So I am reading the review of Schiit Audio Yggdrasil DAC and with interest come across the first track used by the author: http://www.stereophile.com/content/schiit-audio-yggdrasil-da-processor-page-2#gzoFw24160gxskYc.97
"And the Yggdrasil plays the living, human-formed rhythmic hell out of an AIFF file ripped from Jolie Blonde, by Luderin Darbone's Hackberry Ramblers (CD, Arhoolie 399). This music plucks and picks and fiddles and strums more sincerely than any other music I know. It saws and hollers its way right into your heart, but only from ancient 78rpm discs—or when the DAC is good."
Never heard of the track so I find it on youtube and this is what it sounds like:
Is he serious? What am I missing here??? There are no highs. No lows. Everything is muffled. How could this be revealing of DAC differences?
"And the Yggdrasil plays the living, human-formed rhythmic hell out of an AIFF file ripped from Jolie Blonde, by Luderin Darbone's Hackberry Ramblers (CD, Arhoolie 399). This music plucks and picks and fiddles and strums more sincerely than any other music I know. It saws and hollers its way right into your heart, but only from ancient 78rpm discs—or when the DAC is good."
Never heard of the track so I find it on youtube and this is what it sounds like:
Is he serious? What am I missing here??? There are no highs. No lows. Everything is muffled. How could this be revealing of DAC differences?