Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti?

Classic - many thanks for your views, quite useful to get impressions of the DAC's from someone with actual exposure...and no skin in the game.

Piqued my curiousity though...why so many DACs on hand?

The MSB stuffis fantastic, BUT it took me a long time to extract the best out of it. It is very picky about vibration contro and the source. I have the MSB Power Dac which is a Platinum Dac minus the upgrade path ability or user controls.

The sound I am now getting is some of the best I have gotten out of digital and I rate it with some of the best I have heard. I will not go into too much as I have a seperate thread going related to this subject.

Also I wanted to say I see absolutely nothing wrong with a manufacturer (who makes it known that he is in fact a manufacturer) referring someone to a review. This is why we are on these forums, to learn and glean information from those who may know more that we do. Also it is fun to share information.

ClassicJazz - can you be so kind to post a mini review of all those different digital gear and compare them with each other? When you say the MPS5, dCS, and Wadio are "orthogonal" to each other, do you mean they are completely different?

Would love to hear what you think about all those different DACs

Jonathin -

I'm just re-reading the MPS-5 review. I was just wondering why the player takes so much time to break in ("months" according to Fremer)?

Changster: I cannot tell you exactly why, but it is a certainty. I have broken in a number of Playback Designs MPS-5s and it is very consistent. In my experience somewhere between 400 and 500 hours gets you 98% there.