Mytek new dac Brooklyn.

[lmitche]

A Sad day for my UK...

+1 Ugh!

[Totsipaki]

+1 Ugh!

 

Why are you sad?...

[lmitche]

Fear won.

[Middy]

Leaving only works if we turn into an industrial power house of manufacturing and innovation.

The government can't find its ass with both hands, only other people's with money... Now the poorest will suffer even more. Rights can be washed away.

And the EU will make us pay just to stop others leaving.

They sold it as patriotism to leave when it's just ugly nationalism.

 

Sorry I shouldn't post this here. Thanks again Mytek thread. I'll delete if it causes an issue.....

[Totsipaki]

Leaving only works if we turn into an industrial power house of manufacturing and innovation.

The government can't find its ass with both hands, only other people's with money... Now the poorest will suffer even more. Rights can be washed away.

And the EU will make us pay just to stop others leaving.

They sold it as patriotism to leave when it's just ugly nationalism.

 

Sorry I shouldn't post this here. Thanks again Mytek thread. I'll delete if it causes an issue.....

 

Us Greeks know firstyand how vengefull tose arrogant asses in brussels can be . But you have your own currency a still healthy economy (not compromised by Eu policies to make you submit) and your commonwealth Usa and other alliances. You did good to vote out even for the wrong reasons Iceland did and at a cost and look at them now, Poland doesnt want the euro anymore and switzerland withdrew their application to join.. In time youll realize youve made the right choise to cope out of this rotten corpse EU haz become. Fear would be to remain trust me and do not be afrai.

[Middy]

Thank you ....we can only hope it's the right thing. Europe does owe Greece for not helping. I hope things are improving over there. .Even if it slow change...

 

Kali tychi

[Totsipaki]

Acually we also voted out (kind of) last summer but were brutally bullied down to submission despite the crushingly rejective out come of our referendum..

 

Having no economy of our own left drinking the EU poison (with joy untill six years ago I must admit) for too long an being carelessly governed.. Anyways It is my belief that the Greek people have come to terms with the Idea that our country is typically under occupation..

 

We fought bravely but we lost.. Now we try to make the best of the reality that has dawned upon us and try to choose the less evil... But after what my (our) eyes have seen If we had the opportunity and the ability to do what you did, there would be an all week celebrations everywhere in the country with everyone merrily exchanging hugs.. If you only knew... what evil you just took your self out of.. and what joy and hope you silently gave to hundreds of millions of Europeans (yup not only greeks..).

 

I my self thank the proud people of the uk for this punch in the face you gave to those corrupt bureaucrats who practice capitalism like communists who want to turn this continent to an undemocratic hell worse than china...

 

Sorry to the moderators and readers for my off topic posts but I could not control my self this time..

[Middy]

Some.good news... The Brooklyn arrived. ..so the wife says...so back to being confused about audio. Just waiting for the Sbooster. I am not sure about an IFI DC PURIFIER. If I am in or out.....

[Totsipaki]

The outboard power supply works wonders to this already wonderful dac you'll see! Go listen to "selling england by the pound" for a start

[RJ Kamsma]

The outboard power supply works wonders to this already wonderful dac you'll see! Go listen to "selling england by the pound" for a start

 

That happens to be a beautiful song and sounds great in DSD format.

[RJ Kamsma]

Some.good news... The Brooklyn arrived. ..so the wife says...so back to being confused about audio. Just waiting for the Sbooster. I am not sure about an IFI DC PURIFIER. If I am in or out.....

 

Just enjoy the Brooklyn before committing yourself to upgrades. You may need some savings when I crisis follows the brexit.

[RJ Kamsma]

Some.good news... The Brooklyn arrived. ..so the wife says...so back to being confused about audio. Just waiting for the Sbooster. I am not sure about an IFI DC PURIFIER. If I am in or out.....

 

Will you please listen to the difference between the 12 and 13.2 volt settings? After getting used to the Brooklyn of course. Enjoy your Brooklyn and SBooster.

Perhaps you can also choose to listen to the Kinks with King Arthur or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire [emoji6]

[Middy]

Haha but I won't listen to the decline and fall of the British Empire.. I living that at the moment......

 

One small problem, I have to make a balanced XLR Cable into a TRS 6.5MM.

 

I am waiting to see if I can get the balanced Mytek balanced x2 trs to Female xlr adapter or have one made or make it if I knew the pin outs...

 

I will take apart my stock Mr Speakers and swap the XLR for the TRS. Good job I can solder.

 

It's like having a record player and no records to play with.....

 

I will of course give any impressions I can and see if 13v sounds better.

 

Even the IFI DC PURIFIER if I get it.

 

ATM I still have my OPPO ha1

Ifi ipurifier 2

Intona no flash no industrial

And my phone with USB audio player pro Sammy S5..

 

I am waiting to see what the fall out is with Ethernet. ..Rendu's, Rednets, Muteks and other expensive toys..... probably wait to see the version under $300 that works not the current $3000+.

 

I'll keep saying thanks all until I can give back to the thread...

