I bought the RS250 as a replacement of a new Node and Qutest combo. I am very happy with it as a Roon endpoint. Sounds fantastic.

Besides missing balanced cable, is it otherwise complete? The case, box, etc.

Ha - I’ve got the JBL sub under my keyboard. Never enough.

I got my X's back from a right driver repair. Support was great. My question: They sound different. Am I imagining that? I wore mine almost daily since Jan '15. I swear these are different headphones. I must assume that the drivers are different than before.

It is. I am thinking about going SimLab as I just got my DD1 and the RS1 flexes a bit.

So if I have a short .8m usb run between my Aries G1 streamer and Mytek Brooklyn I could benefit from adding this within the chain.? It’s hard for me to believe what’s leaving the Aries is crap and needs fixing. If someone says different I might try it but it’s difficult to get head around this...

Not me. I have both. Versatility goes to Mytek. RME does a better in upper treble response (tad less glare). They are both amazing and I am keeping both but if I only had digital sources I’d exclusively use the RME.

Excellent DAC. The hype on its performance is warranted. Even if I end up putting the Brooklyn back into the main system I’ll keep the rme. I think I like the non fatiguing sound of AK chip DACs a tad more than ESS based ones.

Sure. VPI Classic Soundsmith Zephyr MKIII Behind the cabinet door sits the Sutherland Insight phono preamp I run that into Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ ( testing the RME right now )

Yes the adapter works well for power hungry phones.

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The sbooster, specifically set to 13.2v, made for a nice improvement with the Dac+

Yes this Home theater bypass is not used for direct use to active speakers but to another preamp You control volume the dac+

1. Mytek Manhattan II 2. Mytek Brooklyn DAC + 3. Chord Hugo 4. PS Audio Directstream DAC

Thanks. I have actually have used the built in phonostage. Clean, detailed, and precise. May be a bit lean for some but sounds very nice. My Sutherland sounds better but if I didn’t hear it I would be very happy with the Brooklyn’s phono playback.

Plus it’s sexy in black You may also want budget for a nice linear power supply too I got a Sbooster for it. Takes it up another notch

On my mobile so it will be a short reply. For two channel playback I thought the Mytek had more midbass and low bass compared to the Benchmark. Which I like and which ultimately made my decision for me. Similar air, extension, and detail with both of them. I did think the headphone playback...

I have the DAC +. Nice little bump from the original Brooklyn. If you have one already, keep it. Two-channel playback was so close I don't think I can hear difference. The headphone amp though is better this go around.

I can report that the headphone amp in the DAC + is much improved this go around. More control, balance, with no hint of distortion even at high levels. Sounds great using the balanced adapter