PS Audio Multiwave

Sagger, as with all things technology, the fact that it is merely a chip and a board is not a sound way to draw conclusions about what it should cost. For one thing, what's on that board? But the main thing is that you are paying for SOFTWARE here, new technology patented by PS Audio, who are entitled to recoup their development time and make a profit on it. $250 may be a rip as you say, but I tend to think not. --Dan

Okay, and I hope we can also get a few more comments about what the upgrade sounds like.

I suggest you work directly with PS Audio. Notwithstanding the remarks above about their pricing, I have found them to be a good company to deal with--efficient, customer-oriented, etc. I also admire the way they have used the Internet as a channel to market and sell directly to customers while at the same time building a large dealer network. Their business model is proving to be an Internet-era success story for the high end, it seems to me. Not applicable to all audio product categories certainly, but impressive still.