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| MSB Diamond DAC V @blumartini Hi, I just checked their site and the US importer is Audioskies. In Europe, it costs around 30k euro, so I'm guessing it's under 40k in the US (not peanuts, but a lot less than my MSB)Regards | |
| European Voltage: options A 110-to-220V transformer comes to mind. Additional benefit: the transformer will filter out circuit noise as well as give the right voltage. | |
| MSB Diamond DAC V @blumartini 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? Sorry it took me so long to respond -- the other machine is an Ideon Audio "Absolute" (lates... | |
| Recapping Krell KSA 250 Strongly second jollygreen's advice above. Simple to do and worth it -- better safe than sorry! | |
| MSB Diamond DAC V 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 sa... | |
| Does a wired streamer sound a LOT better than a wireless connection? I found that bog-standard cat 6 wire sounded better than wireless (large orchestras, etc), but that could be a tech (rather than configuration) matter.As regards the additional questions: All else being equal:1) does a record sound better than a ... | |
| MSB Diamond DAC V Maybe my ongoing experience with the Select (the current top of the line) with dual power base can help. I’ve had it along with another top-end DAC (Ideon Absolute) at home on evaluation for about a month now. The MSB is beautifully engineered, ea... | |
| Will streaming ever be "audiophile-worthy"? My take is, it already is...I don't know about the portable devices, but listening to Qobuz (hi-rez files) yesterday through a world-class digital front end was surprisingly and enthusiastically good. Naturalness, frequency response, dynamics, det... | |
| Some basic computer audio questions Hi mcribMy experience1) Used USB out to an external dac— SQ not just "better" but in another dimension altogether2) No idea, but you could have one made inexpensively using aftermarket wire 3) No idea:) I doubt the difference (if any) is significa... | |
| Quad 21L Speakers - Promising, but with a hard to resolve issue Presumably, the speakers are lost unless you repair the Xover, so the only course of action left is to remove the xover board & check the components. You'll probably need to cut the input wire at the xover level and later solder separate input... | |
| 12 years or 18 years? Lately, I discovered a killer weak to enhance bass extension: 25yr old single malt Suntory Yamazaki whisky.OTOH, a glass of Laphroaig with a drop of pure Islay water makes the sound soft, tube-like.Drinking the whole bottle transports you to the m... | |
| Suggestions please!! --Need to replace vintage Audio Research VT 200 Tube Power Amp I agree with BIF above—here's an idea along the SS lines: Benchmark amps.I heard two of them (i.e. in monoblock mode) driving ProAc 4s very well indeed. We were listening to orchestral works that are very demanding—no detectable strain from the amps. | |
| History Repeating (Certainly an Irony in this thread!) Excellent idea and a great choice (historical repetitions of that kind are welcome) ! I propose another, extolling the beauty of this world. Here’s to many happy returns of spring without pandemic : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE | |
| Speaker Woofer fix for rubber surround cracking ..suggestions pleae You need to change the surrounds. There are people who offer speaker repair kits and I strongly suggest you contact them and watch a few vids on the subject on Utube. Here is one such shop. Do not use nail polish, it will harden the surrounds! Go... | |
| Need some Tube and Class A SS Suggestions Other than the XA25 mentioned above, I recommend you check out the Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 600. I listened to it recently with Spendor D9s, a very pleasing result. I imagine it would sound just as good with the D7s if not better |