How DSD began !! / NEW Playback Designs DAC/PRE MPD-8 A.I.
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Ай бұрын#audiophile #highendaudio #hifi
@dragocelander6671 Ай бұрын
As Spock would say, “Fascinating.” Wow, just wow. Incredibly insightful interview on so many levels. Thanks, Mikey and Andreas!
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
You bet !
@j.m.harris4202 Ай бұрын
To Truly be an Active Part of the Historical Evolution and Creation of DSD gives Full Merit to your Faith in Playback Designs Mikey! Your Trip to Europe is Epic in Bringing all of these Great Men into your Presentations! You Rock Mikey! ✌
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Thanks Man!
@joeygsaudiochannel3972 Ай бұрын
This is the BEST Video you've done on your channel Mike. I'm more interested in the people behind the equipment and technology than I am in the latest "hot off the manufacturing floor" I'm a DSD fanboy so this Video is so good. I love the stories/history. Excellent work Bro !
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Phloored Ай бұрын
Walking history of digi. Fascinating! I do what he's talking about with essential oils. Ive been vibing with Tahitian vanilla, peppermint and frankincense lately in an ultrasonic diffuser ! It goes really well with modern jazz and vintage rock. I use lighting too. Stargate cast upon the ceiling&walls. Colors, music and light connecting with the most influential sense of all , the Sense of smell. Beware though essential oils can get quite expensive! I have this in the evenings for dessert! Mikey, thank you for the interview. It is great to hear the minds behind the digital revolution. Now let's get that c-wave in line filter to market, ha ha.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Yes, I've got some rare Oud and other essential oils to make perfumes.. I love it !
@Phloored Ай бұрын
@@OCDHIFiGuy nice. I love Cambodian and Laotian oud. I use the oud and sandalwood chips in an incense burner for special occasions. I have not even fathomed Rose and Jasmine absolutes cost wise.
@dylannguyen6229 Ай бұрын
Wow. Amazing view from his house.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Yes it was... I was in awe the whole time. And we stayed there with him..
@jasonw512 Ай бұрын
Great interview, Mike. Most interesting take away is the way we listen.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@scottbennett3119 Ай бұрын
Fantastic interview! Everything about digital pcm and dsd is explained. Thank you
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@jespermaintz8993 Ай бұрын
Great work, Mikey :)
@dan.nathan Ай бұрын
Very cool interview Mikey! big thumps up
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Thanks Dan !
@love2fly59 Ай бұрын
Truly fantastic, insightful conversation with Andreas, Mille Grazie Mikey!
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@MrBonger88 Ай бұрын
Good stuff. Thank you Mikey
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it !
@labalo5 Ай бұрын
Been waiting for the update on the AI. Thx for the vid. Beautiful scenery
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@roberthart9886 Ай бұрын
thanks Mikey! Back ib the early 70s I had a first gen EM preamp with long umbilical to change volume
@ronvaillant6241 Ай бұрын
Awesome story. I would have liked to hear from Andreas how DSD sounds better than PCM and to see and hear his rig. Maybe that's in the next video, I hope. Thanks for the interview Mikey.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Andreas does not stay inside when he is in the swiss mountains. ;-) and he's not interested to convince anyone of anything. These guys know enough to know what's true and nothing else matters. Why are analog masters archived using DSD and not PCM ? You heard Mark Levinson say DSD was closest to Analog and he's created a chip to "fix" PCM since it 's such a deleterious format. Andreas DACs transcode all PCM to DSD and use a proprietary algorithm to mimic human hearing. So you're either into it or you are not, as a listener. Nobody really cares what you choose. (I'm not being cheeky, I'm just being direct with my communication, hope u get that..🙂 )
@andreas7278 15 күн бұрын
very informative review, thanks!
@OCDHIFiGuy 15 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@RadioTime. Ай бұрын
Great interview Mikey, really appreciated him touching on some of the more technical aspects of analog volume controls, etc. Would love to hear him talk more about the technical design, implementation and choices made. Looking forward to hearing about the new MPD8 AI and what differentiates it from the standard MPD8 besides the analog inputs 👍🏼
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
New output board using different components. What exactly would you like to know ?
@andrewboettcher9853 Ай бұрын
Great interview. I really like his level headed approach to engineering products that engage and please the senses more so than please the measuring equipment. After all- it’s made for our ears, not the inputs of other devices.
@davidcross890 Ай бұрын
The Finest possible designs that exceed experiential expectations of even the ultra high end have both the most amazing sonic experience of realism as WELL AS OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL METRICS MEASUREMENTS that most are afraid to admit.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Thanks Andy, he's quite a designer...
@andrewboettcher9853 Ай бұрын
@@OCDHIFiGuyyes he is. The MPD-8 is amazing.
@LADMAN1018 Ай бұрын
Great Interview again🫵🎶. Very influential man and seems very kind.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Thanks ! We agree!
@Coolguy-xo3cj Ай бұрын
Amazing !!💪💪
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Thanks 🔥
@Dagocart Ай бұрын
I was motorcycling around the lake on Sunday, cool to see mikey here..
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Sweet place to ride, man !!!
@allardvanderstarre 5 күн бұрын
it is why the luxman sq 38 u is so good....ienjoyed it for 10 years
@OCDHIFiGuy 4 күн бұрын
There u go..
@allardvanderstarre 5 күн бұрын
found the dutch distiributor for playback designs , will check it out: new paths...its interesting for sure
@silentlucidity6824 Ай бұрын
I love his description of designing from the inside-out instead of outside-in
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Right ?
