MSB select II vs all dacs ?

@mikelavigne--What does the rest of your system look like if I may ?

like this;

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/615

my pictures and gear list are about a year old. it's mostly the same......but soon i will be updating it regarding recent additions to the digital and vinyl.

@ricred1 have you heard MSB?

Also Denafrips ?

@yyzsantabarbara, your dealer quote is interesting, I suspected that the Mola Mola was that good.

I haven't heard MSB or the Denafrips DAC. I have great synergy in my system and see no reason to listen to every new DAC out there. At some point you have to be content in this hobby.  After a year of listening to various components I'm content.

@david_ten

Hi David

If you are looking for nice Dac close to the performance of MSB Select II at more affordable price, then I recommend you to try Lampiziator Pacific Dac.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9eh61-lampizator-pacific-da-converters

I had heard MSB Select II, Lampiziator Pacific Dac., MSB Premier with the same setting at dealer’s showroom.

Pacific sound full bodied and warm with 90% of the performance of MSB Select II at 1/3 cost.

It sounds much better than Premier on almost every aspects.

MSB Select II is slightly better than Pacific in somewhat relaxed analog texture.

But I was not willing to pay 100K$ for MSB Select II.

I had ended up buying Chord Dave and Mscaler which has more transparent soundstage than Pacific.

But I miss the full bodied and warm sound of Pacific.

https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/lampizator-pacific-dac/

Thomas