MSB Diamond DAC V

my comments were based on user who posted it was missing bottom octave which is 100% contrary to any listening I have had w MSB.

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Same here, MSB's R2R dacs have an awesome tight bottom end that needs to be dug out of the floor and your guts it’s that low, but only when it’s presented in the music.
Obviously that owner has a serious defect somewhere in the chain, if he says that the bottom octave is missing, and he’s blaming the wrong thing unless it’s faulty.

Cheers George

Same here, MSB's R2R dacs have an awesome tight bottom end that needs to be dug out of the floor and your guts it’s that low, but only when it’s presented in the music.
Obviously that owner has a serious defect somewhere in the chain, if he says that the bottom octave is missing, and he’s blaming the wrong thing unless it’s faulty.

Sorry, but no.
My MSB units are beautiful condition & checked by the dealer. Nor is it a  problem (if problem it is) elsewhere in the system -- such as my system is, of course -- because I do get  " an awesome tight bottom end that needs to be dug out of the floor and your guts it’s that low " using the other DAC on loan.

To be clear, the Select is a serious product and it plays music well.
It's just that in my environment, the other machine outperforms it by a wide margin. Regards

@gregm 

Thank you for your input on the select Dac and as we all know not all things play equal together no matter how much money they cost. Not to get off topic on system matching a whole other world of issues of course and a subject that can go on forever and ever with so many variables involved.
Again thank you for your input and my next question is what Dac is that you now have on loan and what is it doing differently in your system?
Lastly my original curiosity was about the MSB Diamond V Dac with Diamond Power Base and renderer. My goal was to eliminate the preamp in the chain and get as much tube like sweetness as I can yet retaining the dynamic swings, bass punch and slam that solid state delivers "Best of Both Worlds" so to speak. 

Thanks again for your input.

blumartini OP
My goal was to eliminate the preamp in the chain and get as much tube like sweetness as I can yet retaining the dynamic swings, bass punch and slam that solid state delivers "Best of Both Worlds" so to speak.

Direct from an MSB R2R using it’s volume control will do exactly that, that’s how mine is run, if the rest of your system is up to it.
But like any source that is very detailed, very dynamic and very transparent, like the MSB range of R2R dacs, if the rest (amp/speakers) are not up to it, then the MSB will show them up.
If your system need taming then you should go to Delta Sigma (dsd) based dacs which are kinder, and not as forcefull with their dynamics, but to me they a bit of a yawn, and don't keep me interested for long. 

Cheers George

@georgehifi
Thank you for getting back to me. I guess its best to zero in a bit. My current system amp is the just Released Plinius A-150 150 wpc class A switchable to A/B and Speakers are Focal Sopra #2. My room size for this setup is 12 wide by 10 deep. My music varies from Acoustic Vocals, Blues, Jaz, Rock, to Contemporary to Electronic Techno. I currently have a NAS ethernet setup playing through P.S Audio Perfectwave Directstream FPGA Dac connected to a P.S. Audio BHK Preamp . My goal was to maximize on the Dac and get rid of the preamp in the chain.
Must admit not too bad all things considered just trying to up the anti since the source is is where it all begins the rest can evolve as it constantly does from time to time. Little stuck as I really want to to do Dac direct to amp and yet have that preaml magic.

My other options where MSB Discrete, DCS Bartok or Lumin X1 as a downstream to the MSB Diamond Dac V solution.

Thanks for you help.