[Skampmeister]

I bought a new DAC+ and the new Chord Qutest this week. In the process of comparing the two.
But there is an issue with the DAC+ volume attenuation jumpers. Mine was running a tad hot into my pre, so off the lid went to insert the 4 jumpers.
Left channel was fine, but the right channel has major issues, frequent ticking noise with the sound dipping with each tick, very quickly.
Tried it a few times, but no change, thought I might have a bad unit, so I emailed Mytek and got a swift 5 minute reply informing me that they found a bug, and the jumpers must be removed, and next week they will be releasing a firmware update that’ll add a gain control for each input on the control panel, the same way it’s done on the Manhattan II.

 

[Kerwin515]

I have to agree with @Kerwin515 that the DAC+ is a good improvement over the DAC - especially in regards to the headphone amp. I gotta give a plug to Travis at Corpse Cables for my custom cables. He made me a balanced Mytek cable with his GraveDigger custom Cardas rubber cable that is hella flexible and sounds amazing.

Do you mean you have the dual 1/4" jacks as part of the cable and not just one terminated with an XLR plug that you use with a separate adapter?

 

[Kerwin515]

I bought a new DAC+ and the new Chord Qutest this week. In the process of comparing the two.
But there is an issue with the DAC+ volume attenuation jumpers. Mine was running a tad hot into my pre, so off the lid went to insert the 4 jumpers.
Left channel was fine, but the right channel has major issues, frequent ticking noise with the sound dipping with each tick, very quickly.
Tried it a few times, but no change, thought I might have a bad unit, so I emailed Mytek and got a swift 5 minute reply informing me that they found a bug, and the jumpers must be removed, and next week they will be releasing a firmware update that’ll add a gain control for each input on the control panel, the same way it’s done on the Manhattan II.

Thanks for the info! It's great and pretty amazing that they can do this in firmware.

 

[thegabe]

Do you mean you have the dual 1/4" jacks as part of the cable and not just one terminated with an XLR plug that you use with a separate adapter?

I had him make me the same adapter Mytek sells (making sure to follow Myteks wiring spec). There is no reason he couldn't just terminate the headphone cable with dual quarters.

 

[newtophones07]

I want this unit so bad!!!!, but man $2K is hurting my eyes , I appreciate the reviews of those that have posted, by the way

 

[Kerwin515]

It's actually $2,200. lol

 

[thegabe]

It's worth it.

 

[Skampmeister]

$2999 in Australia.

 

[Mikesp1]

I bought a new DAC+ and the new Chord Qutest this week. In the process of comparing the two.
But there is an issue with the DAC+ volume attenuation jumpers. Mine was running a tad hot into my pre, so off the lid went to insert the 4 jumpers.
Left channel was fine, but the right channel has major issues, frequent ticking noise with the sound dipping with each tick, very quickly.
Tried it a few times, but no change, thought I might have a bad unit, so I emailed Mytek and got a swift 5 minute reply informing me that they found a bug, and the jumpers must be removed, and next week they will be releasing a firmware update that’ll add a gain control for each input on the control panel, the same way it’s done on the Manhattan II.

In the mean time you can put the Mytek in digital or analog volume mode and turn the gain all the way up to -6dB.

 

[Skampmeister]

In the mean time you can put the Mytek in digital or analog volume mode and turn the gain all the way up to -6dB.

Yes you are correct, I’ve done that already, but have to be mindful when plugging the LCD-X’s in. But it does indeed stop the input distortion on my pre.

 

[Skampmeister]

Firmware 1.20 is out, and it does as expected, adds an individual gain adjustment per channel.

 

[captblaze]

Firmware 1.20 is out, and it does as expected, adds an individual gain adjustment per channel.

thanks for the tip, although I see this update prevents rolling back to older firmware. Have you noticed any sound signature changes?

 

[thegabe]

Where do you see v1.20? I'm looking at the support page and don't see it listed.

 

[captblaze]

they just pulled it... there is a bug with DSD volume control that is being investigated

 

[Kerwin515]

Hmmmmm...I wonder if this is the same bug I posted about on the Roon forum. I have the USB Volume Control set to Win so I can control it from within Roon. With PCM files, volume control works as it should. When I play DSD files and try to change volume, Roon indicates that it's changing, but the B+ doesn't do anything and you have to use the knob.