Not a v550 question but apparently you know better. I am looking to get a 2541 to upgrade my Qtest that while detailed, sounds a little too thin. My question is if the 2541 has the same sound quality on XLR and RCA output, or is one of those DACs built around XLR and RCA is just functional for testing?
IME the XLR balanced out is better and my preferred output with the soekris balanced dacs. However the RCA ports are not by any means gimped. I was running the XLR (balanced) outputs into my head amps and the RCA (SE) were going into an amp that powered my nearfeilds, and I was generally pleased with the setup, YMMV.
If your looking for a soekris DAC and preferr to use the RCA outputs then the soekris dac1421 is something you might investigate as its a single-ended design
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If your looking for a soekris DAC and preferr to use the RCA outputs then the soekris dac1421 is something you might investigate as its a single-ended design
My V550 is going to use the XLR, obviously, but my WA-6SE is just single ended, and if the RCA output is lacking, I will need to consider a quality switch box to use the XLR for sound and RCA for VU meters, because that always make the system sound 10 times better, as we all know 
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I did some research to expand my knowledge on DAC combinations other than v550 and 2541.
I had a question about Schiit’s Yggdrasil, which you are using.
Is it okay to think that the product upgraded from Yggdrasil A2 and the product newly sold as Yggdrasil+ (OG) are equivalent?
(Sorry I’m starting to move away from questions about v550.)
Yes the Yggy A2 and the the Yggdrasil+ OG have the same sound signature.
Thank you for your answer. In Japan, where I live, there aren’t that many Schiit users, so I didn’t have enough knowledge about it.
I was a little confused because OG is often used to refer to first edition devices and there is no explanation of Yggdrasil OG variations on the official website.
Just because you’re using Yggdrasil doesn’t mean I’m going to jump on it, but it’s often helpful to learn about the device chains that knowledgeable people are using.
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