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May 15, 2023, 10:24 AM #1
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MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
Hello
So after a lot of reading and talking to folks, I think I´ve narrowed it down to the following
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MPD-8 Playback Designs
Holo Audio May KTE
MSB
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But it´s 85% of a chance that I am going for the Playback Design. I´m looking for a DAC that can give the music emotions and dont sound digital / harsh or thin.
Holo Audio were praised a couple of years ago for sounding "analog" etc. but I also heard that it was kinda dependent to be used with a computer and HQ-player to sound the best.
MPD should be in a totally other leauge looking at the pricepoint alone.
MSB is also interesting, but it seems that it´s more analytic than Playback Design.
For those of you that switched to MPD-8; what did you have before and what are your thought about it. Is is a DAC that will settle you for a long time?
I dont understand that it´s softwarebased somewhat FPGA and a lot of it´s greatness is becuase of Andreas Koch. And that all files gets converterad and upsampled to DSD.
Anything that´s negative with the DAC?
Thanks
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May 15, 2023, 11:19 AM #2
MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
I have a client with the MSB and he bought the MPD-8 because of all the hoopla. I asked him and he said “it’s bright, forward, I don’t like it.” People that say MSB is analytical are clueless. It’s anything but.
MSB is far more analog sounding. Can’t beat R2R.
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May 15, 2023, 11:41 AM #3
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Re: MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
thanks for the input Mike! It´s so weird that I hear both things though.
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May 15, 2023, 12:00 PM #4
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My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
"We can hear everything we measure, but we can't measure everything we hear. Let your ears be your guide."
Dealer for: Aqua Hi-Fi, Aurender, AudioQuest Cables & Power Products, Berkeley Audio, Block Audio (distributor), Boulder Amplifiers, Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), Bryston, Clarisys Audio Loudspeakers (distributor), Classe’ Audio, Degritter Record Cleaning Machines, Esoteric, Finite Elemente, FirstWatt, Focal Loudspeakers and Headphones, GigaFoil, Harbeth Loudspeakers, Hegel, HiFi Man, Innuos, ISO Acoustics, Keces Power Supplies, Kharma Loudspeakers and Electronics, Kuzma Turntables, Lumin, Luxman, Magico Loudspeakers, MBL Speakers & Electronics, MSB Technologies, MySonicLabs Phono Cartridges, Nordost Cables, Ortofon, Pass Labs, Quadraspire, Rega Turntables and Electronics, Shunyata Research, STAX, Stein Music Products, Stillpoints, Soulution, VAC, Vicoustics, Viva Audio, VPI Industries, WireWorld Cables.
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May 15, 2023, 04:44 PM #5
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Re: MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
yes indeed!
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May 16, 2023, 09:56 AM #6
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Re: MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
I have had the Playback Designs MPT8/MPD8 for five years. I listened to MSB and dCS and many others before buying the PD. I don't think MSB is "analytical" but preferred the Playback Designs sound. In my experience, PD is not at all bright or forward. In my Boulder 3060/YG XVi stereo system the PD sounds more analog to me.
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February 15, 2024, 08:14 PM #7
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Re: MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
I have the same question as the OP.
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February 21, 2024, 10:52 PM #8
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Re: MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
If youre buying from a Dealer then you really need to bring a demo home from them, otherwise you simply need to buy privately and see if it suites you. The Distributor/Manufacturer should be able to arrange if the Dealer doesnt have one. If theyre unwilling to do that then run from that brand.
Too many people want everything, including advise and experience, but they only want to pay 50% of retail value... or less, privately.
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February 21, 2024, 11:08 PM #9
Re: MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
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February 22, 2024, 12:04 PM #10
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Re: MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
dznutz and crwilli,
Please stop treating me like you think I am an idiot who cannot figure out how important a home demo is. Your comments are demeaning. I am working on getting a demo unit. Opinions from others who have compared expensive equipment helps me narrow down which pieces I will focus on.
Like many, I have no good local dealers. I have to narrow my list of options before trying to acquire equipment to audition. Experience from others also helps me make a "Plan B" if I cannot demo something I want to try or I am not happy with the demo results.
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February 22, 2024, 12:28 PM #11Main Equipment: Kharma Elegance dB11-S, JL Audio F113v2, Block Audio Line & Mono SE Amplification, Bricasti M21 DAC, Antipodes Kala K-50 Server, ClearAudio Performance SE, Satisfy Arm & Maestro Wood MM Cartridge
Power: 3 x 20 Amp Lines, Shunyata Everest 8000, Sigma XC v2, Shunyata Sigma v2 NR, Block Audio Power Cords, Defender, ADDPowr Wizard
Grounding: Shunyata Altaira CGS - Alpha CGS cables
Network : Supra Cat 8+, Twin (Nenon Modified) Buffalo GS2016 Switches powered with Keces P3 LPSU,
Cables: Wireworld Platinum Starlight 8 USB, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse 8 SCs, 1M & 6M Tubulus Concentus ICs,
Other: Isoacoustics GAIA I footers on the Kharmas, GIK/Vicoustics/Stillpoint Apertures, Stillpoint Ultra SS, Furutech GTX - Gold outlets, Adona Rack
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February 22, 2024, 12:44 PM #12
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Re: MPD-8 Playback Designs - Any owners?
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