With this, our Zu DL103 was not expected to complain.
According to specs, the MC phono stage we used is loaded at 1KΩ with a gain of 69dB. Its output fed the same setup as used for the digital assessment. Feickert Blackbird MkII table with Zu DL103 cartridge fed to the RCA input of the Brooklyn. It now was time to move the Brooklyn to the other side of the room where our analog setup resides. Kudos to Michal for going the extra mile. When it comes to vinyl, the purest remaining analog media outside the small current revival of open-reel tape, it needs the most babysitting. Why would one add a phono stage to a DAC? We guess that designer Michal Jurewicz wanted to bundle complete media playback. So just as with the T+A DAC8 which also sports an integrated headphone amp, we left that alone to hone in on a feature that makes the Brooklyn truly unique: its analog phono stage. Headphones are not our thing as we prefer a group over solo affair *.
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