MSB - The Discrete DAC

joeinid

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Oh my goodness.

Mike is letting me demo an MSB Discrete DAC. It was going on it's way back to him when he offered, so I jumped at the chance.

It has the dual Discrete power supplies, XLR outs, spdif and optical digital inputs along with the Renderer module.

I love my RME ADI-2 and Audio Mirror Tubador SE III dacs but this is absolutely amazing.

I've had a few of the recent past higher end dacs but this Discrete dac is absolutely wonderful.

Huge soundstage, very natural vocals, tremendous detail with ZERO harshness. Absolutely smooth and sweet, a bigger in my room presence that is undeniable. I'll need it to let it settle down for another day or so, but I am loving this dac like no other.

This thing just brought up the performance of my Avantgarde to a whole new level.

I don't know when I'll be able to afford one but I'm hooked.


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joeinid said:
Oh my goodness.

Mike is letting me demo an MSB Discrete DAC. It was going on it's way back to him when he offered, so I jumped at the chance.

It has the dual Discrete power supplies, XLR outs, spdif and optical digital inputs along with the Renderer module.

I love my RME ADI-2 and Audio Mirror Tubador SE III dacs but this is absolutely amazing.

I've had a few of the recent past higher end dacs but this Discrete dac is absolutely wonderful.

Huge soundstage, very natural vocals, tremendous detail with ZERO harshness. Absolutely smooth and sweet, a bigger in my room presence that is undeniable. I'll need it to let it settle down for another day or so, but I am loving this dac like no other.

This thing just brought up the performance of my Avantgarde to a whole new level.

I don't know when I'll be able to afford one but I'm hooked.


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Hi Joe,

Congrats and welcome to the club! Membership has its privileges. Glorious lifelike sound! :D

Enjoy,
Ken
 
Hi Ken,

I can only imagine what the Select II brings to the table. I admit that I was hesitant to try it because I honestly felt they are great DACs. Damn.
 
Joe / now look what you got your self into, pun intended [emoji851]


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I know, I kept saying “no thank you” many other times. I guess curiosity got the best of me, sadly. I’ll need to experiment a little more and I know for sure that I can tweak my network for better sound right now. That will close the gap some more. Will it be enough to hold me for a while? I hope so.


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Joe / now look what you got your self into, pun intended [emoji851]


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So Joe, you made a huge mistake. Having been a victim of Mike’s offerings, you know the MSB is very likely to stay in your system. Resistance is futile... :P
 
Ritmo said:
So Joe, you made a huge mistake. Having been a victim of Mike’s offerings, you know the MSB is very likely to stay in your system. Resistance is futile... :P
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Yup, Mike sent over some AudioQuest Dragon source power cords to give a listen, just to see if I liked them. That was six months ago and they’re still here. :)

Ken
 
I did.

I've been trying different configurations and inputs and honestly think it the best dac I've heard/owned.

Ritmo said:
So Joe, you made a huge mistake. Having been a victim of Mike’s offerings, you know the MSB is very likely to stay in your system. Resistance is futile... :P
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Alpinist said:
Yup, Mike sent over some AudioQuest Dragon source power cords to give a listen, just to see if I liked them. That was six months ago and they’re still here. :)

Ken
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Too bad he's like my drug dealer. Gives me a taste, then I'm hooked.
 
joeinid said:
Too bad he's like my drug dealer. Gives me a taste, then I'm hooked.
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Joe,

The Discrete is a terrific DAC. You should go for it. It will cure the desire for any further source upgrades.

Best,
Ken
 
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The face Joe made when he realized I was right about the MSB DAC.


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welcome to the club! better late than never :congrats:

someone suggested I sell my MSB to retain my Ampzillas and I laughed
 
Good move that you still have the MSB.

I didn’t realize until now how many of you guys have MSB DACs. Nice!
 
joeinid said:
...I've been trying different configurations and inputs and honestly think it the best dac I've heard/owned.
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dang -- really, really wish you had not said that!! hmmmm, maybe mike will let me try it after you ...or is it staying put?

;):D
 
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