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Eight Hybrid DAC’s
With eight Hybrid 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.
Femto 33 clock.
Our clock module architecture is built with the customer in mind—we’ve made the clock module user-upgradable, ensuring future updates are simple and streamlined. Each Select DAC comes with the our most advanced Femto 33 Clock featuring a custom oven controlled dual crystal design.
A display for the listening chair
There is finally a large character, discrete LED, display that you can read from the listening chair. Designed in-house from the ground up, the Select display is assembled in its own CNC pocket in the uni-body, separate from the the DAC. Along with targeted electrical isolation, the LED display is refreshed in between data points to reduce noise interference.Whether blind listening with the display on or off, it won’t make a difference.
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The Select powerbases.
Two dedicated power supplies provide increased isolation and electrical performance for both the digital and the analog power. With the increased space, each Select Powerbase has a much lower electrical noise design.
Completely modular
One of the most innovative features of the Select DAC is the modular design.The DAC modules, clock, input and output modules are user-replaceable. As any of these technologies change, we’ll be able to update your DAC to keep it current and operational.
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Future Proof
MSB is constantly developing new input modules for every application and technology. With the release of MQA, MSB has prepared a new module and a simple software update. This keeps your DAC up to date with the most recent technologies. A DAC that is ready for an unknown future.
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The last preamp you will ever need
With the high-output power provided by the Hybrid DAC modules, the need for amplification is eliminated. The signal is attenuated with new technology that provides a constant low impedance output without any active circuitry (no transistors, buffers or op-amps). This allows the Select DAC’s remarkable audio quality to be truly independent of volume setting. It’s a remarkable feat of electrical design that sets a new benchmark in the industry. The output modules are individually tuned for maximum quality balance or single-ended audio.
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Expand your analog audio
With sideways expansion, the preamp has the ability for additional analog inputs, isolated sub outputs, and extra analog outputs.
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CNC Billet chassis
Starting with an 85lb plate of ‘Kaiser Select Precision Plate’, material is machined in our own in-house CNC shop. After eight hours of machining, 85% of the aluminum is removed, resulting in a 17lb finished product. The integration of our CNC shop allows for design optimization to create the best possible product. We use the high quality premium ‘Select’ metal, giving us the best anodized finishes on the market. There are no shortcuts with the Select DAC
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Anodized Finishes
Available in matte silver and matte black. Custom finishes are available. Our popular custom gold finish is a light matte anodized gold with plated gold accents.
The Select DAC |
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Supported Formats (Input dependent) | 44.1kHz to 3,072kHz PCM up to 32 bits 1xDSD, 2xDSD, 4xDSD, 8xDSD Supports DSD via DoP on all inputs |
Digital Inputs | 4x Advanced isolated input module slots |
XLR Analog Inputs | 100K Ohm Balanced 12Vrms Maximum Isolated when not selected |
XLR Analog Outputs | 3.57Vrms Maximum (Digital Input) 12Vrms Maximum (Analog Input) |
75 Ohm Balanced | |
Galvanically isolated | |
Volume Control | Purely passive constant impedance analog attenuation 1dB steps |
Display | Custom discrete LED audio clock synchronous display Adjustable brightness and auto-off feature |
Controls | Isolated RS-232 IR Remote Knob + 4 Buttons |
Width: | 17.5 in (444 mm) |
Depth: | 17.5 in (444 mm) |
Chassis Height (Without Feet): | 3 in (79 mm) |
Stack height: | 3.625 in (92 mm) |
Weight: | 25.5 lbs (11 kg) |
Width: | 25 in (635 mm) |
Depth: | 25 in (625 mm) |
Height: | 10 in (254 mm) |
Weight: | 55 lbs (24 kg) |
Metal Remote Control 4X Demo Rubber Feet 4X Spiked Feet |
Select DAC Dual Power Base |
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AC Voltage | 100V (Fixed) 120/240V (Auto switching) |
Power Consumption | 100 Watts with fully configured Select DAC Less than 2W standby |
Width: | 17.5 in (444 mm) |
Depth: | 17.5 in (444 mm) |
Height: | 3 in (79 mm) |
Stack height: | 3.625 in (92 mm) |
Weight: | 45.8 lbs (20 kg) |
Width: | 25 in (625 mm) |
Depth: | 25 in (625 mm) |
Height: | 10 in (254 mm) |
Weight: | 65 lbs (29 kg) |
Ground Cable IEC Power Cord 4X Demo Rubber Feet 4X Spiked Feet |
Select DAC Mono Power Base |
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AC Voltage | 100V (Fixed) 120/240V (Auto switching) |
Power Consumption | 100 Watts (Total combined) with fully configured Select DAC and two Mono Power Bases Less than 2W standby |
Width: | 17.5 in (444 mm) |
Depth: | 17.5 in (444 mm) |
Height: | 3 in (79 mm) |
Stack height: | 3.625 in (92 mm) |
Weight: | 45.8 lbs (20 kg) |
Width: | 25 in (625 mm) |
Depth: | 25 in (625 mm) |
Height: | 10 in (254 mm) |
Weight: | 65 lbs (29 kg) |
Ground Cable IEC Power Cord 4X Demo Rubber Feet 4X Spiked Feet |
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