[Sonnova]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:26:15 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):

"Steven Sullivan" wrote in message

---MIKE--- wrote:
For several years I have been running the digital output
from my Marantz CD-67SE through an MSB Link DtoA
converter. I noticed that the bass was very "tubby".
Today I disconnected the MSB and used the analog output
of the Marantz. The "tubby" bass was gone. I can only
assume that the MSB was causing the problem.

You can make other assumptions that are just as
reasonable, based on the evidence so far.

One is that the difference you heard, was imaginary.

Or, it could be due to:

Level mismatch

Not listening to the identical same musical passage during the
comparison

Excess switch-over delay

Any of these could be perceived even though there was no audible fault in
the MSB link.


What you say is true. Of course, it could well be that the MSB is not flat in
the upper-bass region causing tubby-sounding bass. I have a friend with an
MSB DAC and compared to my Sonic Frontiers DAC-2/D2D-1 I find the bass a bit
on the "hollow" side as well. This may not be a coincidence.