 

Keep smiling

Dave

[rtb]

Hi Gents, just received a new Brooklyn on demo from a dealer. Forgive what may be a simplistic question, but I'm new to computer hifi. I am struggling to get my (also new) modified Mac mini running Audiovana to recognise the Dac. Any tips? I thought with a Mac no drivers were required.

[RJ Kamsma]

Hi Gents, just received a new Brooklyn on demo from a dealer. Forgive what may be a simplistic question, but I'm new to computer hifi. I am struggling to get my (also new) modified Mac mini running Audiovana to recognise the Dac. Any tips? I thought with a Mac no drivers were required.

 

In System preferences you must change your audio device to your Brooklyn. Than Audirvana should point to the Brooklyn.

[rtb]

Thanks for the reply. Just managed to sort the problem of the Mac mini not being able to recognise the Dac. I eventually traced it down to a a duff brand new sub chord! I as obviously thinking too deeply and not going for the basics first.

cheers, Roy.

[Morph]

Well I've had the Brooklyn for a week now and the unit has had roughly 120 hours burning in. Whilst the unit is second hand it hadn't seen much action. The difference in SQ is very noticeable now with great depth to bass and the harsh 'thinness' that I heard initially has now long gone. I set the sbooster lps to 13,2 for the burn in period but have now switched it down to 12.5v because to my ears that setting gives the Brooklyn a mellower more rounded sound over all in my system.

 

I'm really pleased with the Brooklyn and think it's a great replacement for my trusty Chord QuteHD DAC. Love it.

 

Morph

[rtb]

I have read all the reviews where they say it takes around 150 hrs to burn in but, after getting it up and running this morning using it straight into my mono blocks and now working for 5 hrs the sound stage has suddenly opened up and the shrillness of high female voices toned down. Looking forward to 150 hrs.

[anroj]

Thanks Marc, you were the final straw that broke my will.....

I now have UK MCRU sending me the Mytek Brooklyn in black. Got a voucher as well 8^ ). David is really helpful.

 

I even pulled the trigger on a Sbooster12-13V . The Dutch rep was really helpful also.. John's JS2 looks fantastic but that was the last of my savings. I might try the IFI DC PURIFIER as our above thread friend Anroj hears a boost.

 

Thanks for everyone's advice and support, very much appreciated.

 

I'll be back here soon.... asking daft questions. .

 

Good luck

 

Dave[emoji6]

 

My apologies to the group. I mistakenly saw the ifi DC Purifier and thought it was the ifi iPurifier. I recently got an iPurifier II, not the DC Purifier. What I can say about the iPurifier II is that it seems to have lowered the noise floor even more from my LPS. Also, there is more definition and tautness to the bass. Vocals/instruments seem to be more precisely located and more three-dimensional. Soundstage width and depth seem to be more expanded, without being exaggerated. I was listening to Jonathan Butlers "Story of Life" and the voice and guitar and voice were coming from the same person within the soundstage. Before the iPurifier, the sound was terrific, but you could sense that something was wrong with the timing or maybe jitter playing a part in not being able to pinpoint the performer within the soundstage. On Cantus' "Kyrie" (2L) there is a male voice front and center. He seems to emerge from a black background with proper height and ambience. He is joined by the choir and you can easily pick out the various vocal groupings within the soundstage, while not losing the main male voice, which stays locked front and center. I'm very impressed with the ifi iPurifier II and what it has brought to my system.

[gixxer]

Hello, thanks to all for replying to my earlier thread post. Very informative to boost my understanding, particularly in struggling to decide between the following two choices,

 

a) Audirvana Plus + mac mini + jitterbug + high quality (pricey) usb cable + mytek brooklyn dac (out outboard power supply) with high quality (pricey) AC power cord + balanced cable + oppo pm-1 headphone

 

b) Audirvana Plus + mac mini + jitterbug + high quality (pricey) usb cable + "meridian explorer2 dac" + high quality (pricey) line level cable + "oppo ha-1" with high quality (pricey) AC power cord and connection at its RCA inputs with meridian explorer2 dac + balanced cable + oppo pm-1 headphone

 

My current desktop, non-portable MQA setup that uses the meridian explorer2 dac is,

 

Audirvana Plus + mac mini + jitterbug + high quality (pricey) usb cable + exploer2 dac + oppo pm-3

 

 

 

I acknowledge i'm replying to the mytek brooklyn dac conversation thread in this forum.

 

But seems like there are few owners of mytek brooklyn dac that had/have experience with as either current or past owner of oppo ha-1 that perhaps can help me steer in right direction.

 

My main motiviation for the brooklyn dac is MQA, mainly for native MQA that i can playback to a balanced headphone. I'm fairly settled on the oppo pm-1 headphone (currently i own the oppo pm-3 running it using balanced for MQA playback using ONKYO DP-X1 DAP).

