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MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini

I've recently auditioned the MSB DAC DAC IV signature and found it pretty amazing in its analog and musical presentation, which was clearly superior to my dCS Puccini. I'm wondering if some of you have compared the more expensive dCS set, the paganini to MSB DAC IV.
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kops
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Alfredbac you have to decide which is your front end in this thread you
mention Puccini
and in that following thread you mention that you own MSB
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1273449222

all these in the same day.
so please decide what is your system and what are you up to?
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kops
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Recently I've heard msb dac IV vs dCS Debussy vc Esoteric D03 using transport for all the esoteric P03.
The MSB was far worse than the dCS & Esoteric.

It was so thin sounding and fake sounding that was a surpise with so poor performance on the other hand the Esoteric D03 and dCS Debussy playing music without missing something. In some areas Esoteric was better [bolder and a bit deeper low frequencies] and Debussy had more air and more delicate high frequencies. Overall both were pleasing and got involved with music.

Furthermore Esoteric rubidium clock was used and upgraded the sound in all mentioned dacs. I guess the Esoteric loom helped more the D03 and we heard SACD only through Esoteric [encrypted dsd].

3 people participated in this audition with same listening findings.

I guess Paganini or D01 are even better (not mentioning Scarlatti...)
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