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RE: A new dac

Posted by John Elison on December 18, 2020 at 17:40:13:
I have a Mytek Brooklyn Bridge, which is basically the same as the Mytek DAC+ with some additional features such as streaming and playback from a plugin USB drive. I really like playback from a plugin USB drive, but it's limited to PCM up through 24/192. For DBX and DSD you need to connect a computer streamer using JRiver or equivalent. Using JRiver, the DAC+ will play DBX and DSD up through DSD256. The Mytek is definitely a very nice DAC and it sounds as good as any DAC I've ever heard. I use mine as a preamp because it has one analog input and the analog input can be configured as a line-level input or a phono input for either MM or MC cartridges. I use mine as a line-level input because I found a digital player that will play all digital formats up through DSD256 from its internal plugin memory card. Unfortunately, you probably won't like it because it's made in China.

Shortly after buying my Brooklyn Bridge I discovered the Chinese FiiO products and I really like FiiO digital players. I'm currently using their Flagship FiiO M15, which costs $1300. It has dual top-of-the-line AK4499EQ DAC chipsets and it has both balanced and unbalanced analog outputs. The thing I like best is that it can play all digital formats from a plug-in micro SD memory card. It will address up to 2-terabytes of memory, but the largest capacity micro SD memory card I could find was only 1-terabyte. Therefore, I bought several of them. This brings the price up to the value of the Mytek. However, it sounds just as good to me and it's a lot more convenient with its 1-megapixel touch screen to display its digital memory. If you can figure out how to tolerate a product made in China, the FiiO M15 would be my choice for playing high-resolution digital music files. If I had discovered FiiO first, I might never have bought the Mytek Brooklyn Bridge. On the other hand, I really like the Brooklyn Bridge, too.

Best regards,
John Elison