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Musical Fidelity A3 24 Dac, any thoughts? Reviews?

Howdy! Wondering if anyone would be so good as to comment on the Musical Fidelity A3 24 dac, wondering if it is as good as the rave reviews found in the press, what its "sound" is in your system, and what are you see as its strengths and weaknesses? If anyone could compare it to the MSB Nelson Link Dac w/upsampling, that would be great, too :) For such a highly rated dac I can hardly find any reviews of it online and it seems few people are using it. Thanks!
socrates
jkaway
93 posts
 
Soc. I listenned to this unit at the store with all MF and B&W equipment and was not impressed. The sound was different but by no means better than with the standard one box cd player.From now on Sam Tellig is way suspect with me. John
socrates OP
247 posts
 
Thanks so much for the comments. I have tried a few of the new MF "A Series" products and absolutely loved some of them, but wasn't thrilled with others. Suppose I'll just have to try the A3 24 for myself, fortunatley the MF gear is very easy to resell! Thanks again.
william_hsu
7 posts
 
I've had the A324 for about 3 weeks now, and I definitely prefer it over my MSB Link II, self-modded to Dan Wright's specs with Monolithic PSU and Upsampling upgrades. The A324 is much more refined and with less grain. With piano recordings, my modded Link II is "crispier" and somewhat more dynamic sounding. I've upgraded the Link's op-amps to high speed Linear Tech and changed the analog voltage regulators from 8V to 15V, which may be responsible to its more dynamic nature. But overall, the A324 is more musical and less fatiguing. Sonically, the A324 is more neutral while the Link is a little bright.
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