I found the IQ Audio Digi+ sound better than the MS600 into 5200s, more open, bigger sound stage and yet smoother.

I am now back to analogue and using a Pi and Explorer 2, I found this pretty much the same as the MS600, the main difference was I had MQA available so kept the Explorer2.

I guess a lot of it depends on the software in the device?





I found that with the MQA files there tended to be some sort of hard edge to some frequencies.
My Harbeth speakers really do show you what the kit is doing and in all honesty I didn't really enjoy it much. I pulled my little Quad ribbon speakers out of the TV room and put them in place of the Harbeths and they smooth things out nicely.

I'm still not sure about MQA, I really didn't like most of the MQA files on Tidal through the Explorer and B&W P7s, again found it a hard edged sound, sure it might be more accurate, but I didn't find it nice.

On the old 5200s I thought it wonderful, but I am now wondering whether the tweeters were getting older and that extra bite at the top helped or whether the fact they couldn't do the second part was maybe a good thing?

Anyway, after chasing MQA and selling my DSPs to get it up and running I now wish I had just kept them and not bothered with the MQA chase at all. Ho hum, we live and learn. Haha





No Darling, I've had it months!