 

I don't have the perfect set of ears at the age ~51, slight tinnitus as well, although comes and go. However i can pickup good set of audiophile playback, mostly plays classical and jazz, with some amount of vocals (eg. Amy Duncan's undercurrents in current desktop meridian explorer2 sounds "amazing", but i haven't heard the same tracks without the MQA encoding so can't do a/b contrast - but hearing without the meridian explorer2 DAC using Astell & Kern AK320 balanced output, well, sounds good there also).

 

 

I'm thinking really comes down to the return on investment (and subjective personal tastes), i.e. cost per performance between setups (a) and (b) above, but mainly could i "leverage" the meridian exploer2 as an external DAC to the oppo ha-1, knowing the connection will be single ended using line level connection (although meridian did make their line level output to be a a high gain). I guess at that point using meridian2 dac as an external dac, it's moot point whether i have balanced cable to headphone or not from oppo ha-1.

 

 

Basically the brookly dac setup will be ~$1000 additional. And if i can get that back as performance with setup (a) above, then i'll do that, since i'm thinking not just the MQA encoding, but other (lossless) playbacks in brooklyn system will perhaps sound "better" over ha-1 (???). I do own good size 2L recordings at 24/96, 24/192, and DSD's up to DSD256's. Although i've read that oppo ha-1 does quite well in those lossless playbacks too.

 

Damn, i wish i can just walk into a store and do a/b between these two units, brooklyn and ha-1, and walkout there knowing what i want.

 

 

Anyway, i guess really comes down to this.

 

Meridian Exploer2 DAC that i currently own, could that be an enabler in continuing my journey in MQA playbacks, as an external DAC to unit like oppo ha-1, granted the connection between the two maybe not be ideal?

 

 

Thanks much!

[Middy]

Not much I can add yet Gixxer even though I now have both... 8^ (

 

I am still trying to wait for a 4P XLR to TRS Balanced adapter. 2 x TRS to XLR female

I am attempting to rewire my stock MR Speakers Ether Cable to 1/4 TRS just to hear the Mytek and start burning in today.

 

I understand Mytek's choice. . The unit is tiny compared to the HA1. It's more like a car stereo.

 

Xlr out is a more specialist option. A little expensive for the $120 adapter and few understand the wiring pinout. Basic parts $20 dollars...

 

But that's my issue as it was for my HA1....

 

I can't fault much on the Ha1 to be honest and was my introduction into Hi end headphones.

 

I went crazy on it and stripped and cleaned every internal connector to great effect..

 

The Mytek is nearly 3 years more advanced in time terms and a vinyl lovers perfect add on..

 

Sorry to go on but I got the Brooklyn as a future proof gamble as I am starting to try for a family.

 

MQA so far is like DSD great but not much about. MQA search Digital audio review... Darko's take on it....

 

The HA1 is the cheaper option due to upgradey-itus. ...older product...

 

Some here have had both. To my ears the IFI IPURIFIER2 improved the sound. So did the INTONA reclocker... I see you have a jitterbug.

 

I will keep the HA1 a bit before passing it on to give people like you Gix some options, opinions..

And do my audiophile duty...

 

I have no doubt the Mytek will sound fantastic or I read the wrong reviews and have spent 2 years savings for nothing.

 

Some sites would slaughter me for not getting a separate DAC AMP.

 

Not much help brother.. and a long read....

But I will help anyway I can once I am up and running....

 

I run off my Android phone. 2x $50 ish USB AB cables... If the rewire works I'll try AB ing...

 

Sorry for the big read and good luck

 

Kind regards

 

Dave

[gixxer]

Some sites would slaughter me for not getting a separate DAC AMP.

 

Okay, thanks for the reply.

 

I was wondering, if you have tried hooking up to your ha-1 the brooklyn dac, i.e. brooklyn dac as dac only with the balanced outputs to the ha-1 balanced inputs, hence using the ha-1 as the headphone amp?

[Middy]

That's a fair point....

Apologies I am still thinking about the mess the UK is in.....

[rtb]

Hi folks, Not me with the Oppo, I'm running a valve "CR Developments Carmenta", Pre-amp which is only RCA. Running through the pre amp is my next trial as I've read earlier in the thread a couple of guys prefer the sound this way.

I'll let you know how I get on.

[Middy]

Finally figured out how to wire up the 1/4 TRS on my stock cable from 4P XLR.

 

Just now trying the Brooklyn....

Always a bit frightening with no burn in time.... Still wating for a despatched message for the SBOOSTER 13.2V.

 

 

Will a $120 balanced cable adapter help???

 

For just 10 mins in ...off XLR to single TRS...New DAC.. A little scared.. Clear top end a little shrill,

 

Bass very pronounced a littlr muddy on my ETHERS....

 

What did people say 150 Amp and a few hundred burn in for the Sbooster.....

 

 

Writing this not to frighten or discourage people.

I want a base line to work off as things and myself settle in to this new sound signature.

 

Wait until I have a balanced cable...

 

Does seem wider in sound stage...

 

Give me a few days in for a next opinion.

 

Plus I will see if Gixxer idea works on the OPPO.

 

Thanks all[emoji4]

As always for the help and advice you lovely people...

 

Dave