Playback Designs MPS-5 SACD/CD Player

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by Still-One

Phillip

I will keep you posted. I may head to the dealer early next week if I can get my wife to ever make a decision on granite and tile for our master bath remodel.

Jim

Jim,

I'm interested as well in the mps5.

[Puma Cat]

You have good taste...

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

You have good taste...

No harm in looking

[alexandrov]

Originally Posted by psjl

...the MPS-5, Playback Designs currently is at the top of my shortlist for now. As soon as I take delivery & break in my Momentums I will be trying to get the dealer here to arrange a home demo for me...

I've listened to MPS-5 with Avalon Isis and the big Tenor monoblocks(I don't remember the cables). There was a comparison - the Playback Designs vs. Linn Sondek turntable. A man wanted to demonstrate the superiority of the vinyl over the digital sources and played some albums in vinyl, CDDA and SACD. The difference was like night and day. Like cold foggy night and warm sunny day. The MPS-5 was AWFUL! No matter what format was, it sounded veiled, congested and artificial. Just awful. And note, I am not an analog fan at all!

[jwhite613]

alexandrov... Welcome To AA!!!

[Ricardo Nonato]

Hi friends,

I heard the MPS-5 sometimes with CTH-8550, and I liked the result. It seemed that the MPS-5 complemented the sound of darTZeel, and was using Zeel connection.

I'm thinking a lot about MPS-5 with the 8550, I think it would be an excellent combination. Although I am also thinking of Puccini + U-Clock.

What do you think?


Best regards,
Ricardo Nonato.

[Jerome W]

Originally Posted by Ricardo Nonato

Hi friends,

I heard the MPS-5 sometimes with CTH-8550, and I liked the result. It seemed that the MPS-5 complemented the sound of darTZeel, and was using Zeel connection.

I'm thinking a lot about MPS-5 with the 8550, I think it would be an excellent combination. Although I am also thinking of Puccini + U-Clock.

What do you think?


Best regards,
Ricardo Nonato.

I listened to the MPS5 and the 8550 also ( they seem to always have the same importer in each country ) and felt in love with the MPS5. Stunning product.

[Ricardo Nonato]

Originally Posted by C220MC275

they seem to always have the same importer in each country

Here in Brazil, the importer is Logical Design by Vlamir.

He represents Dali, MBL, Playback, Evolution Acoustics, darTZeel, Oyaide, Goldmund, among other...

ps: Are you french? My parents lived in Clermont-Ferrand / Puy-de-Dôme.


Best regards,
Ricardo Nonato.

[Jerome W]

Originally Posted by Ricardo Nonato

Are you french? My parents lived in Clermont-Ferrand / Puy-de-Dôme.


Best regards,
Ricardo Nonato.

[Ricardo Nonato]

Friends,

at times I have heard the MPS-5, we were using XRCD and SACD, we have not tested audio files via computer with DSD. Anyone heard or tested the MPS-5 with native DSD files?


Best regards,
Ricardo Nonato.