The new ($19,995) Mytek Empire Streamer, powered by Roon OS is the cost no object design, not only because of spectacular innovation, but also because of craftsmanship, where the highest quality parts and best technology was handpicked for the DAC, its Clock, the Power Supplies and Analog Circutry. Empire Streamer is meant to transcend what was considered the best in DACs and Streamers. EMPIRE is a Streamer/DAC/Preamplifier powered by built in Roon OS with Roon Core I7 CPU inside. It’s operated either via front panel touchscreen or Roon Remote on a smart device. It has all regular Roon functionality, with access to all online streaming services and local content and ability to play to all endpoints.
COST NO OBJECT
Cost no object dual mono all balanced audio path in analog and DAC circuits. 3 oversized linear power supplies for digital, for the left and right DAC/analog circuitry, each using shielded low noise toroidal transformer with automatic adjustment to 100-240VAC.
9 ANALOG PREAMPLIFIER INPUTS
Including state of the art M/M, M/C nickel xformer based phono pre, 2 analog pre balanced inputs, each input with adjustable input sensitivity, 2 independently selectable outputs, both balanced and RCA.
DIGITAL DAC INPUTS
Streamer, SPDIF, AES/EBU, Optical, USB2, HDMI (2-channel), and Roon End Point, all w PCM DSD and MQA
STORAGE
Internal 8TB SSD. Accepts all external USB3, USBC and Network drives.
BUILT IN MYTEK OS DAC/PREAMPLIFIER PLATFORM
Allows for future functional upgrades and new DSP features of the DAC/Preamplifier to be released throughout the life of the product. There will be 3 stages of development and functionality: