MSB Diamond DAC V

@gregm 

looks amazing on paper, but as an exotic and unknown here in the U.S. it’s a bit risky interims of resell ability and depreciation. DACs have always been a fear of mine due to the Dac a Day concept. Everyone comes out with a new and improved best thing since slice bread every year while the buyers take a major loss when trying to upgrade to the next greatest Dac. I am going to look for either a Lampi Pacific or a MSB Diamond Dac V with all the goodies on the secondary market. 

Thanks for your help, it certainly has massive technical appeal. Keep us posted:)

There's a few MSB's here on Audiogon, a very nice very nice Platinum IV Plus for $6.5k  https://www.audiogon.com/listings?q=msb

Cheers George

George, you have what pretty much amounts to preferential obsessions with certain gear, which is fine.  But why do you try to oversell your preferences to others, my acknowledging that you have no financial interests?  Why not let them decide based on their own observations?

Jetter
What’s with you?? anti MSB, because that’s what it looks like.

READ!!! He (the OP) said

"I am going to look for either a Lampi Pacific or a MSB Diamond Dac V with all the goodies on the secondary market."

I’m showing him a good one on Audiogon. Butt out!!

Correct, I have no financial interests as I’m also in Australia and definitely NOT an MSB agent. But I do believe they are the front runners and always have been of R2R discrete dacs, others follow, and yes I do own one.

And here it is again for the OP https://www.audiogon.com/listings?q=msb just to get up your nose once more.

$40k euro builds a fairly impressive DCS stack. @gregm  thank you for your well considered reply on sonics. I looked and build quality seems very high indeed. I own an Aesthetix and a Lampi, will at some point replace the Aesthetix 

fun, enjoy the music gents..