MSB Discrete & Premier DAC

The Discrete DAC
The Prime DAC

With two prime DACs, MSB yield an unprecedented 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 the low impedance circuitry drives your amplification directly without adding coloration or buffering noise. The end result is a digital experience defying expectations.

A Display for the Listening Chair

Equipped with high-visibility and a wide viewing angle, the display is both easy-to-read and stunning, exhibiting MSB’s love for intuitive features. The LED display, slaved to the audio clock, is refreshed between data processing to drastically reduce electrical interference. The in-house discrete design is then constructed into its own shielded CNC pocket for optimal isolation. Sit back and be immersed.

Integrated clock. Flexible Configurations.

A modular I/O card keeps even the discrete DAC flexible, repairable, and upgradeable. Along with an integrated clock, changing this card allows switching between single-ended and balanced outputs.

Engaging with the Future

MSB thrives off the innovation required to meet consumer demands. MSB is constantly improving digital input modules to stay at the forefront of the high-end audio industry, ensuring you are always equipped with the most current digital file formats and interfaces. Focusing on the network renderer and USB input, your audio tech will be on the cutting edge. Put simply, your DAC is ready for the future.

A Better USB Solution

The Pro USB was developed to offer a multi part USB solution that features complete electrical isolation and all the performance of MSB’s proprietary Pro ISL input. The Pro USB is offered as a stand alone module for users who already have an MSB DAC that is equipped with a Pro ISL input as well as a starter kit with a Pro ISL input and everything you need to get up and running.

• Complete electrical isolation
• Up to 32 bit – 768kHz
• MQA decoding
• Up to 8 X DSD
• Up to 1km lossless transmission

Superior Streaming

The MSB Renderer was developed using an in-house hardware design running an ultra low noise A5 processor for optimal audio playback performance. Over the air updates will ensure that your renderer always has the latest capabilities and ultimate convenience.

• Up to 32 bit – 768kHz
• MQA decoding
• Roon Endpoint
• Up to 4X DSD
• UPnP Protocol
• DLNA Protocol

The Discrete Power Supply

Superior conversion begins with clean and stable low-noise power. The Discrete Power Supply feeds the DAC with dual low-noise power streams that are linear and independent. That’s not all— the CNC unibody aluminium chassis provides the discrete power supply with optimal thermal performance and an elegant design aesthetic. The DAC comes equipped with a single power supply, but can be augmented with a second discrete power supply to enable optimised power isolation between all major components.

Completely Modular

Paired with performance increases, MSB’s modular design ethos increases flexibility for future updates and product support, guaranteeing a long-term product investment. As you pursue higher levels of playback, an MSB upgrade path is always available to help drive your own desire for innovation. Whether it’s a software update or a leading-edge modular component, we’re here to help the most valued aspect of MSB—their customers.

The MSB Remote

When MSB set out to make the MSB remote, the design was built from the ground up. Stainless steel buttons arrayed around an elegant volume wheel to optimise performance and response. California crafted in-house from an aluminium billet, the enclosure feels solid yet refined. Tailored for both the transport and the DAC’s daily use, the remote brings you closer to the music you love.

Anodized Finishes

Elegant yet commanding, MSB finishes are available in a matte silver or matte black anodize. These products include their in-house designed viton feet, but any audiophile M6X1 foot can be installed to personalise your system.

The Premier DAC
The Prime DAC Module

With four prime DACs, MSB yield's 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 their low impedance circuitry drives your amplification directly without adding coloration or buffering noise. The end result is a digital experience defying expectations.

A Display for the Listening Chair

Equipped with high-visibility and a wide viewing angle, the display is both easy-to-read and stunning, exhibiting MSB’s love for intuitive features. The LED display, slaved to the audio clock, is refreshed between data processing to drastically reduce electrical interference. The in-house discrete design is then constructed into its own shielded CNC pocket for optimal isolation. Sit back and be immersed.

Engaging with the Future

MSB thrives off the innovation required to meet consumer demands. MSB is constantly improving digital input modules to stay at the forefront of the high-end audio industry, ensuring you are always equipped with the most current digital file formats and interfaces. Focusing on the network renderer and USB input, your audio tech will be on the cutting edge. Put simply, your DAC is ready for the future.

