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First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship

I have received the 006 almost a week ago and have been breaking it in. The price at Shenzhenaudio is $3,900.00 USD, $600 more than the 005. The ad copy states:

"DA006 is a new generation of flagship DAC developed by Musetec over three years and launched in 2024. During this period, it has undergone more than ten revisions and adjustments.

Compared to the previous DA005, the listening experience of DA006 has been improved in all aspects. DA006 has clearer and richer details, a stronger sense of texture, a more stable sound base, better detail control, a wider soundstage, fuller and more powerful, smoother and more natural. . ."

Some brief listening during break in has been very very positive. I will report back when it has run at least 300 hours.

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sns
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I have no doubt the laptop streamer would sound better with ddc. I'm just questioning whether the $1800 would be better spent on better streamer. That based on my reasoning that stopping contamination upstream is preferable to downstream.

 

Hmm, not sure I agree that ddc could be of benefit for any streamer that no. 1 lacks I2S output, that is if we believe I2S is inherently better than any usb. Or no. 2, has I2S output, but not as well implemented as a ddc. You're now seeing streamers with proprietary interfaces, based on reviews I have no doubts those better than typical I2S setups. I'll continue to maintain optimized I2S superior to optimized usb.

 

Perhaps some of these proprietary interfaces will make it into more affordable equipment, until then we really only have usb and I2S to play with. Not expecting that anytime soon, sure these technologies patented, so reverse engineering would have to be diy thing.

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brbrock
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@sns @debjit_g  Denafrips is going thru upgrading  gear have they said that they are going to upgrade the GAIA or is it at a level that their is not much left to upgrade? 

debjit_g
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sns @debjit_g  Denafrips is going thru upgrading  gear have they said that they are going to upgrade the GAIA or is it at a level that their is not much left to upgrade? 
 

I have not heard they said about upgrading Gaia. In fact they have also not advertised any upgrades to Pontus to the 15th Gen until it was released. There is always room for improvements in any components - even if you are not changing design, just upgrading internal parts could provide a very noticeable change. 

sns
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My Gaia is 12th or latest version, seems I recall reading something about minor improvements. Often times manufacturers improve things in ongoing basis, may not mention this and/or designate as new version or model.

 

All equipment subject to ongoing improvements, who knows when your piece becomes yesterday's model. Sonore just came out with Deluxe versions of my OpticalRendu and OpticalModule, so now I'm behind the curve again, this stuff is never ending!

sns
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Oh, and I forgot about Evo version of my JCAT XE Netcard, even further behind the curve! Like I keep on saying, streaming is evolving fast and furious, kind of fun, interesting, but frustrating at the same time.

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