Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC


I own a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC that I like a lot but heard my friends system with the Bricasti M1 and I am strongly thinking of changing my DAC and would love your feedback from other members that have heard either or both. I know they are both great but really thinking of changing my Dac from PS Audio Direct Stream to the Bricasti M1 DAC. I use a HP Desk top computer as source with Jplay and JRiver Media 19 and the outstanding Tellurium Q BLACK DIAMOND Reference USB Cable. The rest of my system is below. I listen to Classic Rock, jazz, vocal, some modern music and the usual audiophile stuff.

Thanks

My system for reference.

Ascendo C-8 Renaissance Speakers (Germany) Monitor
Purist Audio Design Corvus Praesto Revision 2.5m Bi-Wire Speaker cable
Cardas Clear Interconnect 1 Meter RCA Interconnect
Darwin TRUTH Pure Silver Reference 1 Meter RCA Interconnect
Darwin TRUTH Pure Silver Reference 1 Meter RCA Interconnect
Audio Research REFERENCE 1 w/Rhodium IEC/NOS Tubes Tube preamp
Decware ZSTAGE External Triode Output StageTelefunken ECC801S
PS Audio Direct Stream DSD DAC w/ Bridge DA converter
Tellurium Q BLACK DIAMOND Reference USB Cable
PS Audio PerfectWave PowerBase Vibration Cancelation/AC Condtioner
Conrad Johnson Premier 12 Mono's 140 Watts Tung-Sol KT120's amps
PS Audio PowerPlant Premier AC Regenerator
BMI Shark Pure Jeweler Grade Platinum AC Power Cable
Sablon Audio Petite Corona 2.0M AC Power Cable
Mad Scientist PC-NEO with Power Purifier AC Power Cable
JPS Labs The Power AC+ 2M AC Power Cable
Synergistic Research Labs Tesla Series SE T1 AC Power Cable
Synergistic Research Labs Tesla Series T1 AC Power Cable
PS Audio Noise Harvester (5) Converts noise to light
OYAIDE RI Beryllium Power Outlets (2)
Hubbell Outlet 5362/5262 Deep Cryo Process
Blue Circle Audio The Yalu Balula Industrial Surge/Spike Protection
JPLAY v5.2 hi-end audio player turns PC into a digital transport.
JRiver Media Center 19 Music Software
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Coli, I didn’t have a chance to hear any of modern NOS designs although I remember well sound of the first CD players from 80s that were NOS by nature. They were bright and narrow sounding but it was something about speed and immediacy in the way they sounded.
Neno: I'm running DSD on Filter 0 with bigger soundstage and air.
Filter 1 seems to smoothen out the highs but makes the vocals more rounded and focused.
Filter 0 is no filter at all according to Bricasti...I prefer it also but is it safe, since all hi-frequency noise which can be louder that signal itself on DSD is passed downstream to pre/amp/speakers. This could potentially damage the tweeters or even our ears especially if listening loud. This kind makes me uneasy to use filter 0 so i settled for best compromise which is filter 1.
That is a good consideration Neno. Indeed filter 1 sounds closer to the DSD 128 rips from my vinyls - rounder and richer but I like the spaciousness that I get from Filter 1. It will be nice to have the best of both worlds. And of course vinyls still sound special.
Shsohis

As far as up-sampling with oversampling you seem to know a lot more about that than I do for sure so I will let you be the authority on that. I just know what it says in the manual. At the end of the day for me regardless of what is used is how it sounds and what is the best to my ears IMO how ever we get there...

" I certainly agree that Esoteric has far superior transport than OPPO that shouldn’t be the reason SACD is sounding better "

I can guarantee you that the transport at any level using any up-sampling and/or oversampling or non up-sampling or any medium be it ripped, streamed, downloaded, CD, SACD, any of it the actual transport has a gigantic impact on the sound. Way more than I ever thought. I have learned that mostly from when I started this thread and people brought it to my attention. So I am down digging around that rabbit hole now.