MSB Diamond DAC V

@tomic601

Please describe your experience as i am shocked that a piece that cost that kind of money would have holes in the upper and lower octaves. Its not easy grabbing a used piece like this demoing it so that mention definitely raises a flag.

Regarding the MSB Diamond DAC V, paired with a pair of M500 Mono Amplifiers.
I actually was not there to hear it, but a couple of customers came into the speaker factory I used to work at, and brought in the combination I listed above. They were connected to a pair of Lenehan ML5 speakers.
Michael my boss, told me it was the best sound he'd ever heard. Period.

I did hear a Grandinote streamer DAC and power amplifier, and it was probably the best combination with Lenehan speakers I personally had heard, this was after the MSB session. Mike said the MSB was still the best.
I don't know if it's true, but the clock in the MSB is from a cruise missile?

@blumartini my comments were based on user who posted it was missing bottom octave which is 100% contrary to any listening I have had w MSB. 

my comments were based on user who posted it was missing bottom octave which is 100% contrary to any listening I have had w MSB.

+1
Same here, MSB's R2R dacs have an awesome tight bottom end that needs to be dug out of the floor and your guts it’s that low, but only when it’s presented in the music.
Obviously that owner has a serious defect somewhere in the chain, if he says that the bottom octave is missing, and he’s blaming the wrong thing unless it’s faulty.

Cheers George

Same here, MSB's R2R dacs have an awesome tight bottom end that needs to be dug out of the floor and your guts it’s that low, but only when it’s presented in the music.
Obviously that owner has a serious defect somewhere in the chain, if he says that the bottom octave is missing, and he’s blaming the wrong thing unless it’s faulty.

Sorry, but no.
My MSB units are beautiful condition & checked by the dealer. Nor is it a  problem (if problem it is) elsewhere in the system -- such as my system is, of course -- because I do get  " an awesome tight bottom end that needs to be dug out of the floor and your guts it’s that low " using the other DAC on loan.

To be clear, the Select is a serious product and it plays music well.
It's just that in my environment, the other machine outperforms it by a wide margin. Regards