MSB Select DAC

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Does the MSB have HDMI input also?
There are advantages with HDMI audio, wouldn't you say....?
 
Of course. There are so many people who have bought other dacs that I have not said anything on the forum too. Why I find your case disturbing is I knew you were excited about the Lampi, yet you used a hifi show to make a judgement, a judgement that most Lampi users who have heard it in proper conditions will tell you is incorrect. Had you just got out and bought msb, never having considered Lampi, or demoed the Lampi at home, tried a couple of valves, and then bought msb, would have been fine.

As for TT, I will sell my Lampi the day I land a cheap deal on a couple of thousand of used quality classical vinyl, and invest in a TT.

For the record, both audiophile Bill here and I didn't like the Lampi room in Munich. He didn't own one then and was disappointed, but then heard mine at home and now has bought the B7 which he has upgraded in a couple of weeks to GG.

I also tell him off because he keeps using hifi shows.to judge Martin Logans, which never sound good at a show

This is probably a silly discussion but I will play. To me the Lampi is like a Boxter, I suspect it's measurables may not be earth shattering but it sure is fun to drive......just not everyday.

Paul - I don't think that anyone would dispute lower noise floor and distortion. You can obtain imperceptible levels of both those parameters for $1k in the form of an oppo - does not mean one would prefer the sound. Anyway - going down the measurebator route is rather pointless given that many audiophiles prefer vinyl with comparatively horrendous measurements and amps like the ongaku with 5% distortion.

Bill, I could not agree more. Measurements besides maybe noise floor tell very, very little about the human listening apparatus. I have said a gazillion times now, I love the second harmonic distortion of DHT's but not some of their other attributes all the time (see my tag below about dos harmonics). When I made the statement above about the Boxter and less than perfect measurements, a follower of the dac "who's name we shall not say" (WNWSNS) said I was wrong and that started this love fest. In my recent post (which you refer to) I was simply again responding to Bonzo's post were he was telling me most WNWSNS followers would still consider my judgment incorrect. I was merely asking the question to clarify if he was referring to measurements since my subjective judgments can't be wrong (they are mine).
 
Bill, I could not agree more. Measurements besides maybe noise floor tell very, very little about the human listening apparatus. I have said a gazillion times now, I love the second harmonic distortion of DHT's but not some of their other attributes all the time (see my tag below about dos harmonics). When I made the statement above about the Boxter and less than perfect measurements, a follower of the dac "who's name we shall not say" (WNWSNS) said I was wrong and that started this love fest. In my recent post (which you refer to) I was simply again responding to Bonzo's post were he was telling me most WNWSNS followers would still consider my judgment incorrect. I was merely asking the question to clarify if he was referring to measurements since my subjective judgments can't be wrong (they are mine).

Sorry if I missed it in the thread - did you buy an MSB and if so, which one did you go for?
 
Bill, I could not agree more. Measurements besides maybe noise floor tell very, very little about the human listening apparatus. I have said a gazillion times now, I love the second harmonic distortion of DHT's but not some of their other attributes all the time (see my tag below about dos harmonics). When I made the statement above about the Boxter and less than perfect measurements, a follower of the dac "who's name we shall not say" (WNWSNS) said I was wrong and that started this love fest. In my recent post (which you refer to) I was simply again responding to Bonzo's post were he was telling me most WNWSNS followers would still consider my judgment incorrect. I was merely asking the question to clarify if he was referring to measurements since my subjective judgments can't be wrong (they are mine).

No, I said your subjective judgements will most certainly be incorrect/incomplete because they were made at a hifi show. That last point of the statement is what the love fest was about. And they would be different if made at a proper audition.
 
Guys, How many times is it going to take before you listen to me.

DROP IT!

If people can't start getting along, we are going to start asking people to leave.

Is that clear enough?
 
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