MSB Premier arrives as Suncoast Audio

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I ordered it with the upgraded PowerBase, but also the stock power supply so people could hear the difference.

It’s driving the Gryphon amp directly and beautifully. Definitely need to try it into a preamp to compare. I’m using the Roon Renderer at the moment.


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So it looks like you can get MQA over the renderer? The website says MQA for the USB, but no mention of it for the renderer.
 
I can’t wait to receive mine. Supposed to arrive this week. Mike - will be fascinated in your thoughts once you have burned it in and compared it with a separate preamp driving your Colosseum.
 
The eagle has landed. Picking it up tomorrow. And also my Innuos. Antileon Evo demo the next day. Party time
 
I can’t get my Innuos Zenith and MSB Premier to talk to each other. Very frustrating. Will try again tomorrow.
 
vortrex said:
You, or anyone else who has a Premier or Discrete. I think you might be the only one at the moment?
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Yes. And my Discrete is enroute. The Premier is breaking in nicely. It sounds better with a good preamp IMO. Unlike the Select II which has a $12,000 internal preamp module, the Premier is superb, but I like it with a preamp.

The sound is totally MSB. Very analog like. Very analog like. It’s of course not at the level of the Select II, but it’s superb and real winner at its price point.


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Dear Sir,
What is the difference in the house sound between this MSB and Chord DAVE, with and without Chord BLU2?
Thank you
 
Boogieman said:
Dear Sir,
What is the difference in the house sound between this MSB and Chord DAVE, with and without Chord BLU2?
Thank you
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I’ll let someone else answer this one. [emoji6]


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Mike will you be getting the MSB Reference DAC ? i'd like to have feedbacks on this one driving monoblocks direct like the D'agostino M400.
 
Thieliste said:
Mike will you be getting the MSB Reference DAC ? i'd like to have feedbacks on this one driving monoblocks direct like the D'agostino M400.
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Currently considering it, yes.


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one thing about the Premier unlike former MSBs is you need to defeat the volume control in the setup menu and set the gain appropriately if using a preamp. Said another way, volume at 100 still has the volume control implemented.
 
KeithR said:
one thing about the Premier unlike former MSBs is you need to defeat the volume control in the setup menu and set the gain appropriately if using a preamp. Said another way, volume at 100 still has the volume control implemented.
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That’s not my understanding. The ladders are driving the output directly. Set the VC to 98 and you’re good to go.


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Not that my MSB Premier is even working (waiting for a replacement renderer) but Keith is right - if using a pre amp you have to go to the menu and select one of the two “volume off” options plus set the “output” to “low”.
 
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