Brooklyn DAC+ Anyone?

Mine was pretty much on song straight out of the box.  Although as I said earlier I did let it run for a while(maybe and hour?) before listening seriously.  Might have gotten a bit fuller in the mids after 20 hours or so, I don't recall for sure.  I am still very pleased with it.  Almost all my listening has been PCM, but I have run some DSD over PCM from a MacBook Pro running Audirvana and that sounds very good as well.  I have the MacBook Pro hardwired to the Internet for TIDAL and even the 44.1 TIDA HiFi sounds good.  Most TIDAL MQA is of course better.

Keep in mind it's not just the DAC chip/circuit,  these days the analog section can be the deciding factor.

Good Luck with your comparison,
Robert

Ostensible;

Im glad to see one of us including a good Chinese option,

your choice of of dac is a interesting set

jeff

robob OP151 posts02-11-2018 5:52pmHey Folks,

The DAC+ is doing well and is wonderful.

I am spinning vinyl through it as I write this. It sounds surprisingly good. I am not sure what caused the constricted sound the first time I tried the MC phono input (analog input set to MC Phone) but I am not hearing it now. This the second time trying it and I warmed it up with the first two sides of a recent re-release of The Koln Concert. The piano was full bodied and Keith's moans were clearly audible.
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Robert:  I am deciding between the Benchmark and the Mytek Brooklyn DAC+.   The quality of the Mytek phono section may be the deciding factor.  I have a high end vinyl rig with a Lyra Kleos MC cartridge.  I have had a vintage MFA preamp in my system for a while and the Mytek may get the nod over the Benchmark if the phono stage is more than decent.

The phono stage is good but does not compare to my gold note ph-10 phono stage, as well it should not when you look at prices.

i quickly went back to the ph-10 as it is much more revealing with extended soundstage, deeper bass, clearer vocals etc.

if you have a high end ish Vinyl rig I think you would be better off with a great phono stage.

just my opinions from my experience 

Hello Folks,

I hope you are all well and good.

I agree with uberwaltz.  As I maybe mentioned,  I have a Kleos and it deserves better.  I have a JC3+ and it works well with the Kleos and my Classe CP500 preamp.  

On the other hand,  as a temporary solution the phono section in the DAC+ would be fine.  Also the Benchmark will not do MQA.

BTW, I may start a thread on thus but let me interject here that most folks are buying too low on the cartridge spectrum.  The cartridge has to change mechanical motion into electrical signals which is difficult to do properly.  Assuming a compatible arm, one should at least be at the Delos level.  Also,  understand the current Lyras are very different from the old Helikon/Titan line.  Still detailed but full as well.

Y'all take care,
Robert