Post by Owen Y on Feb 21, 2018 15:24:38 GMT 12
US$995 - 50% the price of Mytek's Brooklyn DAC.
" Take the Mytek Brooklyn (and not the Plus). Shrink the box volume by a factor of three to remove the colour LED display and dancing signal level meters but maintain balanced outputs by converting the associated rear panel socketry from XLR to TRS (and offer TRS-XLR adaptors as an option). Keep hold of its internal ESS Sabre 9018K2M DAC chip and bypassable internal power supply but take away its MM/MC phono stage and analogue volume control to leave digital attenuation*. Stir in the Brooklyn Plus’ output stage upgrades for improved sound quality. Keep one of the 6.4mm headphone sockets for single-ended drive but lose the balanced output option. Now implement upgradeable firmware via Windows/MacOS software app and USB connection. "
See:
Darko Audio - darko.audio/2018/02/freedom-mytek-announce-us995-liberty-dac/
Mytek - mytekdigital.com/hifi/products/liberty-dac/
" Take the Mytek Brooklyn (and not the Plus). Shrink the box volume by a factor of three to remove the colour LED display and dancing signal level meters but maintain balanced outputs by converting the associated rear panel socketry from XLR to TRS (and offer TRS-XLR adaptors as an option). Keep hold of its internal ESS Sabre 9018K2M DAC chip and bypassable internal power supply but take away its MM/MC phono stage and analogue volume control to leave digital attenuation*. Stir in the Brooklyn Plus’ output stage upgrades for improved sound quality. Keep one of the 6.4mm headphone sockets for single-ended drive but lose the balanced output option. Now implement upgradeable firmware via Windows/MacOS software app and USB connection. "
See:
Darko Audio - darko.audio/2018/02/freedom-mytek-announce-us995-liberty-dac/
Mytek - mytekdigital.com/hifi/products/liberty-dac/
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