MyTek Brooklyn Bridge User manual

Owner's Manual Ver. 1.0 / February 2019
© Mytek 2019
The Brooklyn Bridge rmware can be easily updated via Mytek USB
Control Panel. As the rmware is updated, Mytek will be posting new
rmware releases in the support/downlaod section on Mytek website.
Firmware may alter details of Mytek operation and consequently there
will be periodic updates to this manual. For news, driver updates,
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Contents
1. Introduction ...........................................................................................4
2. Package Content.....................................................................................5
3. About Brooklyn Bridge ............................................................................5
4. Device Features ......................................................................................6
5. Quick Start..............................................................................................7
5.1 Front Panel .......................................................................................7
5.2 Rear Panel ........................................................................................8
6. Windows installation and conguration ..................................................9
6.1 Windows – USB 2.0 driver installation ..................................................9
6.2 Windows – Mytek Control Panel installation process.............................. 11
7. macOS installation and conguration.................................................... 12
7.1 macOS – USB 2.0 driver installation................................................... 12
7.2 macOS – Mytek Control Panel installation ........................................... 12
8. Firmware update Windows and mac OS ................................................ 13
9. Menu ....................................................................................................14
9.1 Menu Navigation ............................................................................. 14
9.2 Menu Operation............................................................................... 15
10. MQA - Master Quality Authenticated.................................................... 19
11. Remote ...............................................................................................20
11.1 The Brooklyn Bridge Apple Remote Setup.......................................... 20
11.2 The Brooklyn Bridge Standard Remote (RC5) Setup............................ 20
12. Technical Specication........................................................................ 21
13. Warranty............................................................................................. 22

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1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Brooklyn Bridge from Mytek Digital and welcome to the Mytek users'
community.
Over 25 years of experience in building mastering grade converters and other audio equipment has
been utilized to create this digital to analog converter. Its sophisticated audio path is designed to
deliver bit perfect, high quality, transparent sound to your speakers and headphones. The Brooklyn
Bridge will play:
• PCM up to 32 bit / 384 kHz and DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 over USB
• PCM up to 24 bit / 192 kHz and DSD64 (DoP) over network
• MQA master quality les of online streaming services
• Vinyl records utilizing its precision M/C or M/M phono preamplier
• Any other digital source equipped with TOSLINK, SPDIF
• Any other analog source plugged into analog input
The Brooklyn Bridge has been optimized for highest performance under Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
Based on a newly developed Mytek Hi-Speed USB (USB2) Audio Class 2 32bit/384kHz Integer Interface,
the Brooklyn Bridge provides very low latencies as well as extreme stability.
Fast Windows drivers including ASIO & WASAPI are provided. Linux and macOS computers as well
as the Linux audio streaming devices do not require a driver.
Enjoy your new Brooklyn Bridge!
All the best,
The Mytek Digital Team

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2. Package Content
• The Brooklyn Bridge (silver or black)
• USB 2.0 Cable
• Aluminum remote (Apple)
• Power cord
• Wi-Fi antenna
• Owner’s manual
3. About Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge continues technological thought of Brooklyn family. It has the same as in DAC+ Sabre
9028 Pro chipset and analog section – it still has pristine, transparent and musical sound!
The main dierence lays in network connection capability. It adds network streamer functionality to
the Brooklyn Bridge. You can connect your Brooklyn Bridge via Ethernet (RJ-45) cable or Wi-Fi. We
also added USB-A port for pendrive or 2.5” HDD connection.
The Brooklyn Bridge is a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) rendering device. Typical UPnP
environment consists of three necessary elements:
• Server enables transport of the music stored on the computer or NAS to some end-point
(i.e. JRiver Media Center).
• Renderer converts the stream to format acceptable by the DAC.
• Controller oers a user interface for a convenient playback experience (typical these are mobile
apps, i.e. mConnectControl, mConnectPlayer; JRiver also can act as a UPnP controller).
So you can use programs like JRiver Media Center both as a UPnP server and controller. While using
NAS you need to have compatible controller app like mConnect to stream music from it.
The Brooklyn Bridge will play the following formats through the network connection:
• PCM up to 24bit / 192kHz
• DSD64
• MQA master quality les
The les can come from various sources:
• USB Flash
• Roon, mConnect (TIDAL, Deezer, Qobuz)
• NAS
• DLNA/UPnP source

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4. Device Features
• Conversion: up to 384k, 32bit PCM, native DSD up to DSD256, DXD, 130dB Dynamic Range
• Analog outputs: simultaneous RCA and balanced XLR
• Headphone outputs: Reference High Current, High transient balanced Headphone Amp, 500mA,
6 Watts, dual headphone jacks, designed to drive hard to drive headphones
• Built-in Attenuator: Choice of 1dB-step analog attenuator, 1dB-step digital 32 bit attenuator and
purist relay bypass
• 2x SPDIF Coaxial Input: PCM up to 24bit / 44.1kHz, 48.0kHz, 88.2kHz, 96.0kHz, 176.4kHz,
192.0kHz, 352.8kHz, 384.0kHz, DSD64, DSD128 (DoP)
• SPDIF Optical Input: PCM up to 24bit / 44.1kHz, 48.0kHz, 88.2kHz, 96.0kHz, 176.4kHz, DSD64
(DoP)
• Mytek proprietary USB Audio Class 2, up to 32bit/384k, DSD256, also accepts digital SPDIF and
TOSLINK inputs.
• Mytek Femtoclock 0.82ps internal jitter
• Built-in Analog Preamp: Line level input or Precision Phono M/M, M/C input, relay controlled
• Choice of Transparent Analog or Digital stepped volume control with „Bypass” option for the
purest signal path
• Built-in certied hardware Hi-Res MQA decoder
• High denition metering with simultaneous RMS and peak indication
• Five digital inputs are tted (1x USB, 2x SPDIF coaxial, LAN/Wi-Fi and 1x SPDIF Optical) which
allow a wide range of digital sources to be connected
• Trigger control allows the Brooklyn Bridge easily to be integrated with other HiFi devices
Network Features
• Connectivity Protocol Support: DLNA/UPnP and Roon
• Audio Decoding: FLAC, Apple Lossless, AAC, AIFF, MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, Monkey’s
• MQA(Master Quality Authenticated) Support: MQA stream bit perfectly transported to the
hardware decoder inside Brooklyn Bridge
• Integrated Internet Streaming Music: TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer (via mConnect or Roon)
• Supports Gapless playback
• Supports DSD64 DoP input from network
• mconnect Multi-room technology: Simultaneous music play by multiple speakers with
synchronization
• Digital Media Server (DMS) function for serial ash memory: USB memory connected to Brooklyn
Bridge will function as a DLNA server

