I know I'm prejudiced because I own this DAC, but I think the first review is a hack job. It's a classic example of "For the money, it's not bad" type of review where the reviewer has his own pet DAC which costs more money and of course the lower-priced DAC can't beat his favorite DAC that he owns. We have all seen these types of reviews a thousand times before. I have learned not to assume that just because something costs more and you own it that it's better than something else that cost less (and sometimes far less). I have been brutally honest about this numerous times on this forum. And having said all of that, I'm not inferring that the first reviewer's DAC doesn't actually smoke the Mytek because I have never heard it. All I know is his description of how the Mytek sounds doesn't match my experience of how the DAC sounds.
I know I'm prejudiced because I own this DAC, but I think the first review is a hack job. It's a classic example of "For the money, it's not bad" type of review where the reviewer has his own pet DAC which costs more money and of course the lower-priced DAC can't beat his favorite DAC that he owns. We have all seen these types of reviews a thousand times before. I have learned not to assume that just because something costs more and you own it that it's better than something else that cost less (and sometimes far less). I have been brutally honest about this numerous times on this forum. And having said all of that, I'm not inferring that the first reviewer's DAC doesn't actually smoke the Mytek because I have never heard it. All I know is his description of how the Mytek sounds doesn't match my experience of how the DAC sounds.
I run my Mytek side by side with my Playback Designs MPS-5. Certainly the PD is the better DAC, but the Mytek doesn't get embarrassed. It fairs quite well.
I run my Mytek side by side with my Playback Designs MPS-5. Certainly the PD is the better DAC, but the Mytek doesn't get embarrassed. It fairs quite well.
I run my Mytek side by side with my Playback Designs MPS-5. Certainly the PD is the better DAC, but the Mytek doesn't get embarrassed. It fairs quite well.
Also, I made clear note of this in my review, to be fair I was not able to hear much of the MyTek in volume bypass mode
because at its lowest output, 3.5V, it was clipping my preamp.
Also, I made clear note of this in my review, to be fair I was not able to hear much of the MyTek in volume bypass mode
because at its lowest output, 3.V, it was clipping my preamp.
i ended up using the singled ended out for that reason and left it that way.
i agree with MEP, its a great unit not just "for the money" i compared it directly to the BADA as Andy did and can see why he still prefered his existing setup but the mytek resolves more detail and has better bass, the bada has a smoother treble/top end. imo, the mytek and bada play on the same field despite the price difference.
i ended up using the singled ended out for that reason and left it that way.
i agree with MEP, its a great unit not just "for the money" i compared it directly to the BADA as Andy did and can see why he still prefered his existing setup but the mytek resolves more detail and has better bass, the bada has a smoother treble/top end. imo, the mytek and bada play on the same field despite the price difference.
FYI..i just made one correction in my post..it puts out 3.5V at the lowest trim setting, sorry.
I also ran it single ended only.
Ultimately, I think what you lose with an op amp output stage is refinement. The BADA, and others just sound
more sophisticated to me. But again, that is ALL a matter of taste.
Totally agree it resolves a crazy amount of detail and the bass if off the charts.
I run my Mytek side by side with my Playback Designs MPS-5. Certainly the PD is the better DAC, but the Mytek doesn't get embarrassed. It fairs quite well.
Both in 44/16 and DSD? Many people are commenting on comparisons of digital units and do not state the format that they are referring to. This is too ambiguous and can even be misleading - I think I am not wrong stating that weighting the whole WBF membership in average we listen to 44/16 almost 99% of the time!
Both in 44/16 and DSD? Many people are commenting on comparisons of digital units and do not state the format that they are referring to. This is too ambiguous and can even be misleading - I think I am not wrong stating that weighting the whole WBF membership in average we listen to 44/16 almost 99% of the time!
Maybe here is where more differences come into play. I run my Mytek in volume bypass mode as both of my Krell preamps can handle it with no issues (KBL and KRC-HR). I'm also using the balanced outputs as well.
Maybe here is where more differences come into play. I run my Mytek in volume bypass mode as both of my Krell preamps can handle it with no issues (KBL and KRC-HR). I'm also using the balanced outputs as well.
