MSB Technology

MSB Technology, Most Significant Bit is wereldklasse in digitale naar analoog omzetting. Met MSB haalt u de ultieme digitaal – analoog omzetting in huis.

Gegroeid vanuit een familiebedrijf in de buurt van Santa Cruz, CA, met een gedreven team van passionele jonge ingenieurs. Hier werken zij samen aan digitale top producten. Alles wordt “in house” gemaakt. Technologische hoogstandjes welke muziek beleven op een ander niveau brengt.

De MSB producten zijn evolutief en doordacht, ze bieden een optimale balans tussen de huidige digitale technologiën en toekomstige, met hun modulaire opbouw en de “in house” engineering, welke ervoor zorgt dat zelfs na jarenlang muzikaal plezier er nog steeds upgrade mogelijkheden zijn.

MSB biedt een volledig pakket van muzikaal hoogwaardige producten. Digitale bronnen, DA converters en versterkers.

Na afspraak is het mogelijk in onze luisterruimte de MSB apparatuur beluisteren. Nog beter is het om met onze dealers af te spreken.

In Belgie: New Music in Brussel

In Luxemburg: Audiophile

In Nederland: AudioXperience en Rhapsody

Andere dealers die MSB aanbieden zijn niet geauthoriseerde dealers en kunnen we niet ondersteunen.

With a DAC like the MSB, you get a sense of someone hitting Play on a big reel of wide-track analog tape, after being fed by live mikes in a room.

The Discrete DAC

Exceptional sound. Unparalleled performance.

Lets face it. What music lovers care about most is the natural aesthetic of reproduced sound.

Despite limited dynamics and distortion, analog sources are still loved and respected. Digital never met the challenge – until now.

Characteristics

  • Discrete LED audio clock synchronous display
  • 2 Modular inputs
  • RCA – XLR – 2x Toslink inputs + word Sync
  • XLR analog output
  • Anodized Finishes: Available in matte silver and matte black.

The Premier DAC

Exceptional sound. Unparalleled performance.

With four prime DACs, we yield an unmatched level of detail, reproducing the musicality, soundstage, and texture of an original performance, bringing the artist to you. A fully balanced, ultra-high precision, discrete ladder DAC architecture ensures each note tells a story. Additionally, MSB’s robust in-house design enables the finest quality playback of PCM and native DSD, while our low impedance circuitry drives your amplification directly without adding coloration or buffering noise. The end result is a digital experience defying expectations.

Eigenschappen

  • 2 Input Slots
  • AES/EBU, 2x Toslink, and Coaxial Integrated
  • Femto 93 Integrated
  • Single-Ended or Balanced Output
  • Premier Powerbase

TheCascade DAC

An all-new rethinking of digital reproduction

De Cascade DAC van MSB is ontstaan uit hun toewijding aan perfectie, mogelijk gemaakt door hun passie voor in-house ontwerp en verticale productie. Dit markeert een nieuw tijdperk voor MSB, gebouwd op innovatie en ervaring. Zij hebben de basis van bestaande DAC-architecturen volledig herzien. Het succes van de Cascade DAC is te danken aan de verdeling van het conversieproces over drie afzonderlijke chassis en functies: de Cascade Digital Director voor verwerking en interfaces, de Cascade Analog Converter voor analoge elektronica en de Cascade Powerbase voor de voeding. Deze opdeling zorgt voor sublieme analoge weergave in bijna elk systeem en luisteromgeving.

The Premier Digital Director

Optimized audio processing. Superior isolation.

The Digital Director enhances essential DAC functions, externally manages digital audio sources, provides unmatched noise isolation and digital filtering. Using our proprietary ProISL laser fiber optic connection, the Digital Director eliminates noise coupling into the DAC from any digital source. Increased processing power ensures our digital filtering algorithms achieve a new level of realistic and accurate analog reproduction. The Digital Director levels up the performance of all digital audio.