@prokofievchambers8603 Ай бұрын
My sweet down to earth friend is having a wonderful time in Europe, isn’t he? As well , he should. Can’t relate to it other than being exceedingly envious of his wonderful experiences.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Then travel !! It's good for the soul !!
@GuiltyRocker Ай бұрын
Andreas Koch Is a legend.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Absolutely
@allardvanderstarre 5 күн бұрын
i used to do The Macallan 12 years and Magazine-real life; don't say it was me long ago
@auggysimcity Ай бұрын
thank you
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
You're welcome
@shingdaz Ай бұрын
This is the future of music audio.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
It's actually here now ;-)
@shingdaz Ай бұрын
@@OCDHIFiGuy where is the DAC? did a google search PRE MPD-8 AI, cannot find it.
@shingdaz Ай бұрын
The concept sounds very principled, not much hocus pocus, the concept of creating a track whereby all the freq's hit within the ceiling at an economic level> without losing the tracks rythm inmpulsive behavour etc, thi in thes is what low level music should sound like for any track> most tracks do not have an economy> they're spent too much the low end, and it tends to muffle the high freq's...these type of freq irregularities requires the volume be increased tp hear the high freq's> all streaming tracks have a voicing which in the studio is energy levels per ... when they master to streaming, they reduce the sound stage energy levels at the expense of making it sound better on small earphones etc.
@shingdaz Ай бұрын
to be able to hear all the high and lows and midbands all clear and dicsernable at low volumes, is what all well mastered tracks should have, the issue is sometimes the tracks becomes too quiet, to get all freq's in a certain gap whereby the do not exceed 0 etc...if thee track is not energized from the mix itself, the concept yeilds a low volume track, even a limiter to energze the track louder is only pressing the soundstage to incoherent form. Whereby a high powered amp could play the track loud and clear, its weak footprint for whatever reason is not an issue,
@shingdaz Ай бұрын
also, most music does not scale well, that means> an mp3 track will blast the stoundstage / audio up to -1 db @ -20 volume input> as the volume is truned up to 0 db> the track is already hitting +10> at the point the vectoring of the voltages casues the tracks voltages to sizzle, affecting audible distortion, this is not a concept of a well balanced audio for music lstening> it is a nitrus infused track that plays well on low wattage systems that do not have enough wattage to play loud etc
@joeb4349 Ай бұрын
Mikey: What a great historical look at the beginning of DSD. Do you sell this new DAC?
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Yes, I do. Like crazy. 🙂
@sdavidfreud Ай бұрын
I did not realize that Andreas lived in Thun. All the more reason for you to spend more serious time in the Bernese Oberland area.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
He's got a second home there. He lives in California as well.
@danielkromer2295 Ай бұрын
I still use a Sony SCD-1 player and it's only needed minor servicing in the past 25 years. To my old ears all modern CD player sound too harsh and fatiguing. If I had the scratch, I'd buy a Playback Design but, in the meantime, I'll stick with my Sony.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Yes, I don't like CD player at all.
@Metranger-xd4bt Ай бұрын
Interesting! So with the MPD-8 AI and a turntable, you are able to eliminate the Preamplifier. You'll still need a phono preamp connected to the tonearm cables, yes? Then connect the phono preamp to the MPD-8 AI.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Correct. It allows you to eliminate the preamp. You'll still use the phono pre of your choice, though now the DAC can control your phono volume as well..
@tictocdoc6958 Ай бұрын
I will only watch Mikey videos in the future if they incorporate a volcanic/mountain background. Lol
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Lol. Right ? Land of the Lost, baby !
@John-jl9de Ай бұрын
Thanks
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
You are welcome !
@vinoheart Ай бұрын
WOW
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Yes !
@goodsound4756 Ай бұрын
Didn't know that Playback Designs has so much swissness in it.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Now you do!! Great engineering 👍
@sloboat55 Ай бұрын
Classic
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Totally.. ;-)
@zipperunamused9009 Ай бұрын
What’s the new price for MPD8 with analog input?
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
2 analog inputs. ;-) $29K
@zipperunamused9009 Ай бұрын
That’s actually shockingly reasonable. Go Andreas!
@StelianPavalache76 Ай бұрын
hei :) you have behind Niesen mountain :) Spiez?
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Yes ! You are correct. We are across the lake from Speiz.
@skrads Ай бұрын
I believe he also worked on Nagra DACs!
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Yes, Nagra uses Andreas' converter circuit.
@RadioTime. Ай бұрын
Would love to hear him talk about his work with Nagra on this, to whatever extent he is able to do so.
@faulenser7910 Ай бұрын
DSD 💪🏼 my Streamer converts everything to DSD, I like it a lot better…
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Cool. This DAC converts everything to DSD as well. ;-)
@Pete.across.the.street Ай бұрын
A lot better than what?
@faulenser7910 Ай бұрын
Better than letting the DAC convert the original Format to Analogue…listen to what this guy is talking about.
@allardvanderstarre 5 күн бұрын
from now on i am OCD AJ i guess; itscontagious i guess lol
@OCDHIFiGuy 4 күн бұрын
Yes it is ! Lol
@raymaksimavicius4902 Ай бұрын
Rather than buy a mpd8 I putting my money towards a nice European vacation like Mikey took.😊
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
Do both !!
@raymaksimavicius4902 Ай бұрын
@@OCDHIFiGuy Ok money boy.
@chebrubin Ай бұрын
When is the last time OCD Mickey popped a $17 SACD into his playback design transport and party. His mind and charisma runs circles around his peers. No one is keeping up with this guy. The worst is this Audiophile Junkie KZfaq creator with the cowboy hat.
@OCDHIFiGuy Ай бұрын
I don't have the transport ! Lol. Just the streamer!
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