PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC without the transport

you nailed it Ben (so to speak =) ). the replacement is working out nicely. music lover who enjoys her own space...and gives me mine.

still to early to tell but this one could be around for a while. truth is....there's a reason i'm in my late 40's and have never been married. way to late in life to compromise or change my ways. i yam what i yam!.

agree with Edorr (and Rockitman). have had the perfect wave combo since intro almost 2 years ago. the I2S connection took it over the top imho. sounded great using xlr....sounds out of this world using I2S. am streaming from a pc now but still hanging on to my PWT because it sounds so damn good (yes...i still prefer it to the stream). PWT/PWD makes for an outstanding front.

hi Ben. the differnce is sound between the two is not always apparent and very small when it is. seems that certain disc's sound better then the stream while others sound identical. when i can hear a difference, it's sound-stage depth for the most part. this translates to sounding more "live" imho. one redbook disc also seemed to have a smoother, slightly less fatiguing high end then when streamed. again...a vast majority sound identical.

two that i found sound better with the PWT are eric clapton "backless" and muddy waters/howlin wolf "muddy and the wolf". have not heard any difference in music produced recently so far(the last 10 years or so).

again...the differences can only be heard during critical listening/direct comparisons and only in about 5% of the disc's i've compared (roughly 40 so far). don't want to start a big stink over this as this is one mans opinion with specific tastes in music/sound and on a specific system. plus...i'm no expert by any means.

regarding hi-res dvd's: have compared 5 so far and can tell no difference what so ever(24/96 flac). both sound fantastic (as you know). it's to the point now that i can't even imagine it sounding any better. closing your eye's and feeling like a band is front and center is what the bridge/pwt both do to high res. it's also what this hobby is all about to me.

cheers buddy
Lev

enjoy the bloody mary Ben. i have some issue's with my stream as well. periodic drop outs on both redbook and high res as well as TnP locking up once in a while. i still have a problem with TnP not seeing my PWD from time to time to. this last issue is my biggest problem as it requires rebooting the PWD to correct. lots of tweeking left to do on the bridge imho

i had hoped these problems would be resolved by now but understand there is way more to it then i know. purchased the bridge knowing/expecting problems has helped me get through the frustration but still.... . anyone not ready to put up with this kinda stuff should hold off on the bridge imho.

my set up is pretty simple. new pc running windows 7, j river and a linksys wireless n adaptor. iphone and TnP as well.

cheers
Lev

no doubt Steve. the bridge is a game changer imho and a true joy to use. access to every single song in my 1200+ collection is at my finger tips. am listening to stuff i forgot i even had. the word "priceless" comes to mind. there is no turning back for me.

hope all is well buddy.

cheers
Lev

i just fired a high maintinance girlfriend who didn't like listening to music. she asked me one to many times to "turn it down please". don't think she understood her place on my priority list.

Rock should give his gal a warning....then the boot =)

i was thinking the same Sgr. i won't be surprised to find myself buying a new bridge for $1000+ down the road sometime (after psa discovers the current hardware can't cut it).

i'll guess that the target price point played into the design a little to much regarding the hardware design. like you, i'm using and enjoying the thing. it still has way to many bugs for me to believe software tweeks will get it all sorted out.

however....i know nothing about this sort of stuff so my opinion might not be worth the standard 2 cents =)

we'll see.