Big news for us Roon users...

[Ali Tait]

Tempted to have a go with this Gaz. Have just subscribed to Tidal, brought on funnily enough by a move to Sky Q..

It's an annoying thing that Sky have gone backwards on connectivity with Q. With my old HD box, you had optical and coax digi out, as well as anologue outs. You also had four Ethernet ports on the router. With Q, there is only one optical out on the box, and only two Ethernet ports on the router. Not much good when your dac only has coax spdif input, and you need at least three ethernet connections on the router.

So, I bought an Ethernet switch to expand available ports on the router, then started looking at dacs so I can connect the box to my system. Upshot of that is I ordered a Mytek Brooklyn, which has come today. Given it's the first non Meridian dac that can process MQA, of course I have to try Tidal..

So the Q has ended up costing a fortune. Bear the lack of connectivity in mind folks, if you are considering changing.

The Mytek looks a great bit of kit though, very versatile and great sounding according to the reviews.

[Gazjam]

Mytek looks a great bit of Kit Ali, look forward to hearing it at Mine maybe...playing "proper" MQA through Roon.
Should be a blast.
Bit of a bugger with Sky Q, optical can be ok if the implementations good.

Should Try Roon, only snag is you need an "endpoint" (digital renderer) thats compatible?
With V 1.3 I know there's a whole list of compatible new hardware, so worth a look.

Cant remember what you use (used to use? ) for digital, will be fine though if you still use the TFS, just load the Client version of Roon on the 'poota.
Good info here:
https://kb.roonlabs.com/Architecture

[Ali Tait]

Mytek looks a great bit of Kit Ali, look forward to hearing it at Mine maybe...playing "proper" MQA through Roon.
Should be a blast.
Bit of a bugger with Sky Q, optical can be ok if the implementations good.

Should Try Roon, only snag is you need an "endpoint" (digital renderer) thats compatible?
With V 1.3 I know there's a whole list of compatible new hardware, so worth a look.

Cant remember what you use (used to use? ) for digital, will be fine though if you still use the TFS, just load the Client version of Roon on the 'poota.
Good info here:
https://kb.roonlabs.com/Architecture

Not sure what you mean by endpoint mate?

Yes still using the TFS.

Had a go with MQA, it's sou ding very good so far. Good thing with this dac is you can enable or disable MQA playback with the press of a button, so it's easy to hear the difference. Am preferring MQA, it seems to resolve low level detail better, makes the whole seem more musical and draws you in to the performance more.

Difference is easily discernable, see what you think at the next board meeting.