Mike, my big interest in yr experience w this Dac is whether it enhances the experience of a Classic Rock album like Tommy.
I have absolutely zero interest in audiophile native dsd etc, and 100% interest in albums like Tommy, Close To The Edge, Disraeli Gears, Miles Smiles, A Love Supreme.
It's standards like these I'd love to know how the Select II deals with.
Not Mike, but let me interject. The benefit of an MSB SELECT (or Reference) is more clearly observed just on those "less than stellar" classic rock albums of the 60s/70s. Heck, I still remember one of the first things I played on the SELECT was an old 80s Ramones CD (rip), and it had all the punch, drive, dynamics, that I remembered from an LP, with zero glare, zero nasties, zero fatigue.
The other day, I played this live Rush album from the 80s. That was a pretty hard to listen to CD (most of Rush's catalog on digital is atrocious), but there it was, dated synths and Neil Peart's drum solo, in all their glory!
Instead of wondering forever how the MSB sounds, or how close it gets to vinyl, people should really take the time and listen to it. Our doors are open to whoever wants to check out the MSB Reference, and I heard Mike is quite the gracious host too
This is just not "good digital". This is just good music reproduction, period. (IMHO and all that).
cheers,
Alex