New MSB Transport

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Reference Transport and Powerbase.


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Very impressive. But, how does the Oppo announcement effect the future of MSB transports?

It is my understanding that no only is the Oppo transport itself used but, some of the Oppo 203 electronics as well for these new MSB transports.
 
mdp632 said:
Very impressive. But, how does the Oppo announcement effect the future of MSB transports?

It is my understanding that no only is the Oppo transport itself used but, some of the Oppo 203 electronics as well for these new MSB transports.
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Oppo will continue to OEM their transports. MSB also purchased a “lifetime” supply.
 
Mike,
As a dealer of both, how does MSB compare to Esoteric spinners? I had an incomplete version of the Ref transport in house for a few days but it did not have the aluminum tray and I imagine the finished product is significantly better than what I heard not that it was bad at all. I did prefer the K-01X into the MSB Ref dac as opposed to the incomplete Ref transport.

Dave
 
SuperDave said:
Mike,
As a dealer of both, how does MSB compare to Esoteric spinners? I had an incomplete version of the Ref transport in house for a few days but it did not have the aluminum tray and I imagine the finished product is significantly better than what I heard not that it was bad at all. I did prefer the K-01X into the MSB Ref dac as opposed to the incomplete Ref transport.

Dave
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The MSB is an excellent transport and the ProISL connection is superior to SPDIF/AES/etc.


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ISOAcoustic GIAI III’s under the MSB Ref Transport.


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Hello

Looking for a SACD and CD transport, I am hesitating between the MSB transport and Esoteric Grandioso K1.
Did anyone compare those two products as a pure CD transport ( using AES output )?
The player will be connected to my Trinnov through AES.
Also regarding the MSB transport is the powerbase a "must" or the cherry on the cake ?
Thanks
Alex

PS : I know those two products can do much more than pure CD transport but let's put this aside for the time being.

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moby1977 said:
Hello

Looking for a SACD and CD transport, I am hesitating between the MSB transport and Esoteric Grandioso K1.
Did anyone compare those two products as a pure CD transport ( using AES output )?
The player will be connected to my Trinnov through AES.
Also regarding the MSB transport is the powerbase a "must" or the cherry on the cake ?
Thanks
Alex

PS : I know those two products can do much more than pure CD transport but let's put this aside for the time being.

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The MSB is a true transport offering CD/SACD via ProISL to a MSB DAC or a variety of other digital output connections to another non-MSB DAC. The Esoteric is a CD player which can also be used as a transport only via BNC or SPDIF or AES. Note, I do not believe the SACD will transmit over those connections on the Esoteric. I am probably the only person who has compared both. I found the ProISL connection to be preferred, thus giving the nod to the MSB. If using one of the other connections, I think one would be hard pressed to tell a major difference.

For the MSB, the power base does make a sonic difference, but it is not necessary as the transport does come with a wall wart.
 
Mike said:
The MSB is a true transport offering CD/SACD via ProISL to a MSB DAC or a variety of other digital output connections to another non-MSB DAC. The Esoteric is a CD player which can also be used as a transport only via BNC or SPDIF or AES. Note, I do not believe the SACD will transmit over those connections on the Esoteric. I am probably the only person who has compared both. I found the ProISL connection to be preferred, thus giving the nod to the MSB. If using one of the other connections, I think one would be hard pressed to tell a major difference.

For the MSB, the power base does make a sonic difference, but it is not necessary as the transport does come with a wall wart.
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Hello Mike

Thanks for your input. ok so I can take my decision based on the extra features as a direct comparison is unfortunately impossible for me.

Alex

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I'm struggling to comprehend the place of a SACD/CD transport considering where streaming technology has evolved to.
 
brodricj said:
I'm struggling to comprehend the place of a SACD/CD transport considering where streaming technology has evolved to.
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This is a valid question. A ripped CD over an optimized network is very very close sonically to a CD via an optimized transport and its link. There are many of those who still prefer however, to spin CD’s and it’s tactile experience Vs ripping/storage/Network/streaming. We have done our own tests in the store, and although it’s very close, we felt the CD played via the Transport still sounded best. But frankly, I felt like it was a 98 Vs 100 type of result. In comparing the CD Vs Tidal, the result was more like 100 Vs 85.


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