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Your Hi-Fi Stereo, Surround Sound, and Home Theater system
source for video and home audio equipment.
MSB PLATINUM DAC
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Your Hi-Fi Stereo, Surround Sound, and Home Theater system
source for video and home audio equipment.
MSB PLATINUM DAC
"If there is a digital converter that can convince a die hard vinylphile that
digital has at last arrived, this is the machine "
"The Platinum lacks the standard digital byproducts that have become a staple
of "digital sound" and by disposing of those artifacts has ended up sounding
more analog-like than many turntables people listen to"
It's a holistic view to music reproduction that works particularly well when
the component is as accurate and naturally revealing as this machine is.
the MSB (Platinum) is superbly equipped to render and reveal the organic and
humanistic aspects of a performance
When you hear a vocal through the MSB (Platinum) and it seems all big, vivid
and surrounded by flesh, you realize the incredible resolution that this unit
packs."
Martin G. DeWulf, Bound for Sound #147
The upsampling board in the PLATINUM is 176.4 kHz (or 4 times), the input card has improved for a nicer sound and some improved swtching. This 4X Upsampling card is MSB's own, not the Crystal 8240 chip.
24/1500 DAC. Contains four MSB 46-bit handbuilt Ladder DAC modules - more accurate than the usual chips and software DACs can ever be. Fully balanced, in and out.
UPSAMPLING: Upsample from any lower audio standard to 24bit/132.3kHz (3 times the CD rate).
POWER SUPPLIES: 5 power supplies in the digital portion and 6 in the analog.The Platinum includes a built-in P1000 Power Base, with its high performance triple wound toroidal transformer and rectification. It can be configured internally for 120V or 240V and has a detachable cord. 4 Sign Magnitude 46 Bit Ladder DACS.
MSB NETWORK: The MSB Network was designed to be the primary interconnection between the transport and DAC. The MSB Network is a high-speed connection in which the bit clock, word clock, and data are sent separately to the DAC (just like the I2S format promoted by Audio Alchemy, but a 24-bit/192kHz format version). The MSB Network (now called XPORT) can be added to virtually any digital device, including CD players old or new, DVD players, and computer soundboards, for only $995. It also carries DVD-A, SACD, Dolby Digital and DTS.
INPUTS: Coaxial, Toslink, Balanced AES/EBU, MSB Network (192k), Optional ATT Glass, upgradable to Firewire IEEE1394
OUTPUTS: line level, balanced
SAMPLING FREQUENCY: 1.5 MHZ digital filter: Burr-Brown DF1704
SLEW RATE: >1000 v/microsecond
SETTLING TIME: <100 nanoseconds
DYNAMIC RANGE: 130 dB
NOISE FLOOR: < -135 dB
THD+N:.006
SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO: 130 dB
CHANNEL SEPARATION: >130 dB;
MSB PLATINUM DAC, excellent condition, barely connected, dealer demo unit
LIST PRICE: $3995.00; SELL: $2,495 includes 48-state shipping. Sales tax added in California. Can only be shipped to USA and to other countries with no MSB dealers.
Crane Enterprises and Crane Home Theater.
© 1997 - 2006
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