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Item: MSB POWER DAC (MSB's own R2R ladder dac chips, rechargeable battery powered) Location: Bunbury, WA Price: $350 ono (cost around $6000 new) Item Condition: great cosmetic condition but does not work, needs repair Reason for selling: I simply have too many projects Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Quoting MSB "The Power DAC takes a different approach from other MSB products. We took the best of our own MSB DAC technology and put it with the best power supply technology in a no-frills package with no fancy features or upgrade options. The result in a level of integration that boosts performance and keeps costs low. The Power DAC has the performance of a Platinum DAC at the price of a GOLD". This is a truely a great dac and one I hoped to keep. It replaced a $10K (new) dac I owned previously. Dac has remote control I have had a quick diagnosis of it on speaking to MSB in USA via several emails. Battery power is good, batteries were brand new. There is something wrong with the DAC, analog power stages, code, or other damage on the main board. Jonathon Gulman at MSB has been fantastic and can properly diagnose the dac if it was to be sent to him. Without him seeing it, and from the information I gave him, he said there was a 90% chance he could fix it and expected to diagnose and do repairs in about an hr. He quoted $85 USD an hr to do the work and expected the total job to come to less than $300 USD. He was certainly very technically familair with his dacs and knew where look gold4Manual.pdf

Item: MSB POWER DAC (MSB's own R2R ladder dac chips) Location: Bunbury, WA Price: $500 ono (cost around $6000 new) Item Condition: does not work, needs repair Reason for selling: too many audio, hot rod, house reno, landscaping projects.......... Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Quoting MSB "The Power DAC takes a different approach from other MSB products. We took the best of our own MSB DAC technology and put it withthe best power supply technology in a no-frills package with no fancy features or upgrade options. The result in a level of integration that boosts performance and keeps costs low. The Power DAC has the performance of a Platinum DAC at the price of a GOLD". This is a truely a great dac and one I hoped to keep. It replaced a $10K (new) dac I owned previously. See attached tech info for mre tech details. Dac has remote control I have had a quick diagnosis of it on speaking to MSB in USA. Battery power is good, batteries are brand new. There is something wrong with the DAC, analog power stages, code, or other damage on the main board. Jonathon Gulman at MSB has been fantastic and is can properly diagnose and repair the dac if it was to be sent to him Pictures: gold4Manual.pdf

Buyer to pay postage. Further information: Bought this maybe 2 years ago. Purchased because it is a "direct" design that doesn't use a conventional DAC chip. Instead it converts the digital PCM to an analogue PWM signal that is then used to directly drive a class D output stage. This method works really well but it has a certain sound to it, less smooth and more lively, that works for some and not for others. It does have quite a good power stage, it was surprising to hear it do so well on Terry's VA speakers, you know, since it's all of 3 kgs. Comes with remote and no instructions (since that's the way it came to me). The remote only has about 4 functions so even if you just keep pushing buttons randomly you will still manage an acceptable level of control over the unit. Also, I seem to have taken the pictures of the amp with the wrong remote next to it. I do have the right remote and you'll see it if you look at the next FS post I put up, I'll put in a little more effort to get the remotes right before I do any posting. Promise! This unit has the optional USB card installed. I don't have the original box but this puppy's small and light-ish so postage won't be too difficult. Available new here. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/303497865760 Photos: