Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ or Schiit Yggdrasil?

Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ won.  A coin flip.  Good enough between two good choices.

Picked up a PS Audio PerfectWave Transport, refurbished, at a good price.

All attached to my rehabbed Krell KAV300i.  XLRs between all.

The Mytek folks were terrific when operator error kept me from getting music to come out.  I sent them an email and my phone rang 5 minutes later.  We corrected my input source to SPDIF, I un-muted the Krell, and music has been coming out ever since.

Out of the box?  Call it a richer sound than my Theta ProPrime II.  Violins sound woody, as do upright basses, as never before.  I can hear the piano keys strike the strings.  I decided that I don't like the mic Joni Mitchell used.  Her voice isn't round and rich enough.  But I can tell.  And just think: it's going to get better.

I keep a disc on Repeat with the DAC+ on.  Amplifier off.  No noise, but everything should be breaking in.

Thanks for all the good advice!

I would check out the review in Audio Science Review on the Schiit dac. Very detailed review that was not very good. In fact did not recommend the unit.

"I would check out the review in Audio Science Review on the Schiit dac. Very detailed review that was not very good. In fact did not recommend the unit."

Well, I listened to the Yggy with my own ears ... I didn't read a review ... and I sounded dang good to me.

I would check out the review in Audio Science Review on the Schiit dac. Very detailed review that was not very good. In fact did not recommend the unit.

Pretty sure that review disagrees with virtually all other professional reviews and has been criticized as being simply wrong and garbage.