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essjay 10-05-2017 07:42 AM

MSB Analog - MQA Firmware update now out
 
Not sure if anyone missed this asI did, it appears MSB has now released the MQA firmware update for their Analog DAC :banana:

I have upgraded mine tonight but way too early to tell if there are any improvements, in fact I was wondering just before how i would ever tell when my DAC already sounded perfect. What I can say is my DAC certainly does not sound worse for it :thumbsup:

Hope this helps and all feedback welcome, please do share your experience with this update if you have it installed

Regards

Essjay :music:

Still-One 10-05-2017 11:48 AM

MQA on the Select II sounds amazing. Looking forward how well they executed MQA on the Analog DAC.

mdavis 10-06-2017 01:38 PM

I’ve had the MQA module in my Analog DAC for about a week now. Still sampling MQA files at the moment. So far some files simply sound good; others are extraordinary.

Also, the module improves sound quality on all file types. Hence, even read-book playback has improved considerably.

essjay 10-06-2017 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdavis (Post 870447)
I’ve had the MQA module in my Analog DAC for about a week now. Still sampling MQA files at the moment. So far some files simply sound good; others are extraordinary.

Also, the module improves sound quality on all file types. Hence, even read-book playback has improved considerably.

How does the really well mastered MQA content compare to really well mastered DSD?

mdavis 10-07-2017 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by essjay (Post 870500)
How does the really well mastered MQA content compare to really well mastered DSD?



Difficult to say. I don’t have DSD and MQA files from the same master. However, the one thing both file types have in common is a great reproduction of space. At the moment DSD appears a bit more organic and relaxed than the MQA files I’ve listened to so far. Still early days for my experience with MQA.

Though I must say that listening to Coltrane, Naima, MQA unfolded to 24/192 renders his sax as the most realistic reproduction that I have yet experienced.

mdavis 10-07-2017 09:54 PM

I must say that my above comments are based on the best MQA and DSD files I’ve heard, not the mediocre ones.


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