Increased Isolation and Performance

In keeping with MSB’s core design principles, the Digital Director seamlessly supports and augments all current DACs. Two-way communication between the Digital Director and the DAC enables seamless input selection and system settings on a single display and control. By outsourcing digital input modules to the Digital Director, the DAC becomes a dedicated conversion engine while the Digital Director manages and isolates all incoming noise. Plus, our proprietary ProISL laser fiber optic connection eliminates noise coupling into the DAC, elevating all digital audio sources to new heights.

Authentic Reconstruction

Our Prime and Hybrid DAC modules signaled a gigantic leap forward in accurate and realistic audio reproduction. In order to push our audio technology even further, the Digital Director uses two high performance DSPs, each capable of sustaining 12 billion operations per second that work in tandem with two dedicated FPGAs. This is more than 4x the processing power currently available in the DACs onboard processors, extending the life of new and existing DACs well into the future. But that’s not all: advanced new digital filters, born from decades of research and development, ensure our DACs offer a superior authentic reconstruction of the original analog signal. This allows for a more expansive soundstage, and more beautiful textures from complex performances such as massed horns, vocals, close mic’d piano, large ensembles, and full orchestras. What emerges is the most natural and emotional presentation we’ve ever created.

The Reference Digital Director

Optimized audio processing. Superior isolation.

The Digital Director enhances essential DAC functions, externally manages digital audio sources, provides unmatched noise isolation and digital filtering. Using our proprietary ProISL laser fiber optic connection, the Digital Director eliminates noise coupling into the DAC from any digital source. Increased processing power ensures our digital filtering algorithms achieve a new level of realistic and accurate analog reproduction. The Digital Director levels up the performance of all digital audio.

Increased Isolation and Performance

In keeping with MSB’s core design principles, the Digital Director seamlessly supports and augments all current DACs. Two-way communication between the Digital Director and the DAC enables seamless input selection and system settings on a single display and control. By outsourcing digital input modules to the Digital Director, the DAC becomes a dedicated conversion engine while the Digital Director manages and isolates all incoming noise. Plus, our proprietary ProISL laser fiber optic connection eliminates noise coupling into the DAC, elevating all digital audio sources to new heights.

Authentic Reconstruction

Our Prime and Hybrid DAC modules signaled a gigantic leap forward in accurate and realistic audio reproduction. In order to push our audio technology even further, the Digital Director uses two high performance DSPs, each capable of sustaining 12 billion operations per second that work in tandem with two dedicated FPGAs. This is more than 4x the processing power currently available in the DACs onboard processors, extending the life of new and existing DACs well into the future. But that’s not all: advanced new digital filters, born from decades of research and development, ensure our DACs offer a superior authentic reconstruction of the original analog signal. This allows for a more expansive soundstage, and more beautiful textures from complex performances such as massed horns, vocals, close mic’d piano, large ensembles, and full orchestras. What emerges is the most natural and emotional presentation we’ve ever created.

The Select Digital Director

Optimized audio processing. Superior isolation.

Select Digital Director

The Digital Director enhances essential DAC functions, externally manages digital audio sources, provides unmatched noise isolation and digital filtering. Using our proprietary ProISL laser fiber optic connection, the Digital Director eliminates noise coupling into the DAC from any digital source. Increased processing power ensures our digital filtering algorithms achieve a new level of realistic and accurate analog reproduction. The Digital Director levels up the performance of all digital audio.

Increased Isolation and Performance

In keeping with MSB’s core design principles, the Digital Director seamlessly supports and augments all current DACs. Two-way communication between the Digital Director and the DAC enables seamless input selection and system settings on a single display and control. By outsourcing digital input modules to the Digital Director, the DAC becomes a dedicated conversion engine while the Digital Director manages and isolates all incoming noise. Plus, our proprietary ProISL laser fiber optic connection eliminates noise coupling into the DAC, elevating all digital audio sources to new heights.

