Excited about tomorrow...

amazing piece - enjoy. totally agree with your comments (as I've said on MikeL's thread).

would love to even hear a little Despacito on one :)
 
Mike said:
I know people will think “it’s expensive and how much better than X,Y,Z could it really be?” Well, I’m here to tell you, I own X, Y, Z and A, B and C too, and the Select II is on another planet. Another level entirely. As I said, it needs its own category of source.
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Well, I've been saying this all along :)

Glad you can experience it for yourself, in your own system!

Hearing the SELECT the first time was one of those defining moments in one's audiophile journey. Surely was for me!

Congratulations, Mike!


cheers,
Alex
 
Congratulations!

dCS top line is similar money. Is MSB better or is it a different sound? Thanks
 
Some people claim that the latest Berkeley Reference DAC with MQA is the best DAC in the world. How does this one compare? Thanks
 
Boogieman said:
Some people claim that the latest Berkeley Reference DAC with MQA is the best DAC in the world. How does this one compare? Thanks
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The Select II cannot be compared to other DAC's. As I mentioned above, it's in a separate source class of its own. It's something that must be experienced to be believed. You feel like you are plugged into the performers in the recording studio. And, it's going to get better over the next 200 hours of break in.
 
asiufy said:
Well, I've been saying this all along :)

Glad you can experience it for yourself, in your own system!

Hearing the SELECT the first time was one of those defining moments in one's audiophile journey. Surely was for me!

Congratulations, Mike!


cheers,
Alex
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Alex, when we were at ARC together in early November, we were talking about the Select II. I remember you saying "it doesn't sound like digital, I don't know what it sounds like." Now I understand.
 
Mike said:
The Select II cannot be compared to other DAC's. As I mentioned above, it's in a separate source class of its own. It's something that must be experienced to be believed. You feel like you are plugged into the performers in the recording studio. And, it's going to get better over the next 200 hours of break in.
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How much BitCoins are we talking ...... ??
 
Mike said:
The Select II cannot be compared to other DAC's. As I mentioned above, it's in a separate source class of its own. It's something that must be experienced to be believed. You feel like you are plugged into the performers in the recording studio. And, it's going to get better over the next 200 hours of break in.
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congrats Mike. i'm happy for you.

and I do actually know about what you are now hearing. nice choice on the color. the MSB Select II/dual power bases/33 Femto clock does take the performance that step up and beyond other digital (in my experience) into another realm. it imparts to the music a continuousness, a solidity, and an ease I've not heard approached by other digital. there is an expressiveness and flow not digital at all. I lose myself in the music in a way other digital has not been able to cause. and the hybrid dac does pcm and dsd equally well. there is no flaw in it's game.

it will be fun reading about your adventures with this product.
 
Mike said:
Alex, when we were at ARC together in early November, we were talking about the Select II. I remember you saying "it doesn't sound like digital, I don't know what it sounds like." Now I understand.
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Yep. It's not vinyl either, interestingly enough. Since I don't have enough exposure to good tape, I was left wondering WTF was that that I was hearing, since it didn't sound digital, and it didn't sound like my vinyl either (Kronos, like yours).. But pretty quick you just relax and queue album after album, and every single one of them sound brilliant, even the less-than-stellar recordings...
 
Boogieman said:
Some people claim that the latest Berkeley Reference DAC with MQA is the best DAC in the world. How does this one compare? Thanks
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I think the Brinkmann Nyquist is the best. Similar in sound as Mike describes the Select II to be: not digital and more than analogue.

(No surprise there [emoji3]).


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Every now & then we all get a little smug about something that we bring into our system. Whether it's worth $1k or $100k, is irrelevant, we chase the sound, the swoon, the melt, the dragon's tail... whatever way you choose to describe it, but every so often ........ we hear the gossamer of truth coming from our speakers that can not be denied, quite simply, because it is that good. Congrats Mike, about time you bought a top tier MSB product. Take it home & listen to the silence of the horns!!
 
Kuoppis said:
I think the Brinkmann Nyquist is the best. Similar in sound as Mike describes the Select II to be: not digital and more than analogue.

(No surprise there [emoji3]).


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How could you possibly know that? Did you buy the Nyquist DAC?
 
Mike said:
Ha! I’m thinking of bringing it home to listen to over the holidays. Kronos, Select II, a rebuilt Studer 810. Three pretty darn good sources if I do say so myself.


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It looks like the Three Kings arrived early this year!

The sound on that video you posted is ear-quiveringly good, what a delight the real thing must be.
 
Narayan said:
It looks like the Three Kings arrived early this year!

The sound on that video you posted is ear-quiveringly good, what a delight the real thing must be.
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They sure did. This morning I’ve been listening to Eva Cassidy (both live albums). I cannot believe what I’m hearing.

Last night Ken and I were trying to figure out MSB’s secret sauce. We agreed it’s “everything” - ladder DAC, Femto 33 clock, dual mono power supplies, isolation, grounding, everything.

I can’t wait to hear this baby with the “soon to come” Roon ready network card (build and designed by MSB).


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mep said:
How could you possibly know that? Did you buy the Nyquist DAC?
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This was a bit tongue-in-cheek. I think the Berkeley Ref 2 is great and having tested the Brinkmann Nyquist extensively I know it is great.

But putting any of those against the MSB Select would be tough given a factor 4 price differential.

And yes, I bought the Nyquist.

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