I had a chance to try both the MSB Reference and Premiere DACs with the power base options versus my Vivaldi stack. I didn’t find the Reference made any notable improvement in my system, however the Premiere with all the top options was a small improvement. Not enough of an improvement to temp me into taking at least a 50% hit on the Vivaldi and then spending big $ for the MSB. Plus the Vivaldi Transport didn’t work with the MSB, so the full stack would have to get replaced. The MSB can function as a pre-amp, but that has a whole other set of issues for me. So if I was starting from scratch I would give the MSB set serious consideration and build around it but as a replacement in my current system, it just wasn’t enough better to justify the expense.
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