Musical Fidelity DAC

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Clipdat
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I have a Musical Fidelity MX-DAC in black For Sale, this one: https://upscaleaudio.com/products/musical-fidelity-mx-dac

I bought it two months ago as an open box customer return from TMR for $750, it's in 9/10 condition. Looks new. Original box, power adapter and manual.

Asking $600 shipped.
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,004
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    Looks like a nice DAC. GLWTS. Did you do a review/comparison of this one?
    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • Clipdat
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    Hey Jody. I did briefly, but not extensively, evaluate this DAC on my desktop setup using my PC as a source via USB, then the MX-DAC's XLR output to the Benchmark HPA4 connected to Focal Shape 40s and Rythmik L12.

    It reinforced the fact that my ears, and the type of music I listen to primarily, do not get along all that well with upsampling. I guess I am overly sensitive to upsampling DACs, it just seems like they're not for me.
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,873
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    Add some more ear wax :D
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Puritan PSM156
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,602
    edited September 2021
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    I can hear a mouse farț.
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,004
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    But can you smell it...???
    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • Clipdat
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    LOL! Probably! I also have an extremely sensitive sense of smell. Which is most often a curse more than a blessing.
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  • Clipdat
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    What a great FS thread. "I cant stand how this sounds........someone should buy it!!"

    I'll be stuck with this thing forever...
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,873
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    @Clipdat, when did you have the "change" operation? :*
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Puritan PSM156
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  • Clipdat
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    Believe it or not, I was born this way!
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,976
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    I LOVED the musical fidelity DAC I had recently. The only reason it lost to the NAD I kept was some features. I thought the SQ was excellent…
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es; Squeezebox Touch with Bolder Power Supply
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1    Cambridge Azur 551r; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • Clipdat
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    Price drop to $550 shipped.
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  • Clipdat
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    Price drop to $500 shipped.
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  • Clipdat
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    Pity bump.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,602
    edited December 2021
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    Bump $450 shipped. Nobody wants a new DAC?
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,602
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    Jesus tap dancing christ people, don't make me **** Christmas karma this son of a ****! **** me in the goat ****!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,801
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    Put it on US Audio Mart.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Clipdat
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    That would be smart.
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  • VR3
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    When it gets to karma rates im in with 51
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,906
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    69 here....lol
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,976
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    Clipdat wrote: »
    That would be smart.

    I’ve also still had good success on audiogon. If you pay up front the fee is very reasonable, and I have sold a number of items over the last few years with zero issues fwiw…
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es; Squeezebox Touch with Bolder Power Supply
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1    Cambridge Azur 551r; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,602
    edited December 2021
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    PITY BUMP - $450 shipped
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  • rebelsoul
    rebelsoul Posts: 756
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    In with 21
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,085
    edited December 2021
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    GLWTS
    AC Regenerator PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10
    Source Lumin U1 Mini into Lampi Baltic 4
    Pre Cary SLP-05
    Power Rogue M180 Dark monos
    Mains Salk HT2-TL
    Rythmik F12
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,028
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    In with 86 ;-)
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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  • Clipdat
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    Monthly bump.

    Surely someone here needs to convert those nasty digital signals into lovely analog waveforms.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,602
    edited January 2022
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    Final bump. $400 shipped.
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  • haimoc
    haimoc Posts: 1,031
    edited February 2022
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    PMed.
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  • haimoc
    haimoc Posts: 1,031
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    Payment sent.
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  • Clipdat
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    Sold! Thanks.
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  • VR3
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    This still available?
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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