I've just reached the point that I don't use discs at all so the APL will go on sale soon. It's a fine dac but it's just too damn big and I'm in a mood to scale down a bit. Well that an I want a low output impedance SS source to play with.

I've just reached the point that I don't use discs at all so the APL will go on sale soon. It's a fine dac but it's just too damn big and I'm in a mood to scale down a bit. Well that an I want a low output impedance SS source to play with.

It's cool, I sold my XA5400ES a while back too. It was great with SACD, but the majority of them were hybrid discs that I wasn't even using it that much. Seems everything is going discless anyway.

I dunno, I don't think this is a top flight source myself. I haven't really been impressed the times I've spent with it. But, give it a spin and report back!

I do have plans for a TOTL source but a MSB DACIV Signature is a just a tad more expensive...

Edited July 26, 201115 yr by spritzer

I thought you said TOTL, so why stop at Signature when you can have Diamond!?

Good point Al I was thinking the exact same thing

I'm crazy but I'm not that crazy. I do wonder what resistors they use in those modules though. Ohh and their implementation of a USB input is just the coolest...

Damn that is pretty bad ass that MSB are back to ladder DACs. I recall them switching to delta sigma at one point. Good videos on their site too.

there is this APL dac

http://www.audiogon....DAC-per-channel

Edited July 28, 201115 yr by diebenkorn

there is this APL dac

http://www.audiogon....DAC-per-channel

Zero feedback. And I'm not talking about the circuit design.

If I was in Europe I'd be haggling with this bloke.

http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?56360-FS-dCS-Debussy-DAC

Necro bumb. I've been thinking about picking up one of these for a while now but 230V units are pretty thin on the ground. Does anybody know if the transformer has split primaries so I could just modify a 115V unit?

My understandings no. I have a coiple of ayres and before I moved from 115v region to a 220v one I called ayre and asked if the local dealer can help with the conversion. The answer was negative. The dealer would have to ship my units back to the factory to get get retrofitted with new transformers.

I can't imaging you can't just order one from the nearest or the cheapest dealer and get it air freighted to you.

Good luck.

http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?58119-MSB-Platinum-DAC-IV-for-sale.