BRINKMANN AUDIO Nyquist mk II hybrid Streaming DAC
External power supply
Special Price: SOLD
Price guide: RRP NZ$33,000
Selling on behalf of a client, a Masterclass Brinkmann Nyquist MkII hybrid Streaming DAC. A stunning looking and sounding DAC that demands its own place in the high-end market
The most advanced Streaming Digital-to-Analog Converter ever created with unique, user-replaceable DAC Module to allow easy upgradeability and eliminate obsolescence, making it audio’s first-and only“Investment Quality” digital component.
The release of Brinkmann’s Nyquist upgrade fulfills our promise and proves that our “Field-upgradeable” concept works in practice as well as theory. An entirely new design, “Nyquist” was optimized to accommodate the latest digital formats including MQA™ streaming and playback, PCM up to 384 kHz/32 bits (including DXD),as well as DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256. Both the Hardware and Software of Nyquist’s Digital Module are easily user-replaceable, an architecture that assures unprecedented longevity and enables Nyquist to remain on the cutting edge of digital technology. As promised, Nyquist virtually eliminates obsolescence.
Nyquist offers outstanding connectivity, including USB, SPDIF, Optical and Ethernet inputs. Balanced, Single-ended and discrete Headphone outputs are all standard. Nyquist is RoonReady™ and RoonTested™ and offers Roon™ network playback and music management and supports many streaming services. Optimized, pre-selected filters have been carefully tailored for every digital format. A comprehensive remote handset offers control of head phone volume, input selection, mute and phase/invert. Thanks to our obsessive attention to each of these details, Nyquist achieves a level of user-friendliness unprecedented in High End Audio. Given its ease of use, matchless craftsmanship, total upgradeability and, of course, sonic superiority, Nyquist is simply the finest digital component available today…and tomorrow!
REVIEW SUMMARY:
It has a dynamism and smooth continuity that are immensely beguiling. It represents formidable German engineering allied to a profound sense of musicality that will be difficult for most listeners to resist.
I heard a demonstration of a pre-production Nyquist at last year’s Munich at the front end of Vandersteen Model 7 Mk.II speakers. That room was, by general consensus, one of the best (if not the best) at Munich last year…….Robert Harley - The Absolute Sound.
REVIEWS:
Nyquist Mk II, Edison Mk II, Marconi Mk II Review 2020 in "the abso!ute sound"
Nyquist Review 2017 in "the abso!ute sound"
Nyquist Mk II Review in "Mono & Stereo"
Nyquist Review in "Tone Audio Magazine"
Inputs: USB, SPDIF, AES/EBU, TosLink optical, RJ45 Ethernet
Outputs: Balanced on XLR jacks, unbalanced on RCA jacks, balanced headphone
Formats supported: PCM up to 384kHz, DSD64 and DSD128 via DoP, DSD256
Gain adjustment: 0 to +10dB (line out); 0 to 90 (headphone output)
Output voltage: 3.5V (balanced)
Output impedance: 10 ohms (balanced)
Dimensions: 16.5″ x 3.75″ x 12.2″
Weight: 26.4 lbs. (DAC), 26.4 lbs. (granite base), 7 lbs. (power supply)
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