First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
I have received the 006 almost a week ago and have been breaking it in. The price at Shenzhenaudio is $3,900.00 USD, $600 more than the 005. The ad copy states:
"DA006 is a new generation of flagship DAC developed by Musetec over three years and launched in 2024. During this period, it has undergone more than ten revisions and adjustments.
Compared to the previous DA005, the listening experience of DA006 has been improved in all aspects. DA006 has clearer and richer details, a stronger sense of texture, a more stable sound base, better detail control, a wider soundstage, fuller and more powerful, smoother and more natural. . ."
Some brief listening during break in has been very very positive. I will report back when it has run at least 300 hours.
The output level of a recently purchased 005 is too high for any of my line stages and I'm guessing the same would be the case with the 006. Too bad Musetec doesn't provide a gain selection (for example, 1V, 2V or 3V) switch like some other high quality DACs. Is anyone aware of a modification to the analog stage to reduce the output? I'd prefer not to use the digital volume control. Thanks. |
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@dbb Thank you. Will do. I'm using XLRs. I'll try RCAs. |
Not aware of any pre-made mods, but using the RCA outputs I'm getting a very reasonable ~2V peak output. If that is still too high, two good quality resistors per channel should help (e.g. 10.0k + 24.3k 1% in series, picking up the signal for your pre from the 24.3k will give you a -3db with a reasonable impedance match) |
