|
Computer Audio Asylum Music servers and other computer based digital audio technologies. |
|
|
|
Computer Audio Asylum Music servers and other computer based digital audio technologies. |
|
In Reply to: a few questions to Mytek 192-dsd dac users posted by paco on May 17, 2015 at 23:28:35:
I use the Mytek 192-dsd (preamp version) with a pair of Focal Twin 6-BE's and sub6. It took some time to get the system to sound good in my small room, mostly related to adjusting the various cross-over controls on the speakers. In the "flat" setting, the Twin's were very bright, listening 1 meter from the tweeters. This was easily fixed by turning down the tweeter control about half-way, which amounted to a -3.5 dB shelf at 10 Khz. In this setting nearly all my recordings sound natural and pleasant and I can listen for hours without fatigue, so long as I keep the volume levels reasonable. (With 1150 watts into drivers one meter from my ears, the speakers will play cleanly at volume levels that are louder than a symphony concert in row 10, and come with a safety warning.)
The Focals are set for the low sensitivity setting and the Mytek has the jumpers engaged and the volume trim at -14 dB. I listen to most (decent) recordings with the volume setting around -20 dB. I use the preamp function to monitor a cassette deck when doing analog to digital transfers, otherwise my system just plays digital from the computer. The analog volume control is satisfactory, but I prefer the digital volume control. As set up, playing a silent 24 bit track I can not hear anything out of the speakers except a very slight hiss when my ear is 1/2 inch from the tweeter. I conclude that the gain is well balanced as I've set things up.
I normally use HQPlayer to upsample Redbook to 176.4 or to DSD128. Both of these sound slightly better than sending the 44.1 directly to the Mytek.
I use USB 2.0 to connect the Mytek to my computer, but it also works at all its sample rates over Firewire (including DSD128). The sound is much better on USB 2.0 than USB 1.1. I didn't notice much difference with between Firewire and USB 2.0, but I haven't done a serious comparison.
I have not messed with expensive USB and Firewire cables. Incidentally, running the Mytek in DSD128 it is considerably less sensitive to any noise from the computer than it is in the PCM modes. I can hear some differences between playing WAV and FLAC files in real time when sending PCM to the Mytek, but not when sending DSD128 to the Mytek.
One thing you do not want to do is to power the Mytek on or off with the speakers powered on. This will create a scarey thump, but I've not seen any damage from this. The Mytek doesn't have a muting circuit.
The Mytek assumes the user has enough engineering knowledge to be able to read and understand the manual. This reflects its pro-audio background. I didn't find it too hard to set up, but it did take a couple of hours.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- RE: a few questions to Mytek 192-dsd dac users - Tony Lauck 05/18/1508:24:23 05/18/15 (0)
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
