Originally Posted by Tassie Devil
Not sure I understand the fuss about the 808.3 if anyone is considering Sooloos with MS600. The review by Cordsman in TAS stated the audio quality from each was indistinguishable.

Conclusion: the apodising filter & DAC in the MS600 is first class and cannot be improved upon in the system here.

Fantastic info there! If, like you say, the performance of the MS600 and 808i.3 when using Sooloos is identical ( and it would seem logical) then for someone wanting to add Sooloos to an analogue system the MS600 would seem to be the way to go.

John, have you tried the Sooloos SPDIF direct to the benchmark (unless one of your trials below includes that but I am presuming your SPDIF mentioned below is the SPDIF out from the MS600 itself). Since I have a DAC with SPDIF input already if this performance is also identical (though unlikely) it might mean the MS600 is also not needed.

thanks

howie

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