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post #1 of 8
9/13/08 at 10:44pm
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playback designs mps5

So who's going to be the first to try it? $15K MSRP, but currently at $10K "introductory price" and outperforms $25K EMM SE stack?

I, for one, am disturbed by the absolute lack of any specific information about what's inside the unit, but that's just me..
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post #2 of 8
9/14/08 at 1:01am
There are some reviews on Audiogon of the unit. I believe it uses a Xilinx FPGA for digital to analog conversions and designed by a former EMM Labs engineer.
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post #3 of 8
9/14/08 at 1:17am
The intro price is only $10K.
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post #4 of 8
9/14/08 at 2:57am
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Originally Posted by blubliss View Post
The intro price is only $10K.
I guess that is cheap if you compare to the likes of EMM SE stack, DCS SACD combo, APL NWO, etc. I have my usual healthy dose of doubts, which I bestow upon all the buzz-of-the-month wonder products that magically realign the universe, etc.

But I keep hoping such miracles are possible, mainly because I don't want to pay for those other even more expensive devices.

Give it a couple of years until a couple of newer "miracle" players show up, and one can always pick up these things used..
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post #5 of 8
9/14/08 at 10:37am
they preferred the CDSA.

Audio Federation - » Blog Archive » Playback Designs MPS-5 versus the EMMLabs CDSA SE - High-end Audio Blog
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post #6 of 8
9/14/08 at 12:05pm
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I don't usually put much stock in Audio Federation's comments. They are an audio dealer, and their comments ALWAYS seem to favor the lines they carry (duh!). They are a dealer for EMM Labs
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post #7 of 8
9/14/08 at 4:02pm
IMHO - that EMM transport is just so so. My NWO connected digitally is actually better - and that's w/out the proprietary connections the EMM has as an advantage (or so it seems).

Neil
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post #8 of 8
9/14/08 at 8:35pm
i'm sure its fantastic. i got a used CDSA SE that im perfectly happy with. of course used is the way to go for electronics, especially cd players
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