Digital Output Upgrade

MSB Can add a True 24/96kHz Output to most DVD players!

DVD players that proclaim to be 96kHz/24bit in product literature or even on the unit itself, often downmix to 48kHz before outputting the digital signal. MSB has devised a way to output the digital signal before it gets downmixed to 48 kHz. The pure 96kHz signal can then be fed directly to the Link DAC for the sound quality that everyone is raving about. (See reviews)

Three benefits of the MSB 96/24 Upgrade

1. The MSB upgrade provides the same data being sent to the internal front channel DAC to the new MSB digital output without down-converting. As a result, decoded 96K Dolby Digital can be listened to for the first time with your own outboard DAC. (See our Link DAC) DAD discs can also be heard at the true 96K sample rate.

2. The innovators in the high-end community have recognized the advantage of allowing the user access to this digital data, so it can be processed or recorded in the digital format. For any product to receive Dolby approval, significant downmixing, and bass management requirements must be met. They absolutely necessitate additional unwanted analog stages and filters which degrade the quality of the original audio. Only the MSB upgrade allows you to bypass this otherwise mandatory processing.

3. Also included with your upgrade is a re-clocking circuit, for jitter reduction. With any digital source, clock jitter degrades the overall audio experience. DVD players are known to have even more jitter than CD players. Jitter reduction improves the sound by clocking the data into the D/A process more accurately.

What this upgrade does not do:

The MSB upgrade only outputs DVD audio. In many DVD players, no output is provided when playing standard audio CDs. This is because the jitter reduction is optimized for the higher frequencies of DVD. Use the original digital output provided on the player for CD's. The MSB upgrade does not output data. In many DVD players, neither DTS nor Dolby Digital data can be received from this output. (These restrictions do apply to the Toshiba SD2108 or SD2109.) Again, use the original output for data. No capabilities will be lost.

Connections to the MSB Upgrade:

With this new upgrade, your DVD player can be attached to an external 96KHz D/A converter like the Link DAC. Because of the high frequencies involved, a good 50ohm or 75ohm digital cable should be used like the MSB Digital Audio cable.

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