New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5

Hi Larryng - apologies for the belated reply. The USB-X box is most certainly worth the investment. It is what makes the MPS-5 digital playback imho when streaming music. It will make your direct USB connection redundant as it is much superior interface to the USB interface on the Playback. I am hoping you did grab this 2nd hand when you got the chance? But if you didn't you should purchase a new one because it is a very good little unit. You will wonder why you ever went without one for so long.

I was conducting a search on the latest update #27 - that came out today 13th April 2014 - and saw your post. Now that is funny because i was just enquiring about updates #25 & #26 as i received no email from playback informing me of these updates. The last time i updated was about a year ago with update #24 - and now i have updated #27. So for some reason i didn't get #25 or #26 update email from Playback. So i can't comment on those.

I have just updated to #27 (from #24) and i must say not too sure i actually like it. To my ears there appears to be slightly more sibilance with female vocals and i also think the vocals are slightly more "nasal". The mid range to my ears also sound slightly more forward. Has anyone else upgraded to #27? Do you have a point of view you'd like to share?

There's a new email out today Jeff. There's apparently a bug in the last #27. A new one's out today.

Just tried to update this latest recompilation but was unable to. The message i received was "Your unit is already using the latest version" and there was no other option to proceed. Then i attempted to install a previous version #24 so that i could go from #24 back again to #27 and received the message "This is an older update than the one currently installed" and no other option was available for me to proceed. So not too sure about one goes about re-installing this latest recompilation.

Any Playback owners looking for a nice upgrade should try the Synergistic Red fuse. It takes the Playback to the next level with an increase in texturing, musicality, and low level details.

Thanks for the tip Macdude. What size fuse fits the MPS-5? Is the fuse accessible from the rear panel? What direction is the fuse oriented?

Thanks, Dave