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    MSB Reference Review

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    Re: MSB Reference Review

    [QUOTE=Mike;262412]https://www.monoandstereo.com/2019/0...eview.html?m=1


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk[/QUO being my first post here I'm hoping all comes out appropriately and or in the right spot at least.
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    Thanks for the inciteful and informative account Mike. Any chance of a comparison or two with similarly priced DACs? Perhaps even with an over achiever or two? which do not approach the exospheric layers? as with DCS and MSB

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    Re: MSB Reference Review

    Welcome to the forum, thank you for joining.
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    Re: MSB Reference Review

    Great review, thanks for posting.

    Of everything I have read about the new generation MSB DACs, this account gives me by far the clearest picture of what might be so special about their sonic performance, exemplified by the Reference DAC.
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