the right path with using the Juli@ sound card that the Bryston music players use (they use a modified version). I use the coax out to my Rega Dac. I have to say on a lot of music this combination was really good, but I would also say that for rocking out to the likes of Pearl Jam it was really lacking. So much so that I have been saving up looking for a new DAC something like the Naim DAc V1 or getting a Qute2 to use as a streamer/DAC. At one point I ordered a linear PSU for the server and that turned into a fiasco. Short story there is never received it and filed a dispute with my card company. Somewhere along the way I had also acquired a Musical Fidelity V-link but with just using a standard USB I ended up using the Juli@ card.
Several months later here I have been trying to get myself to a place where I like all my music not just some/most of it. Enter the Wyrd. I figured what the heck. It was only $100 and I was contemplating spending much more on another DAC.
I installed the Wyrd between the PC and V-Link (feeding my Rega DAC) and DAMN... I am listening to Pearl Jam VS and it sounds awesome. There is drive and real Grunge to the music.
Obviously this is not a double blind whatever and I am not switching 1 to 2, but my overall impression of thus initial album is very good. Enough that I can just enjoy some of this harder stuff again.
Should it sound different? My engineering brain says it shouldn't, but my emotional attachment to the music says it does.
Several months later here I have been trying to get myself to a place where I like all my music not just some/most of it. Enter the Wyrd. I figured what the heck. It was only $100 and I was contemplating spending much more on another DAC.
I installed the Wyrd between the PC and V-Link (feeding my Rega DAC) and DAMN... I am listening to Pearl Jam VS and it sounds awesome. There is drive and real Grunge to the music.
Obviously this is not a double blind whatever and I am not switching 1 to 2, but my overall impression of thus initial album is very good. Enough that I can just enjoy some of this harder stuff again.
Should it sound different? My engineering brain says it shouldn't, but my emotional attachment to the music says it does.
