Hi Guys,
I have been trying to work through something. I have an MSB Discrete with 2 psu's and love the overall build and design. The SQ is also amazing and the unit itself is rock solid in operation. I have found however that it doesn't play nice with all amplifiers.
I recently picked up a TAD M2500 amplifier and connected it as usual and the amp immediately went into protection mode. I thought at first that i was merely sent a dud but then i figured i would experiment a bit. It seems to be working when connected to anything other than the MSB. This is not the first time i have had this happen either. I have also had a Vitus ss010 do the same thing. When connected to the merason dac1 mk1, there was no issues. When connected to an Auralic Vega G2, no issues. When connected to the msb in amplifier mode, it immediately went into protection mode. when in integrated mode, it was strained and when turned up, it shut down also.
Amps that i have in house that work well with MSB:
Burmester 036 (The best sound of all pairings imo)
Pass Labs 30.8 (No bass in this pairing)
Luxman 590aii
Audionet WATT
MSB S202 (Excellent sound also, but not as good as burmester)
Vinnie Rossi L2iSE
Amps that go into protection Mode:
Vitus SS010
TAD M2500
Maybe i have some electric gremlins in my house but i also tried connecting the Pre output of the Vinnie Rossi into the burmester for fun and it sent it into protection mode. Synergy is obviously key here but its not obvious to me how to diagnose this ahead of time prior to purchasing. Has anyone else run into this? Specifically with MSB.
I have been trying to work through something. I have an MSB Discrete with 2 psu's and love the overall build and design. The SQ is also amazing and the unit itself is rock solid in operation. I have found however that it doesn't play nice with all amplifiers.
I recently picked up a TAD M2500 amplifier and connected it as usual and the amp immediately went into protection mode. I thought at first that i was merely sent a dud but then i figured i would experiment a bit. It seems to be working when connected to anything other than the MSB. This is not the first time i have had this happen either. I have also had a Vitus ss010 do the same thing. When connected to the merason dac1 mk1, there was no issues. When connected to an Auralic Vega G2, no issues. When connected to the msb in amplifier mode, it immediately went into protection mode. when in integrated mode, it was strained and when turned up, it shut down also.
Amps that i have in house that work well with MSB:
Burmester 036 (The best sound of all pairings imo)
Pass Labs 30.8 (No bass in this pairing)
Luxman 590aii
Audionet WATT
MSB S202 (Excellent sound also, but not as good as burmester)
Vinnie Rossi L2iSE
Amps that go into protection Mode:
Vitus SS010
TAD M2500
Maybe i have some electric gremlins in my house but i also tried connecting the Pre output of the Vinnie Rossi into the burmester for fun and it sent it into protection mode. Synergy is obviously key here but its not obvious to me how to diagnose this ahead of time prior to purchasing. Has anyone else run into this? Specifically with MSB.
