This rarely comes up in reviews, but one caveat for the psa direct stream. It may not provide the gain you need in your system. I have coincident Frankenstein amplifiers and could max out the dac's gain without getting quite as much volume as I wanted. It also required me to use the dac in "high gain" mode which pulled up the dac's noise floor, making an audible hissing noise at my listening position. I simply couldn't use it without a separate pre. I do use their perfectwave dac direct, however.
Briscati M12 | PS Audio Direct Stream | Mola Mola Makua
Digital gurus,
has anyone had the opportunity to hear these 3 DAC/preamps. I am considering one of these units to server as my volume control if I decide not to go with a analog preamp (Luxman c900u).
the back end of the system so far will be Kef Blade 2 + Luxman m900u + some preamp ??? + some DAC.
All 3 of the DACs are ROON compatible. The M12 has a ROON update forth coming..
has anyone had the opportunity to hear these 3 DAC/preamps. I am considering one of these units to server as my volume control if I decide not to go with a analog preamp (Luxman c900u).
the back end of the system so far will be Kef Blade 2 + Luxman m900u + some preamp ??? + some DAC.
All 3 of the DACs are ROON compatible. The M12 has a ROON update forth coming..