Recent content by Matej Isak

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    MSB Select II arrival

    Congrats and welcome to the MSB Select DAC club! And you're already a member of The Bespoke Audio Company Silver club :).
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    Amati Engineering 845 Tube Amplifier

    Indeed. There are among the most beautfiul looking...
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    Amati Engineering 845 Tube Amplifier

    Dear Ron, No problem. They've had liqudiation sale back in January: http://www.monoandstereo.com/2017/01/unique-opportunity.html We need to cath up soon!
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    DMA-500 Anniversary Reference Monoblocks

    This might be interesting. A bit more info and photos: http://www.monoandstereo.com/2017/10/new-spectral-dma-500-anniversary-mono.html
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    MSB Select II arrival

    That would be spot on definition of my "disease"...
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    MSB Select II arrival

    The "digititis" started to disappear, with my exposures to TotalDac, Aries Cerat Kassandra, MSB Select, Nagra HD and Classic DAC etc., so I would say it was connected with the digital front ends more then with the system in my case. And no, no "suffering" with great digital sourced LPs.
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    MSB Select II arrival

    This was my exact "problem" with digital, and why I was holding on the analog for so long... I coudn't stand listening for more then 5-15, before the "digititis" has kicked in...
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    MSB Select II arrival

    Congrats on the purchase Mike. Really looking forward to hear your impressions...
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    MSB Select II arrival

    Indeed Mike. Everything feels more real, with a bit more drama (realism) and sense of being there. Processing part might be tied to the updated density (newly coded algorithms), that is daringly lurking towards the enticing attributes of the vinyl replay.
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    MSB Select II arrival

    Hello Howie, sadly I didn't have a chance yet to pair the MSB Select DAC II with M204 amplifiers. It might happen soon and I'll surely write up. So far I've preferred (prefer) the preamplifier between the Select II and power amplifiers, but this is surely connected with the gain synergy. The...
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    MSB Select II arrival

    Mike, I'm glad it worked out for you. Yes, the new update adds more of "being there" presence and there is an overall shift in the natural transparency. The upgrade also brings the benefits for each sampling frequency. From what I understood all of them are now treated separately. This...
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    MSB Select II arrival

    Hi, I was using Ubiq Audio Model One Special Editon speakers, Kaiser Kawero Chiara, Aequo Audio Ensis, Volya Boquet speakers ...
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    MSB Select II arrival

    Hello Armsan, will do, once I'll get them.
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    MSB Select II arrival

    Mike, actually it's very easy. You just need a bit perfect playback of the update file (waw), so either Roon or Itunes works. Basically, you just play the file as the song and everything is done automatically.

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