A Better USB Solution

The Pro USB was developed to offer a multi part USB solution that features complete electrical isolation and all the performance of MSB’s proprietary Pro ISL input. The Pro USB is offered as a stand alone module for users who already have an MSB DAC that is equipped with a Pro ISL input as well as a starter kit with a Pro ISL input and everything you need to get up and running.

• Complete electrical isolation
• Up to 32 bit – 768kHz
• MQA decoding
• Up to 8 X DSD
• Up to 1km lossless transmission

Superior Streaming

The MSB Renderer was developed using an in-house hardware design running an ultra low noise A5 processor for optimal audio playback performance. Over the air updates will ensure that your renderer always has the latest capabilities and ultimate convenience.

• Up to 32 bit – 768kHz
• MQA decoding
• Roon Endpoint
• Up to 4X DSD
• UPnP Protocol
• DLNA Protocol

Femto 93 Clock
MSB’s clock module architecture is built with the customer in mind—they made the Premier clock user-upgradable, ensuring future updates are simple and streamlined. Each Premier DAC comes with the Femto 93 Clock featuring a thermally-stabilised custom crystal design.

Hybrid Volume

The Premier DAC comes equipped with a high-performance XLR or optimized RCA output module that’s fully shielded. This user- replaceable module provides a buffer-less 150Ω output impedance suitable for driving any amplification. Proprietary advanced hybrid analog/digital volume technology allows for a clean and immersive listening experience you have to hear to fully believe.

Premier Powerbase

Built to accommodate modular components, the Premier Powerbase is highly adaptive, offering two dual-link power connectors, supplying four isolated power supplies. Make it your own—with the addition of dual low-noise shielded transformers, optimized power filtering, enhanced grounding and high-performance regulators, your DAC will be un-rivaled in its performance.

CNC Billet Chassis

Starting with a 42lb plate of ‘Kaiser Select Precision Plate’, the chassis is machined in MSB’s own in-house CNC shop. After more than six hours of machining, more than half of the aluminium is removed, resulting in a 11lb finished product. The integration of these premium ‘Select’ metal, gives them the highest quality anodized finishes on the market.

Completely Modular

Paired with performance increases, MSB’s modular design ethos increases flexibility for future updates and product support, guaranteeing a long-term product investment. As you pursue higher levels of playback, an MSB upgrade path is always available to help drive your own desire for innovation. Whether it’s a software update or a leading-edge modular component, they are here to help the most valued aspect of MSB—their customers.

The MSB Remote

When MSB set out to make the MSB remote, the design was built from the ground up. Stainless steel buttons arrayed around an elegant volume wheel to optimize performance and response. California crafted in-house from an aluminium billet, the enclosure feels solid yet refined. Tailored for both the transport and the DAC’s daily use, the remote brings you closer to the music you love.

Anodized Finishes

Elegant yet commanding, MSB finishes are available in a matte silver or matte black anodize. These products include their in-house designed viton feet, but any audiophile M6X1 foot can be installed to personalise your system.

The Premier Digital Director
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, MSB’s proprietary ProISL laser fiber optic connection eliminates noise coupling into the DAC, elevating all digital audio sources to new heights.

Authentic Reconstruction

MSB’s Prime and Hybrid DAC modules signaled a gigantic leap forward in accurate and realistic audio reproduction. In order to push MSB’s 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 MSB’s 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 MSB has ever created.

Premier CNC Billet Chassis

Starting with a 42lb plate of ‘Kaiser Select Precision Plate’, the chassis is machined in MSB’s own in-house CNC shop. After more than six hours of machining, more than half of the aluminium is removed, resulting in a 11lb finished product. The integration of their CNC shop allows for design optimization, creating the best possible product. MSB uses premium ‘Select’ metal, giving them the highest quality anodized finishes on the market.

Anodized Finishes.

Elegant yet commanding, these finishes are available in a matte silver or matte black anodize. MSB’s products include their in- house designed viton feet, but any audiophile M6X1 foot can be installed to personalize your system.

The Discrete DAC

The Premier DAC

The Premier Digital Director