Musical Fidelity X-10D


At present I'm running a pair of Pioneer DV-727Fs into an SAE 2100L pre-amp via a Musical Fidelity X-10D. I'm considering the insertion of an MSB DAC III, with the upsampling upgrade, into the mix. Would I still benefit by keeping the X-10D, or will the DAC III make it redundant?
carlos47

Showing 1 response by marakanetz

I would not recommend an addition of MSB. Its upsampling only makes sound more annoying.
In technical side the upsampling only brings more distortions and quantisation losses.
X-10 is differential buffered inverting stage that with its rise time delay helps to smooth-out the messy output of digital player. Theoretically it already introduces large losses of a signal but still better solution than external upsampling DAC + extra run of wires.