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MSB Diamond DAC V

Looking to try a MSB Diamond V Dac with Diamond Power Base Volume Control and Renderer. As a side note I have had the opportunity to enjoy the Lampizator Pacific, Esoteric Grandioso K1 my 2 favorites, DCS Vivaldi, Chord Dave but never tried the MSB. I was told that it's is a must listen to before I pull the ultimate trigger.

Please feel free to comment on your thoughts regarding what i can expect from the MSB Diamond DAC V.

Thanks. 
blumartini
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blumartini OP
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Ouch, totally not what I was looking for. I listen to a broad range of music minus Classical, Country, and Rap. All else is fair game and my next Dac must play well in that arena as well as coexisting wit either solid state our tube.

Thank you for your input.
djones51
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For the price I would ask to see measurements on it. What's the SINAD? Intermodulation distortion? Jitter noise? Linearity? What you're describing is typical "ladder dac" high frequency roll off and distortion. I would expect that in a cheap R2R implementation not something at this price.
djones51
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Try a Mola Mola Tambaqui Dac 

https://www.mola-mola.nl/tambaqui.php
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tomic601
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Have you reached out to Vince at MSB ?
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georgehifi
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blumartini OP
What i can expect from the MSB Diamond DAC V.

Real transparent, dynamic, glare free musical presentation, with great boogie factor. This is what R2R dac’s can do when designed right and used direct into amp/s.
They don’t try to soften everything to make the bad recordings more listenable at the expense of the good recordings like Delta Sigma dacs do.

Cheers George
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