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PS Audio unveils their PS Audio Directstream DAC

First of all I have no affiliation with PS Audio, just an interested observer.

PS Audio has just announced their successor to the Perfectwave MKII called the Directstream DAC. It implements DSD and eliminates the PCM delivery system and uses a Field Programmable Gateway to acheive results which they say will "uncover more music on redbook CDs than was possible.

A full explanation can be read here:

http://www.psaudio.com/products/audio/media-players/perfectwave-directstream-dac/
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rhanson739
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DS owner, here.

Maintaining multiple versions has been discussed at PS Audio's forum, as a "wouldn't it be nice." Ted Smith, the designer of the DAC, has said that it would be very difficult to do multiple versions due to a lack of... something... probably memory. Perhaps two could be maintained, at best.

Considering the improvements that I've heard over a couple of versions of firmware, I have no problem inserting an SD card, waiting 2-3 minutes, and listening. It's a bit more difficult to A/B, but the differences are usually so clear that it doesn't take long to make a decision on which FW version you'd like to settle.
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