Optimal Volume and Settings for Mytek Brooklyn

That's exactly what MQA to non-MQA does on Tidal. MQA shows 96/24 while everything else is 44/16. That said, I still feel like the sound on my system is better when I back off the volume a bit on the Mytek. I have a McIntosh C47 preamp arriving early next week, so we'll see if that makes a difference. I'd be surprised to learn the Rotel flagship preamp couldn't handle the output of the Mytek, though.

I run my Brooklyn at full volume into an Ayre a7xe with zero issues at all. I have yet to have a sample rate bug appear fortunately either.
Mostly just stream Tidal though it for MQA and seems to vary anywhere from 16/44 to 24/48 to 24/88 to 24/96 to 24/192. And appears to switch happily between them with no distortion.

Have you tried to run the Brooklyn at full volume and just back off the volume on the Rotel?

@uberwaltz I’m not playing the Rotel that loud when I get distortion. 

Did you already update your Software to the latest version; then you are allowed to adjust your perfect volume settings on your DAC+ version , from 05 - to 4v. (1.8  is mostly recoomended). Before that you have (sometimes ) to mutch with output up to 4v.