Any recommendations on a MQA compatible DAC?
New to Digital
I am a novice with digital music, and would like some advice on some digital options that are not cost prohibitive.
I have a Yamaha A-S701 amp, a Yamaha
YBA-11 Bluetooth Wireless Audio Receiver, and ADS L9e monitor speakers.
I currently just use Amazon Music from my iPhone Bluetooth. I believe that I can do better with sound quality, and am interested in your thoughts.
I have a Yamaha A-S701 amp, a Yamaha
YBA-11 Bluetooth Wireless Audio Receiver, and ADS L9e monitor speakers.
I currently just use Amazon Music from my iPhone Bluetooth. I believe that I can do better with sound quality, and am interested in your thoughts.
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Patrick, I have a Mytek Brooklyn DAC for MQA, it's a very good unit for non-MQA as well. They have recently replaced that with a Brooklyn DAC+, which has a few small improvements, including an upgrade to a little better ESS DAC chipset. I think the DAC+ goes for $2150 (new). You can probably snag a gently used original Brooklyn for much less, if your budget won't accomodate a DAC+. I see one on the U.S. Audio Mart for $1275 today. This unit has a wonderful headphone amp, built in phono stage and is a joy to listen to. |
I don’t have any experience with PCM 5102 DAC chip. The Node 2 uses the Burr-Brown PCM 5122 chip and I can say from my experience that SQ is quite exemplary given its asking price. Others have reported here that Node 2 does sound better with high quality external DAC like Brooklyn or Ayre Codex. Check out this review for better prospective on Node 2, https://darko.audio/2018/01/further-travels-with-the-bluesound-node-2/ |
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