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In Reply to: RE: You will find that it may be very little posted by Tony Lauck on August 20, 2014 at 15:46:50
Really? it runs hot as the new york subway platform in august.
I recently compared the Mytek to DACs cost 2 and 3 times as much.
The Mytek gives exactly $1595 worth of sound. But no more.
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I haven't ever been on a NY subway in August, but my Mytek runs warm, not hot. There is no question of being able to hold my hand on the case for as long as I want. Hot would be like my amps, where that is not possible.
What were the DACs you compared and how did they compare?
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Consider your self lucky then :)
Well the MyTek runs hotter than ANY other digital component I have ever seen.
Direct comparison were made to the following DACs:
SIM 380D (PCM) $4000
Bryston BDA-2 (PCM) $3000
Naim DAC $4000
Musical Fidelity M6 (PCM) $3000
Auralic Vega (DSD/PCM) $3500
Luxman DA-06 (DSD/PCM) $5000
Marantz NA-11S1 (DSD/PCM) $3500
To say the MyTek was a distant second would be the understatement of the year. In comparison, a very flat soundstage, dry treble, and less ambiance, by a country mile, actually.
I have said many times, considering the feature set, it is worth $1600, but no more than that. It does not belong in a reference system, and you are leaving a good amount of the recording ambiance on the table by using it.
Agree, the design is compromised.
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