Since this is the Mytek Brooklyn thread, I want to put an observation on record. My original Brooklyn was a black unit that the local dealer was using as a demo unit. I was looking for a silver unit so the dealer let me have the Black Brooklyn unit my silver unit came in. Upon plugging in the new Brooklyn I was surprised that it sounded brighter and more congested than my original DAC. I wrote part of it off to having front to back, new, Lavricable's silver cables. Interconnects, USB and Headphones. All were XLR. There were two things going on. The Silver cables were bright and not broken in. The DAC also seemed to not have the smooth sound that I was previously experiencing. Well, three weeks later the DAC is showing a definite improvement and it's getting better as time goes on. I also replaced the headphone cable with a Moon Audio Black Dragon that I had. Well, BOOM the depth and smoothness I was enjoying was back. I'll still use the silver headphone cables with my Violectric V281 where it seems to be a good match. For now the Copper based Black Dragons sound much better. Let's see what another few weeks do in terms of a break in period.