MSB Technology -- the "best" digital can get?

@audioman58   +1

The market strategy has been discussed elsewhere.  Dramatically overpriced  component, make its ownership a status symbol unrelated to value.  Hope to sell 10 units to benighted billionaires and clear a few million in profits 

I an assuming that you made a typo in the original post.  I have not heard the sentinel but a Cascade will wipe the floor with a $10K vinyl rig.  I assume you meant $100K.  A DAC at that level is going to give a TekDAS table a run for its money.  The analog will still win but it will be close and the convenience makes it infinitely easier to listen too.  

I have a customer who has a DAC that is half the price of the Cascade (Linn Klimax DSM) and he finds it uncomfortably close to his $200k analog rig.  

$10k vinyl was not a typo.

Yes I am aware that Cascade is just under $100k.

I’ll wait for Fremer, TAS, or AV Show Reports for additional analysis.

If MSB, or whomever , at even $1M , can push 16/44.1 Red Book to compete with,say, a $10k table/ arm with another 5k on cart and 3k on phono preamp…

… that would be important if I could personally attend such a comparison listening room.

In the factory tour video, the MSB listening room was shown. But I saw no analog source gear in the rack.

According to MSB's forum they have sold 20 Sentinal dacs. 

I would spend a lot more time making friends and listening to great systems having both format front ends…, vs just reading about it or worse watching utube.,,,

@verdantaudio has it correct

and there are those of us who… actually many who purposefully seek out the level of discomfort Scott speaks of because it causes us to push whichever format HIGHER….. enjoy the music and the journey….