Playback Designs MPS-3 inside

[wizard]

 

[Bruce B]

Sure looks pretty!

 

[joeinid]

Wow! Thanks for all the great photos wizard.

 

[Mike]

Hi Wizard,

What are your experiences with the MPS-3? I haven't been able to find many reviews of it.

Thanks!

Mike

 

[wizard]

A review here

 

[Mike]

A review here

Thanks, Wizard. This is the only one that I've seen.

 

[AudioExplorations]

Very clean design. I am not familiar with the DAC chip used.

 

[jtinn]

Very clean design. I am not familiar with the DAC chip used.

That is because there is none. It is discrete.

 

[steve williams]

JT

does the MP-S5 use the same transport as the 3

 

[Bruce B]

JT

does the MP-S5 use the same transport as the 3

No... it uses a modded Esoteric drive

 

[steve williams]

No... it uses a modded Esoteric drive

That was my understanding and hence the reason for the question

 

[wizard]

MPS-3 vs MPS-5

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Sound on cd and sacd, MPS-5 is more musical, has better density, more balanced and delicate, in short better on everything.
On can say that MPS-3 sound is about 80% of Mps-5.

 

[Bruce B]

MPS-3 vs MPS-5Sound on cd and sacd, MPS-5 is more musical, has better density, more balanced and delicate, in short better on everything.
On can say that MPS-3 sound is about 80% of Mps-5.

Wow... I would have thought they would be closer.... unless you were using an SACD in the MPS-5 and a CD in the MPS-3 since it's Red Book only.

 

[Mike]

Wow... I would have thought they would be closer.... unless you were using an SACD in the MPS-5 and a CD in the MPS-3 since it's Red Book only.

Could one compare the two machines by having them both play files ripped from an SACD and read in using the digital inputs?

 

[Bruce B]

Could one compare the two machines by having them both play files ripped from an SACD and read in using the digital inputs?

yes...

 

[Mike]

yes...

Thanks!

 

[rnsa2000]

Hi Friends,

the MPS-3 only playing redbook?


Best regards,
Ricardo Nonato.

 

[Bruce B]

Hi Friends,

the MPS-3 only playing redbook?


Best regards,
Ricardo Nonato.

The MPS-3 has a transport that will only play Redbook CD's, but if you have a computer, you can use it as a DAC and play any PCM file up to 384kHz or DSD file up to 5.6MHz

 

[rnsa2000]

Bruce B,

I thought only the MPS-5 played native DSD. It was good to know that the MPS-3 also plays DSD.


Best regards,
Ricardo Nonato.

 

[Mike]

I just ordered this. Kind of excited!