MSB Technology was next at the plate. Up top we had the MSB Signature Universal Media Transport V with Dual Power Supply ($11,990), the MSB Select DAC II with Mono Power Base and Femto 33 Clock options ($129,950), and the M204 class-A mono amplifiers ($39,950/pair). The amps deliver 200Wpc, with no negative feedback. I particularly admired the aesthetics of these hefty amps: with their fluted bases, they look like fragments of a Corinthian column on display at the British Museum. This awesome system was topped off with Analysis Plus Gold interconnects ($11,000) and Gold speaker cable ($22,000, lengths not specified). Listening was via the YG Acoustics Sonya 1.2 loudspeakers ($74,800/pair). I heard Duke Ellington doing “Mood Indigo” along with some unidentified pipe organ music. Both had a very nice dark sound—in a positive sense, the system complementing the sounds of clarinets and muted brass on the Duke and the soft, reedy textures of low organ pipes on the other recording. For me, the upstream system produced the best sound I have heard from these modestly sized and very revealing speakers.
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