The manufacturer claims it sounds 20% better than the original, but it doesn’t… ergo: it’s broken-Why is it broken?
The manufacturer claims it sounds 20% better than the original, but it doesn’t… ergo: it’s broken-Why is it broken?
Now that makes me wonder about the headphones output… it has less of a noisy route to take.The hash was not audible from the balanced or headphone outputs
No. That's not broken either.The manufacturer claims it sounds 20% better than the original, but it doesn’t… ergo: it’s broken
Those are down 110 dB. -Warrants a "broken" designation?I explain that. My measurements show all kinds of interference in the analog output of the system:
You see numerous sources of interference. Such systems will change behavior depending on how you are using them, causing noise to manifest itself here, but not there.
When you have a super clean measurement, then you have confidence that such variability is not going to exist. And this, gives me confidence to recommend a system knowing that the design itself is super robust.
This level of performance and not fixing a bug with filtering is "broken" by my standards. It would be an insult to give a different recommendation when other products do so much better. You disagree? Vote in the poll accordingly. Don't skip over the clear explanations I have given you to (once again) complain about a review. Move on.Those are down 110 dB. -Warrants a "broken" designation?
That's a very strong indication that this is the typical unbalanced system noise / ground loop issue and not a issue with the device itself (other than that it is 3-prong mains and thus audio GND bonded to earth ground).I will quote you stereophile review: https://www.stereophile.com/content/mytek-digital-brooklyn-bridge-ii-roon-core-preamplifier-page-2
"Downstairs, with my desktop system, I noticed some low-level noise and hash, the kind that can sometimes leak through a computer soundcard, and also some hum. The hash was not audible from the balanced or headphone outputs—only the unbalanced.
That's a very strong indication that this is the typical unbalanced system noise / ground loop issue and not a issue with the device itself (other than that it is 3-prong mains and thus audio GND bonded to earth ground).
I bet the noise/hash would not change if the output signal were shorted at the sending end -- which is the easiest check of all for any ground loop issues and I'm frustrated that reviewers don't use it. All you need is one RCA cable (or adapter) where the center conductor is soldered to the shell and the center pin left open (so as not to actually short the output).
I think this is one of those devices that is audibly transparent and has a bunch of inputs.No. That's not broken either.
Those are down 110 dB. -Warrants a "broken" designation?
Seven reconstruction filters are listed in the touchscreen's DAC settings window: Fast and Slow Rolloff Minimum Phase, Fast and Slow Linear Phase, "Brickwall," "Apodizing," and "MQA Custom Apodizing," similar to those offered by Mytek's earlier Manhattan D/A preamplifier. The display indicated that Fast Rolloff Minimum Phase was the active filter. If I attempted to choose a different filter with the touchscreen, my choice was confirmed by the display, but the Brooklyn Bridge II's impulse response with 44.1kHz data (fig.1) remained the same, a short minimum-phase type with a small amount of ringing following the single sample at 0dBFS.
Note, however, the presence of low-level power supply–related spuriae in this graph.
The line input inverted absolute polarity from the preamplifier outputs and the left-hand headphone jack but preserved polarity from the right-hand headphone jack.
Well, it’s his opinion, isn’t it? You can have your own.You call a transparently performing device (disregarding filter) "broken" due to some kind of personal standard?
Doesn't seem like room is being made where different opinions can coexist though.Well, it’s his opinion, isn’t it? You can have your own.
Consider that people will often run their DAC output 20+ dB down from max level to get reasonable listening levels from their power amps / active speakers, and then the SINAD will drop by the same amount (assumed the volume control is digital in the DAC itself or in the DAC feed).You call a transparently performing device (disregarding filter) "broken"
Why not use the Wiim pro plus at around 1/20th the price?Using the RME as an example, for 5x the price
All I see is two people disagreeing about what “broken” means…Doesn't seem like room is being made where different opinions can coexist though.
And that's my opinion.
The Poll is there for people to vote with their fingers. And an open forum allows everyone to post what they like. What I am not open to is complaining about my opinion just because. Such generic complaints need to go elsewhere and not in the review threads. This is your second warning.Doesn't seem like room is being made where different opinions can coexist though.
And that's my opinion.
Worse yet, I did not use the word broken in my review. Buggy, yes. Poor performance, of course. But broken is not what I called it.All I see is two people disagreeing about what “broken” means…
The marketing decision to use a bulky linear power supply was very wrong from the start. Besides the mains interference problem, a lot of valuable space got occupied by the large transformer, lots of reservoir caps, subsequent voltage regulators, the 115/230V switching.
They simply could have used an on-board or out-board 19Vdc SMPS with universal mains input which is a bog-standard item, and then generate additional voltages for the analog stuff, ADC/DAC etc with DC/DC converter modules locally.
The marketing decision to use a bulky linear power supply was very wrong from the start. Besides the mains interference problem, a lot of valuable space got occupied by the large transformer, lots of reservoir caps, subsequent voltage regulators, the 115/230V switching.
They simply could have used an on-board or out-board 19Vdc SMPS with universal mains input which is a bog-standard item, and then generate additional voltages for the analog stuff, ADC/DAC etc with DC/DC converter modules locally.