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Originally Posted by paul1
Hi guys what are your thoughts about this Moon 650d it seems just as good spec as the mac and $3.5k cheaper?
I had a demo sounds nice.
What are your thoughts?
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paul1.......Both of the Simaudio Moon 650d and 750d DAC/trnasports are gorgeous looking players for sure. The 650 retails in the U.S. for $8,000.00 and the 750 retails for $12,000.00. I'm not sure where you came up with the $3500.00 difference between the Moon 650 and the McIntosh MCD1100 ($10,000.00) unless McIntosh's most recent price increase brought the retail price to $11,500.00.
The Moon 650 uses the ESS ES9016 DAC. That's the same DAC McIntosh uses in their new $2500 D100 DAC/preamp. The Moon 750 and the MCD1100 both use the ESS ES9018S DAC. There will be some performance differences between the two DAC's. If the MCD1100 is still retailing at $10K, then the Simaudio Moon 750 equivalent at $12K puts it $2K over the Mac product and doesn't support SACD.
Looking at the published specifications on both Moon DAC's, they appear to be fabulous performers, but before you make a purchase you should spend time with familiar music auditioning Moon and Mac. I owned two MCD1100 players, one each in two separate systems, and loved them. The MCD1100 is an SACD/CD/DAC. The Moon 650d and 750d are CD/DAC's only. The common ground isn't exactly as clear as it initially appears between the Moon 650d and the McIntosh MCD1100.
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Dan
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Last edited by jdandy; 07-18-2013 at 06:40 PM.
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