PS Perfect Wave Trans/DAC versus Meridian 808.2

That filter is pretty special, and the PW Dac is a great piece. Can't speak for the Meridian gear. PS Audio is getting ready to have a trade in program where you can get $1000 EACH off the DAC and the Transport. Check out the newsletter at the PS Audio site

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Is that a good thing is the question! ;-)

I went with just the DAC for the reasons you listed. Getting everything out of your computer bit perfect seems to be the trick. I'm still working on that. I like the sound of the J River player better than iTunes on my PC (running windows XP).

Check with music direct. I believe you get $1000 off each for each transport and each DAC you trade in toward $1000 off each Dac and each Transport you buy.

The PWT is a CD player with memory, so it plays from the memory. It stores a couple minutes of CD quality music or several seconds of hi-rez audio before it outputs it. The PWT plays hi-rez disc as well as CD's. It does NOT play SACD's. I'm not sure if it will play DVD-A or not.

One computer is fine if you want to use it for a source. You can play anything from low rez to ultra hi rez using the computer. I play ripped DVD-A's this way. You can hook it up to the DAC via Coax, Toslink, or USB. When the Bridge is released you can hook it up wired or wirelessly through a router. This will be the best way.

This is a STELLAR combo IMO.

I have. It sounds great.

I think the DVD's the PWT will play are hi-rez one's made on a computer. It will NOT play regular DVD movies and I do not believe it will play DVD-A's. You can rip DVD-A to your computer and transfer that to a DVD disc and then play that using the PWT. Or just play the ripped DVD-A files from your computer through the PWD as I mentioned before.