2. digital
  3. 193694-7415

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

Showing 2 responses by mitchb

mitchb's avatar
mitchb OP
339 posts
 

brge,

 I have asked Ted Smith, on a few occasions, about this issue of sounding better after powering off and on thus reinitializing the dac and he claims it to be perfectly normal not unlike “degaussing” or “demagnetizing” the dac. Ted has said that I am not alone and that there’s no problem with my particular dac. He said that some owners of both the Mk1 and Mk2 notice this phenomenon. It’s not as though the sound goes bad but it can just sound better with occasional reboots.

mitchb's avatar
mitchb OP
339 posts
 

PS Audio claims this phenomenon to be normal and probably related to ac brown outs. I am beginning to think that what I am experiencing is ac fluctuation and I am experiencing good sound.

More to discover