Mytek Brooklyn Bridge & alternatives - Questions, and Opinions Invited

[Snoopy8]

I thought of the Cambridge CXN....

It ticks a few boxes, it has both analogue and S/PDIF outputs, has USB in, so you can use a music server.  Plus, I recall you liked your Cambridge CD player, which perhaps bodes well for sound quality via the digital output to the Devialet.  I believe you can select fixed or variable output, but this will apply to both analogue and digital, does fixed analogue output work for you?

Then I noticed that Deezer support is offered but via Chromecast or AirPlay, I guess that is not "proper" Deezer support?  Maybe it is actually OK?

Definitely, the CXN V2 is a contender. Ironically, the better Azur 851N does not make it, no digital out!  And there is a note on Deezer
https://techsupport.cambridgeaudio.com/h...ers-Deezer

EDIT: and to back up @Snoopy8 's earlier comment, this recent post is relevant:

https://devialetchat.com/Thread-my-syste...9#pid99229

Interesting.  I have my doubts that the A2D has been upgraded in the Pro range..  

Secondly, I think that a digital out is essential; that eliminates the Brooklyn Bridge and the Aurlic Altair G1, both of which are available used at the moment.

Also eliminate NAD C658, no digital out.

The NAD M12 and the similar integrated M32 amp do everything I want, but I am not certain about the streaming quality. @thumb5 you are quite correct that the kitchen system SQ is not as important. I know the NAD stuff uses the BluOS set up, and I hope that it is better than say, a Bluesond Node or Vault, even just based on power supplies. But that is a guess and hope.

You should have no worries about the NAD M12 and its SQ and streaming. Build quality, particularly the NAD Master series is a big step up from Node & Vault; better case, components, power supply, analog stages etc....  It uses the same BluOS as BlueSound (same parent company). BluOS is probably the easiest to set up and use phone/tablet app around.  Looks good and is regularly enhanced and updated.

If M12 does not break the bank, that is my suggestion going forward...