Musical Fidelity X-DAC v8

This X-DACv8 was manufactured on 2006 and I have owned it since purchased new.

Musical Fidelity designed this DAC with a unique feature: the choice of solid state or tube output buffer, selectable from the front panel.  It has 3 digital coax inputs and 1 USB input, both balanced and RCA analog outputs as well as coax digital out.  It is built like a tank, with a very musical sound.

The unit is in excellent cosmetic condition and fully operation.  Included is the unit, user manual, power cord and original boxes. The remote control was an optional accessory and is not included.  It will be double boxed when shipped.

From the user manual:

"Great attention has been paid to internal layout, isolating each circuit section to prevent possible interaction.

The digital data streams are first up-sampled to 192kHz, which moves noise, jitter and distortion artefacts well above the audio band. They are then passed through a new, low noise, low distortion 24-bit dual-differential digital-to- analogue converter, which allows simpler filtering of the analogue output. This in turn gives an improved audio response without the need for sharp filters that degrade sound quality. The result is a DAC which has a smoother response and lower distortion than previously possible.

There is also the option of selecting the use of a valve stage as output buffer included."