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It is so hard to be patient, but yet so fun to unlock the potential of gems such as these
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Buddy, you are right, the patience thing is a drag at times. The one thing I noticed as a general rule for buying gear was that the better quality of components that I bought the more acceptable they were straight out of the box. Yes they still get better with some playing hrs too.
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The sad thing is I'm not even using the dac to it's fullest potential. I'm running it single end not taken advantage of the MSB's full balanced dac. I know some are thinking that it doesn't matter but when you get up to this level every bit counts. Plus I'm demoing their lowest price dac "Platinum IV", midrange power supply "Signature" and their base model transport "Platinum CD IV". I can't imaging what their top of line sounds like but I know Kev could. Is the clock a must only if you listen to it. I'm not trying to sugar coat anything here because this stack cost some serious money and the way digital is everyone is afraid of jumping in the water me included. But if you ever though of getting rid of your table you need to listen to this dac. Today I will try some hi-rez. Oh yea there was a topic on AudioAficionado a couple of weeks ago about does more money mean better sound well when it comes to MSB's dac "YES "
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John,
This is driving me crazy. I can read it all through your post that the MSB dac must be amazing. I am happy for you, but now more confused than ever. |
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All I have to say is when I had my Burmester gear I should have bought Burmester's cd 089 to reap the full effect of Burmester.
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I am really drawn towards the 111 and it would immensely simplify my setup. If my sales on my gear goes through, the 111 is within reach. I could always add an MSB next year. |
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If the 111 is good as Burmester say I would get that and be done with it. You would have excellent Burmester synergy.
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Please keep us updated on the MSB. |
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I'm following your adventures with MSB!
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Hey John, great info. I know you have a firm grip on the sugar coating, although it's pretty hard not to gush about this gear. You've got me thinking about the Femto clock now, it's the only thing I never got.
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