Looking for Linear Power Supply for my Mytek Brooklyn DAC. Suggestions?

I ordered an ifi iPower for both my Pi 4 streamer and Mytek Brooklyn.

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(Disclaimer, that’s an affiliate link, if you buy from it I’ll save money on my CD’s)

Pretty good sounding. I haven’t been able to do any direct comparisons to my variable voltage, $250 Astron but based on measurements on ASR and that they sound good, at $50 each I can give them thumbs up for price, performance and convenience. Despite being a little underrated for a Pi 4 (only 2.5 A) the 5V model works fine. I read up online and I guess the Pi 4 only takes about 0.5A unless you have any high draw accessories, so this should be OK.

I’ve only listened to the original version, not the X which seems to add more current to the spec, and looks a lot nicer. I’ve also not yet tried the Mytek with more than 96kHz sources. I’m not sure if the higher sampling rates will tax the ifi’s 2A output, compared to the 25A Astron, but after several days of listening I have no complaints or operating issues at all with the ifi.

My listening area is a mess. After I have moved hopefully I will have a better comparison between the ifi and Astron, but based on performance, size convenience and cost I don’t see myself going back. I’ll keep the Astron in case I ever go back to doing any op-amp projects again.

Best,

E

FYI - Though I have an Astron, it's really too big and bulky so I've ordered an iFi for my Mytek and another for my streamer (Pi 4). I'll let you all know.

When I was in Engineering school, my professors told us that every dollar added to a design created ten times that cost in retail price.

And this is why speaker kits can be so cost effective... but I digress.

It's not that switching supplies are necessarily bad, it's that they are not always designed with an eye to keeping noise out of the AC line.

A good switching supply can offer stellar output. 

For the currents and voltages we are talking about in the Mytek though, a linear supply is a great choice.

Hey OP:

I used the Astron with the variable voltage dial and usually set it around 13 V. Yes, I'm using it with a Mytek Brooklyn (the original version).

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Best,
E

I like the Astron models. You need to make your own cable, but that’s pretty easy.

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