Mint Musical Paradise MP-D2 mk1 dac

marvda1

Mint for sale musical Paradise all tube dac that can be used as a preamp. Comes with stock tubes.
$600 shipped paypal no fees. This is a heavy mother f.
Can be used balanced or single ended and you can tube roll to your heart's desire.
Ships from the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

We are excited to announce Musical Paradise MP-D2 MK2 DAC. The first DAC in the world supports user changeable DAC modules. At this moment, it can support AKM AK4490，AKM flagship AK4497 and ESS flagship ES9038PRO DAC modules. Since MP-D2 MK2 is a future-proof modular design DAC, we will continuously develop more new DAC modules in the future.



Musical Paradise fans around the world were anticipating MP-D2 for a long time. We put in our best effort to pursuit the excellence of MP-D2. The moment you listen to MP-D2, you know you have never experienced anything like it. With native DSD support, it brings you the most high definition listening journey in a powerfully vivid way. Take a deeper look, you will find more innovation.


USB and Clock Isolation

USB line interference form dirty computer side always affect DAC performance. MP-D2 introduces innovative isolation technology to completely isolate between the dirty PC side and the clean DAC side, so it gives you the most pure USB PC-HIFI performance you have never experienced before.



Power Supply

150W toroidal transformer for analog section. Additional 80W toroidal transformer for digital sections. They provide more than 6 times power pool redundancy to support to most critical surge current requirement. They are magnet shielded in the compartment underneath the motherboard. The most advanced lowest noise LDO regulators are employed. In addition, more than 50000uf of total filtering caps are onboard. All of these deliver the highest standard of power performance once found only in leading edge lab equipment.


Technology

MP-D2 is powered by latest XMOS U8 asynchronous USB chip and 2x AKM flagship VERITA AK4490 32bit DAC chips. XMOS Incorporated with three super high precision TCXO clocks deliver lowest jitter performance. Dual AK4490 in mono block configuration and custom voltage setting deliver 126db dynamic range performance. MP-D2 supports PCM up to 384Khz and DSD64, DSD128, and DSD256.


Analog Output Stage - Tubes and Caps

MP-D2 output stage only employs vacuum tubes. No solid state component, zero feedback and fully balanced circuitry. Tube rectification circuit delivers more analog sounding. The unique design of the MP-D2 supports multiple series of signal and rectifier tubes. It is also the first one in the world offering user changeable output stage coupling capacitors. No soldering is required! You owns the freedom to select the tubes and caps. You have never felt anything like it.


Exterior

The full chassis is built with aluminum alloy. Even the legs, knobs, tube protection rings and buttons are made with solid aluminum alloy. The simplicity of front panel design allows you get used to it in minutes.



How it sound in General?

Extremely dynamic, vivid and detailed sounding. Excellent bass weight and extension.

Smooth, liquid and airy mid-range and high. Deep and wide sound-stage.

treitz3

Is this the one the guys in the "Black Hole" room used down at LSAF?

Tom

marvda1

no, they had the mp-d1 the model below this one.

marvda1

get your read on.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/musical-paradise-m2-d2-ak4490-balanced-dac-reviews.802557/

marvda1

anyone coming to skip's oct 16 get together and wanting the dac, i will give a discount for not shipping.

marvda1

SOLD - THIS IS THE MK1, THEY PUT THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE MK2 BY ERROR. THE DIFFERENCE IS THE MK2, YOU CAN CHANGE DAC CHIPS.


SOLD, SOLD, SOLD

treitz3

That MP in the Black Hole room was definitely something special. I enjoyed listening to that system immensely. Someone is in for a treat!

Tom

Clipdat

Is this still available?

marvda1

SOLD

marvda1

@treitz3 here's one like the black hole dac but tony used a different tube that required an adapter.
https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649775140-musical-paradise-mp-d1-mk3-dac-gold-lion-tube-upgrade/

treitz3

Hey Marvin, I am actually not in the market for one....I just was curious. Tony and the fellas had it GOIN'ON in that room and I personally believe that it was a combination of the MP unit and those speakers. Their wasn't much else going on in that system.

The imaging was off the freakin' charts, the clarity was unreal and those weren't even full range speakers. You can't pull that kind of thing off with a lackluster DAC.

Thanks for the information though....I am working on "other systems" besides my main rig and perhaps one day I will be a proud owner of a MP unit. I was really impressed with what that unit did.

Tom