Does anyone experience sound improvement from restarting power off and on of DAC?


Does anyone experience an improvement in sound from restarting the DAC every week or so by powering off for a minute and then restarting the power back on? I’ve noticed that with my PS Audio Directstream Mk1 that I get a lot of improvement in sound if I power off at the power switch at the back of the dac for a minute and then restart the dac. I find by doing this once every 5 days or so much improves the sound quality. Does anyone else experience this? I have been told on several occasions that this is normal and not to worry. 

mitchb

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@mitchb - I would contact PS Audio and ask them.  PS Audio DACs are different from pure chip based DAC as they use FPGA (field-programmable gate array) with custom software to process the signal.  There could be a problem there.  Also, have you upgraded to the newest software version?

...From PS Audio's sales brochere:

DirectStream converts every input signal, both PCM and DSD, to single-bit, high sample rate 20X DSD signal. Use of a FPGA rather than an off the shelf DAC chip provides immense processing power, resulting in complete lack of digital glare, and allows the owner to download OS updates as they are released.