New MDA200 DAC
 

Well this is interesting: https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/product...verters/MDA200

Do you know its price?

And is it available yet?

MSRP $4000. Dealer are taking orders with delivery expectation this month in the US.

They built a stand alone DAC. Good for them. I wish they would have just come out with a MDA 1200 Tube Dac. Adding the CD player IMO dumb.

What's the deal with the 24/192? My 2015 MA8000 supports 32/192. :scratch2:

MA800 manual:
Digital Input Sample Rates
Optical: 16Bit, 24Bit - 32kHz to 96kHz
Coaxial: 16Bit, 24Bit - 32kHz to 96kHz
USB: 16Bit, 24Bit, 32Bit - 32kHz to 192kHz

MDA200 manual:
Digital Input Sample Rates
Optical: PCM 16-bit, 24-bit 44.1-192kHz
Coaxial: PCM 16-bit, 24-bit 44.1-192kHz
MCT: PCM, SACD, 16-bit, 24-bit 44.1-192kHz
USB: PCM 16-bit, 24-bit, 32-bit 44.1-192kHz
DXD DXD352.8kHz, DXD384kHz
DSD DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, DSD512
HDMI: PCM 24-bit, 44.1-192kHz, bitstream

I also don’t quite understand. The DAC is a DA2 module, which is included in several other products.

So $4k for the DAC portion of a C2700? Am I missing something?

Also, hi everyone! Long time lurker and learner, first time poster.

The 'oddest' thing to me is why McIntosh did not design it with the DA2 module as a plug-in at the back. Feel sure there will be a DA3 module at some point and would be much simpler to make it 'plug-&=play'.

I must be missing something:
https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/cdn-cgi...background.jpg

Doh......... your eyes are much better than mine. I stand corrected.