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5. Quick Start
5.1 Front Panel
1.
Mytek backlit logo with its color and brightness user adjustable. Color follows the color of the Mytek
Control Panel
2. Headphone Output Section, Dual Mono, with Balanced Operation mode [500mA, 6 Watts]. Left jack
connects unbalanced phones in absolute phase. Right jack connects unbalanced phones in absolute
out of phase. A special 2x 1/4” jack to 4 pin FXLR allows for connection of single balanced headpones.
Balanced headphones will play twice as loud (+6dB) as unbalanced headphones with output voltage
swing of +/- 12V and output impedance below 0.5 Ohm
3,4,6,7. Functional button enables the user to quickly choose an option, change and congure the
device’s settings.
5. OLED display
8. Rotary Encoder Knob. This encoder is both a knob and a button. It’s primary function is to control
the volume level. It also functions as MENU navigation for conguring device’s options
Press and hold the main knob to turn the Brooklyn Bridge on or o.
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5.2 Rear Panel
1. Balanced XLR Stereo Analog Output
2. RCA Stereo Analog Output
3. RCA Stereo Analog Input
4. Phono ground connector when turntable is used
5. Optical Input (TOSLINK). Digital input which accepts up to 192kHz/24bit. Accepts DSD DoP
standard input up to DSD64. This input can also be used to transmit digital audio into computer
via USB2 connection. For best results use short high quality TOSLINK cable. Special glass ber
TOSLINK cable allows for longer cable runs and is less jittery than regular plastic ber
6. Ethernet port. Allows you connecting RJ-45 type cable (min. cat5 required)
7. USB-A 2.0 port. Accepts pendrives and 2.5” HDD. Maximum load 500mA
8. S/PDIF Coaxial Input 1 and S/PDIF Coaxial Input 2. These are digital inputs which accept up to
192kHz/24bit. They also accept DSD DoP standard input up to DSD64. This input can also be
used to transmit digital audio into computer via USB2 connection. To obtain best results, use a
high quality 75 Ohm digital RCA interconnect cable
9. Mytek proprietary USB 2.0 Class 2, up to 32bit/384k, DSD256, also accepts digital SPDIF and
TOSLINK inputs
10. Trigger I/O connector. The Brooklyn Bridge is fully compatible with popular trigger, HiFi control
systems. When working as the input the voltage range of 3.3V – 24V is accepted. When working
as the output it feeds 12V in this state. This connector is compatible with 3.5mm, 2 pole (tip
and sleeve) jack plug only
mono plug diagram
GND
sleeve
tip
trigger I/0
1
8
910
11
122 3 5
6
7 13
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Quick Start – Immediate Playback SPDIF and TOSLINK
Connect the analog outputs to your powered speakers, power amplier or preamplier. Alternatively
use headphones. Connect the digital source (CD player) to the DAC. Power up the player, power
amplier and the Brooklyn Bridge. The DAC has default (out of the box) settings hand picked by our
team to deliver optimal sound quality. Choose the input you would like to use.
Attention! To prevent damage, do not turn on your speakers on
until all connections have been made.
Do not cover ventilation holes! It’s not recommended to stack
or rack mount the Brooklyn Bridge. It may result in overheating
the device!
6. Windows installation and conguration
• Note that for proper operation it is necessary to install the USB2 driver (Windows only) and Mytek
Control application. Both these have separate installers
6.1 Windows – USB 2.0 driver installation
To simplify installation it is recommended to rst install the drivers before the unit is connected to the
computer. The latest drivers are available at mytekdigital.com
11. Wi-Fi antenna connector
12. Optional external DC/Battery Power input 12VDC. Connecting a large external battery or large
power supply may have positive impact on sound quality
13. The build-in automatic power supply operates worldwide in the range of 100V to 240V AC

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1. Locate the MytekUSB2Drv.v4.xx.x.zip le
and extract the contents of the archive by right
clicking on the zip archive icon and selecting
„Extract Here”.
2. Installation works automatically by a double-
click on MytekUSB2Drv.v4.xx.x.exe le.
3. Once the Setup.exe opens click „Next”.
4. Choose the location of installation. Default
location is „C:\Program Files\Mytek Digital\Mytek
USB 2.0 Driver”. We recommend leaving this as it
is. If you wish to customize the install choose the
location by selecting browse. Click „Install”.
5. Setup.exe will now install the Mytek Driver.
This process may take a few minutes.
6. Upon completion of „Setup.exe” press the
„Next” button.
7. To complete installation of the driver simply
click the „Finish” button.
8. Connect the Brooklyn Bridge to USB 2.0 port in
your computer.