Finally! A dedicated phonostage from McIntosh...with a twist.
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Holy moley McIntosh! Using ESS DAC but stuck at 96/24 ADC. Great concept and very tempting. Give me the dimensions and I may have to squeeze it in somewhere...
My understanding is that this phono stage does not have analogue passthru to the line outputs. So the path is phono-->ADC 96/24 PCM -->DAC-->analogue balanced/SE out. I could be mistaken but that's what it sounded like on the launch video.
I just bought a a Korg ADC to do the same thing, albeit it it does DSD128 & 192/24 out, sampling via single ended line in or MM only.
It would be an interesting comparison especially given that the McIntosh is a MC one box shop.
The big question with a trick like this is, you need some software....so what is to be bundled with the kit?
My understanding is that this phono stage does not have analogue passthru to the line outputs. So the path is phono-->ADC 96/24 PCM -->DAC-->analogue balanced/SE out. I could be mistaken but that's what it sounded like on the launch video.
I just bought a a Korg ADC to do the same thing, albeit it it does DSD128 & 192/24 out, sampling via single ended line in or MM only.
It would be an interesting comparison especially given that the McIntosh is a MC one box shop.
The big question with a trick like this is, you need some software....so what is to be bundled with the kit?
The MVP901 Is a bridge player that up scales to 4K but is not a UHDBDP. I am led to believe it is their first based on the MediaTek SDK, like the Oppo. This is a departure for McIntosh from the former Denon/Marantz tech allowing them to support firmware updates better than they have been able to do in the past.
It has the same tray as the MVP891 according to the launch video snippet.
It has the same tray as the MVP891 according to the launch video snippet.
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No ventilation or visible tubes, my bet SS.