Perpetual Tech P1A

i have used the p1a with a birdland oden-lite. did not find the upsample did much for sound...a little better but not worth the money. i did find that the cd enhance had a dramatic effect on the sound...to the good. i do not know what it does though. i would buy one but....the quality of perpet was bad....first unit did not work. i could never get the is2 to work (on replacement). i even burned in the unit for 100 hours as suggested by perpet folks (very nice people). think i will wait to see what else is comming out....24/196 in a p2??? (or some other crazy thing i will have to have). they stated they had several product launches comming out in the near future.

hope this was some help.

one more thought. call them and they will send unit to audition for 30 days (or more if asked). no problems returning mine (p3a too).

I'm using my P1A to upsample and feed my Birdland Odeon-lite. I found the effects very positive. I wrote a review that can be found at-
http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/DAC/product_48011.shtml

Point of note on Jvr's post above. I believe to obtain the 30 day trail, you must order direct from Perpetual, or via AV123.com. I bought mine from a dealer that advertises on Audiogon, and was surprised to find out that the 30 day deal didn't apply to my purchase. Not an earth shattering issue for me, but it may be for others who make a purchase. You may wish to ask before you jump.

I have a TACT 2.0 with DA conversion with a P1A and I love what it does. I run three different digital sources into it and they all sound remarkably better.