First it confirmed my impressions from audio shows, that the new DAC+ is a bit smoother. Putting the two DACs one next to the other, one atop of the other actually, was a revelation. ![]() Called a friend who owns the former Brooklyn DAC and he dropped it by my place, along with a linear power supply. I have no reason to doubt them but I know only one way for checking their story. Improved Headphone Amp sound (more detail, more definition).Higher grade, more transparent and less noisy analog attenuator circuit.Actually by going through the list there is not much left unaltered. Once there with the new chip, that offers slight specs improvement over the already stellar ones of the older ESS Sabre 9018, they decided to revise other parts of the Brooklyn design. This was not the case with my ASR so I left the output untouched. ![]() Mytek also packs a few micro jumper for lowering the output, in case the DAC+ overloads the amplifier. The box also contained a stock power cord and a Hama USB cable, which I didn’t use as I prefer my Das Klang (pricey) USB cable. Rubycon audiophile grade capacitors, shielded SM power supply, Altera Cyclone FPGA and XMOS receiver, at least 5 crystal oscillators and an all new, sealed Apple’s remote control. The overall impression is of a very well built product, with quality components throughout, attention to detail and nice touches. As for the 12V DC input, I will come back later on because it is crucial soundwise. You wont be able to better it easily with less than $500, the price of say an iFi iPhono or ProJect’s phono box DS+. It is clean, with low coloration and fairly dynamic sound. I tested it with a few of my cartridges and you wont be disappointed at all. With selectable gain for MM and MC cartridges this is probably enough for many potential users out there. The DAC+ keeps the phono stage module the old Brooklyn introduced which is quite good actually, and for being an extra it is more than welcome. Those last two options are very, very interesting. There is a ground binding post useful for the tonearm cable and a 12V DC input next to the IEC. The back plate is at least as interesting as the front, with balanced and single ended outputs, an extra RCA input, SPDIF, AES/EBU, USB, Coaxial, word clock in and even out. Besides picking the right filter one can choose whether to use an analog or digital volume potentiometer, select input, adjust the screen’s intensity, trim the phono stage, even change the color of the LED that lights up the Mytek logo on the front panel. Speaking of which, the DAC+ has many of those, buttons that is, that paired to the double LED displays offer all possible and imaginable options, more than one would ever consider possible. The new Sabre 9028pro packs 8 filters, pre-loaded from ESS and ready to use at the touch of a button. In fact, inside things are quite different. Not a matter of cost saving, more of an intentional evolution. That voice was right, apparently there is no difference between the former Brooklyn DAC and the later Brooklyn DAC+, not on the exterior. A voice screamed: But that’s identical to the non + version Mytek, known for being among the first to implement the ESS Sabre chips in their designs, contacted us with an offer I could not refuse, to take a closer look at the second iteration of their Brooklyn converter, the DAC+ with the latest of the crop Sabre 9028pro chip inside. But I am open to suggestions, new ideas and I have several friends always asking me for relatively affordable components, and those usually come with an Asahi Kasei or ESS chip inside. I prefer analog to digital sources and if I must spent some time listening to zeros and ones, I prefer them comin’ out of a ladder DAC and not some ΔΣ of the shelf chip. ![]() There is this one kind of reviews I don’t want to take, the ones I am not sure I will enjoy. Vulcanized from Arbenz, Vistel & Moutin | The Vinyl Anachronistģ00B Tube – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know | The Occasional Podcast SPL Performer s1200 Power Amplifier | REVIEW Nancy & Lee from LITA | The Vinyl AnachronistĬredo EV Reference One Loudspeakers | REVIEW Technics Premium Class C600 System | REVIEW Jan Gunnar Hoff, Home | The Vinyl AnachronistĪcoustic Sounds Behind The Scenes | Documentary Pacific Audio Fest 2022 Preview | PAF 2022Ī New Audio Show Emerges | Audio Advice Live 2022 Qobuz to Sponsor Two New Audio Shows: Pacific Audio Fest, Audio Advice Live Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Mastering Process | NEWS JMF Audio Enters US Market with New Amplifiers | NEWSīackert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.3 Preamplifier | REVIEW Pangea Audio Vulcan Parawood, Now with Sustainable Hardwood | NEWSįink Team Kim and the Matterhorn Audio Group | PAF 2022 LTA Z40+ Integrated, Spatial X4 Speakers | PAF 2022 Vincent Belanger and Audio Note UK | PAF 2022
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