Finally...A basic DAC from Mytek

[Miska]

10 hours ago, arcman said:

I was hoping Mytek would release a stripped down DAC. Not everyone needs analog preamp and phono preamp functions.

 

https://mytekdigital.com/hifi/products/liberty-dac/

 

It is not basic DAC, it has MQA decoder, but doesn't give access to DAC chip's filter settings. So probably it is running all PCM all the time through the poor MQA filter? Well, running it with DSD input all the time avoids that, but still...

 

[Miska]

3 hours ago, PunkRiot said:

Or maybe they chose one of the 7 built in ESS filter for PCM and just use that one by default and switches to MQA filter only when MQA content is playing? Otherwise the PCM will sound like crap. This is still Mytek, I doubt they would compromise quality by using MQA filter for all PCM content. 

 

That has some delay challenges when MQA content starts playing, which is why some manufacturers opt for the MQA filter. And Brooklyn uses the MQA filter always when MQA support is enabled...

 

[Miska]

2 minutes ago, Em2016 said:

The same with feeding the DAC with PCM353/384kHz (software up-sampling like HQP)? You by-pass the MQA filter?

 

Possibly maybe, I don't know and I don't have one to test with...

 

[Miska]

1 minute ago, Em2016 said:

But with your Brooklyn, and with MQA enabled, what happened when you fed it PCM384kHz from HQP?

 

Could you still see the effects of the MQA filter on the analogue output?

 

I don't have Brooklyn anymore and first thing I did was to disable MQA support. And during the short time I had it I didn't spend much time or effort with PCM inputs.

 

[Miska]

5 minutes ago, Em2016 said:

Which Mytek models use synchronous clocking?

 

I saw for the Brooklyn:

 

"- unique Sabre master clocking feature allowed placing ultra low jitter 100MHz master clock 1/4” from the chip"

 

https://mytekdigital.com/download_library/Engineering_and_Design_Philosopy_of_Mytek_Brooklyn_DAC.pdf

 

The old Stereo192-DSD DAC I have...

 

42 minutes ago, Em2016 said:

How did your Brooklyn (Plus?) measure when fed DSD256 via HQP?

 

Equally as good as RME ADI-2 DAC fed DSD256 via HQP?

 

Do you have your Brooklyn measurements that you can share.

 

I didn't have time to measure it and I don't have it anymore...