Authentic Reconstruction

Our Prime and Hybrid DAC modules signaled a gigantic leap forward in accurate and realistic audio reproduction. In order to push our audio technology even further, the Digital Director uses two high performance DSPs, each capable of sustaining 12 billion operations per second that work in tandem with two dedicated FPGAs. This is more than 4x the processing power currently available in the DACs onboard processors, extending the life of new and existing DACs well into the future. But that’s not all: advanced new digital filters, born from decades of research and development, ensure our DACs offer a superior authentic reconstruction of the original analog signal. This allows for a more expansive soundstage, and more beautiful textures from complex performances such as massed horns, vocals, close mic’d piano, large ensembles, and full orchestras. What emerges is the most natural and emotional presentation we’ve ever created.

The Premier Headphone Amplifier

Uncompromising headphone performance meets the refined elegance of MSB design.

Eigenschappen

  • Drives all Headphones
  • Balanced design
  • Class A zero feedback
  • Analog bypass
  • Anodized Finishes: Available in matte silver, matte black, and gold

The Reference Headphone Amplifier

The magic of ultra HiFi sound brought to dynamic headphones.

Eigenschappen

  • Stax Headphones
  • Listening for two
  • Integrated system
  • Analog bypass
  • Equalization module
  • Anodized Finishes: Available in matte silver, matte black, and gold

The Select Headphone Amplifier

The world’s highest level of headphone audio playback.

Select Headphone Amp

Eigenschappen

  • Stax Headphones
  • Listening for two
  • Integrated system
  • Analog bypass
  • Equalization module
  • Anodized Finishes: Available in matte silver, matte black, and gold

TheS202 Stereo Amplifier

Impressive performance. Compact stereo design

S202 Stereo Versterker

Innovation. Redefined.

The S202 includes a fully modular design, matched impedance input stage and an all billet CNC case. The highest value amplifier we’ve ever created, the S202 redefines excellence and sets a new bar in the industry.

Power without limits.

Thanks to a massive custom low-noise high-current toroidal transformer and rugged high-current output buffers, the S202 provides a transparent, holographic listening experience that’s completely fatigue free. This ensures that the amplifier presents consistent performance even with difficult speakers.

Input architecture.

The S202 features a discrete design with a Class-A matched impedance input stage. The result is a product with minimized signal reflections, input noise, and distortion, while also maximizing power transfer and dynamic range in a zero negative feedback design. All components were meticulously chosen for their sonic performance and longevity, ensuring your amplifier is built to last.

Billet CNC chassis.

After 14 hours of CNC machining, a complete chassis of billet aluminium components are ready, maximizing heatsink area with a stunning visual profile. This high-efficiency design provides a surface area of over 3,000 in² per amplifier. High-power heat pipes distribute heat evenly for optimal thermal and electrical performance.

S500

Stereo Amplifier
Superior performance. Amplified.

S500 Amplifier Back

Powered by innovation.

The world’s leading DACs needed an amplifier to match. The result was a clean slate design that could meet our DAC’s ultra high dynamic range head on. With the amplifier’s architecture optimized in critical areas, audio performance, longevity, and an ability to drive any speaker became our principal design parameters. We redefined the idea of what an amplifier can be, embedding the S500 with a fully modular design alongside a 1.0 Farad Power Core, a matched impedance input stage and an all billet CNC case. The finest amplifier we’ve ever created, the 500 series redefines excellence and sets a new bar in the industry.

Design without compromise.

The S500 features a discrete design featuring a class A matched impedance input stage. This result is a product with minimized signal reflections, input noise, and distortion while also maximizing power transfer and dynamic range in a zero negative feedback design. With custom low-noise high-current toroidal transformers and rugged high-current output buffers, the S500 provides a transparent, holographic listening experience that’s completely fatigue free. All components were meticulously chosen for their sonic performance and longevity, ensuring your amplifier is built to last.