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Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
04-03-15: Fsmithjack"I am looking to improve upon these and get a much more neutral, powerful, resolving, dynamic and transparent amp that still posses that tube dimensional and layered realness sound with humanity and soul to the music. Tough act... 
Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
Agisthos, With a statement like that I would almost be certain you have never listened to a DS with PP OS.I have owned Wadia,Electrocompaniet and EAD digital playback and listened to countless others,the PSA DS was and is way above any of them in ... 
Is revealing always good?
03-18-15: Audioengr"I have found that active preamps under the... $10K... mark, particularly solid-state are usually poor and add the most sibilance and compression to systems."........................................................Are you really... 
Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
Hello Sabai. Glad to hear you are now enjoying the PP OS. Can you explain how a reinstall of PP can make such a drastic change when you were committed to 1.2.1? Do you think that your previous try's were corrupted in some way? Thanks... 
Why so many PS Audio DirectStreams for sale?
There are 8 Lampizators for sale too.As Mrderrick said,some components come in waves,here a little,there a little... 
Your last concert was to see who and when?
I kicked off my 2015 concert season with Mike and the Mechanics last evening. The band came out smoking and only got better as the evening wore on. I'm very glad they came to town. If you have a chance to see them, they will not disappoint.Great s... 
Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
My main reason to state my displeasure with PSA was not the quality of sound,but with their pricing scheme. My digital playback before the DS/PWT combo was a Wadia 861se with the GNSC Statement upgrade by the venerable Steve Huntley.. I loved the ... 
Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
I see PS Audio has a... buy a Direct Stream and get the Power Wave Transport for free. Now ,I'm not knocking the product or company... they make some very nice equipment,if not, I would not have purchased the DS and PWT. That being said,I have a h... 
What are your favorite speaker finishes?
Bcgator,yes,the leather on these are real. As are the walnut veneers used on the panels. I was once told that all speaker manufacturers aspire to be of Sonus faber quality. After buying the Olympicas,I can now see why.Truly a work of art.Not only ... 
What are your favorite speaker finishes?
03-03-15: Bcgator"Sonus Faber's walnut - loved the original Concertinos and Concertos, and now the Olympica is even nicer. I would buy the Olympicas just to stare at them."............................................................As an owner of ... 
Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
"03-02-15: SabaiAolmrd1241,Pike's Peak is not as good as 1.2.1 in my system. Perhaps future versions will produce a better result for me."..........................................................Hi Sabai. I am sure you are aware some other people... 
Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
The PSA DS dac does not start to bloom into a music machine until a minimum of three to four hundred hours. I now have around 550 hours on mine and it still amazes me as to how much more I am hearing from this dac. The pike peak OS is a stunning u... 
Recommendations for a mat for the PS Audio PWT
There is no logical reason for using any after market mat on the PWT. It reads from a memory drive and not real time. It would be less than useles on this transport. Elk explained it very well to you on the PS forums.You will ruin the disk drive i... 
Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp?
02-01-15: Maplegrovemusic"Here is the answer.what came first?The chicken? or the egg?"The rooster came first... ; ^) 
Akiko Tuning Stick AC -- It IS Magic
Akiko Audio tuning sticks are the best tweak this listener has ever used. I have the Triple AC pluged into my dedicated wall outlet which feeds the system through my Shunyata line conditioner, along with Universal sticks on my speaker cables...spe...