MSB DACs - The Best Bar None!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2020
- Our friend and client Andrew joins us to review the MSB Discrete, Premier and Reference DACs. Andrew has owned all three, and gives his feedback on them.
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Audio Excellence Inc. is a high end audio/video store in Markham, Ontario, Canada, a suburb of Toronto. We've been in business since 1991.
Check out our interviews with designers and audio luminaries like Daryl Wilson of Wilson Audio, Paul McGowan of PS Audio, Paolo Tezzon of Sonus faber, Wendell Diller of Magnepan, John Atkinson of Stereophile, Dan D'Agostino of D'Agostino Master Audio Systems, Nelson Pass of Pass Labs and others.
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Thanks guys for another informative and entertaining video on an interesting topic, one of your best so far.
Finally! I've been waiting for you to review MSB products since I noticed them in the background in your videos. I have an old MSB Link that I love for now, until I can afford something from the latest line up. Thanks so much.
Just finished the Cable discussion which made come back to this one...am hoping to see client's rooms in the future and really appreciate Brian's enthusiasm. Will look forward to my listening session tonight yet again🤸♂️🎶
why aren't we getting more of these types of interviews. it's golden.
That was fantastic
Great show guy's.
Love the albums you referenced
Their old entry level DACs were very good for the money. I have the Link DAC II w/ Channel islands mods and it's the most dynamic DAC I've used. Those old DACs are great for modders - lots of room to work.
Nice video as usual. Please keep them coming. By the way the C1100 preamp in the background should have the tube component below the control component. The control component generates significant amount of heat and should have its top clear (owners manual).
I’ve only listened to the MSB Analogue ... it’s GOOD! Really good.
I bought the original MSB Link Dac. Weighed a ton. When you opened it up, it was almost completely empty. All the weight came from a sheet of lead taped to the top cover! It was pretty inexpensive, but it's draw was that it had similar jitter-reduction technology to the uber-expensive dCS DACs and it played the new DAD (hi-rez PCM DVDs that were the precursors to DVD-Audio) discs up to 24/96. It was quieter than the other sub-kilobuck DACs at the time, but I never warmed to it. Still, I kept it around because it had minimal resale value. About 18 months ago, I was looking for something to fill in for my bedroom headphone-based system while I was upgrading to a new headphone Amp/DAC to be a Roon endpoint. I pulled out the MSB and hooked it up to my MacBook Pro on one end and an old HeadRoom portable amp I had laying around on the other. Inexplicable magic running both planar and dynamic headphones. Never upgraded. Go figure!
The comments about walkman reminds me that my schoolmate had a walkman that was narrower and shorter than a cassette tape. To listen to tape, the chasis extended to partially enclose the tape. Otherwise, it collapsed to a small piece. I had an Aiwa walkman that had 4-band graphic equalizer, 4 programmable radio stations, frequency band extended to receive arial TV channel audio, autoreverse playback, detachable battery compartment that could take AAA's or a rechargeable battery and it came with detachable stereo microphone for recording, etc. Good old days!
Hi, thanks for the very insightful video. Which is a better option? Discrete DAC with 2x Discrete PSUs or a Discrete DAC with a Premier power base?
great interview, the DAC I would love to end up with as MSB has at least made some effort with the modular design to make it future proof and allow upgrades.
TAD ME-1s are supreme!! Love mine!
This video has me absolutely convinced that I should strive for an MSB Discrete DAC.
Looking forward to your McIntosh C8 (2020) preamp review !!!
Great interview. It's terrific hearing from your clients. Not really familiar with msb current line. At this level I would be curious how they would compare to dcs. I would be curious to hear Phillips opinion since he has experience with dcs dacs from his videos. Guessing this msb dac would compete with the Rossini. All way out of my price range but still interesting to know. Playing at this level of $$$ nothing is going to sound bad, just different. Personal preference will be coming into play. Thanks!
As an owner of the 2014 model MSB The Analog DAC I can confirm that the two different power supplies, the standard one with two independent transformers and the deluxe power base with five independent transformers, make a difference. While the standard one sounds more compact, the deluxe power base offers wider imaging with a bit more air and space. Not night and day difference and some may even prefer the standard one as the tonality stays the same, but with the more airy 3D-imaging I prefer the deluxe power base, a bit also for the cooler look.
Just curious to know what brands of servers are the majority of your customers using the MSB or similar, I have the Descrete with the Innuos Zenith MK3 which is very good using their own Sense App however Roon sounds a flat in comparison . I demoed the Aqua LinQ with Roon module which is a notable improvement especially when listening to Roon. Just about to try the Antipodes K50 which has rave reviews also . Be very interested in your thoughts as to the best sounding servers available.