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Angeboten wird „NEUES MODELL: MPD-8 Dream Player“ von Playback Designs als Neugerät aus der Kategorie „D/A Wandler“ bei audio-markt.de - dem Online-Marktplatz für High-End. Das Inserat mit der Nummer 6231852881 endet am 14.07.2026 um 08:03 Uhr.
€32,000 is slightly below the €32,336 median and just under the €32,791 75th percentile, so this reads as a fair-to-strong buy, not an ambitious ask. It is priced right in the heart of the recent market for this model, with a small edge to the buyer on the numbers.
That matters because this is one of Playback Designs’ more respected digital players: the appeal is the company’s clean, highly resolving presentation, excellent timing, and the kind of low-fatigue detail that makes long listening sessions easy. If the unit is genuinely clean, current, and complete, the upside is getting a premium DAC/streamer-class component at a price that still leaves room versus the top of the local used range.
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Playback Designs emerged in 2008, founded by Andreas Koch, a pioneering digital audio engineer with roots tracing back to the early days of the format. Beginning his career at Studer ReVox in Switzerland in 1982, where he built the world's first fully asynchronous digital sample rate converter, Koch later honed his expertise at Dolby Labs, Studer Editech in California—creating the enduring Dyaxis hard disc recorder—and EMM Labs, developing revolutionary sample rate conversion algorithms, discrete D/A converters, and clock management architectures. Blending Swiss-German engineering precision with American entrepreneurial drive, the California-based brand launched with an integrated SACD/CD player incorporating 25 years of Koch's innovations.
The company specializes in high-performance digital playback systems, focusing on DACs, network players, and integrated processors like the MPD-6, MPS-X, MPD-8, and series such as Edelweiss and Dream. eschewing off-the-shelf D/A chips, Playback Designs employs custom Xilinx FPGA-based designs programmed with Koch's proprietary code for jitter-free, ultra-high-resolution conversion. Their expandable architectures unite digital signal processing with meticulously crafted analog output stages, often designed in collaboration with engineers like Bert Vogt or Bert Gerlach, prioritizing sonic purity over conventional components.
Positioned firmly in the high-end audiophile market, Playback Designs commands respect among discerning listeners for delivering reference-level transparency and musicality in digital sources. Known for from-the-ground-up innovations that outperform mass-market rivals, the brand appeals to buyers seeking no-compromise performance in a niche boutique realm, where proprietary algorithms and modular platforms ensure future-proof excellence.
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