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| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? The terminator plus 12th sounded very good to us also. We also clocked it with the Hermes DDC. The biggest negative for us was the fact that DSD files were a lot quieter than PCM material. It could also be a little Sterile sounding at times. We ... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @bunkertoy DSD is a clear improvement with the proper DAC. We have over 800 iso files so it’s a must in our setup. @invalid Yes. It took us almost 2 years to prefect our DAC. During the ride we and other audiophiles compared it to many high e... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @bunkertoy Does it accept and play .iso DSD files? | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? Have you tried Jriver Media player/server? HQPlayer is good however it will not accept iso's. Jriver has a great interface and a DLNA server so you can use mconnect to stream Qobuz and other streaming services. Also has an app for ios (Jremote)... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? When we compared the Terminator Plus 12th to our Directstream Signature Series PLUS DAC it did quite well however no where as good sounding. It had good detail however it did have some congestion and not as open and real sounding. We even used i... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? I have owned a Denifrips Terminator Plus 12th R2R DAC, a dCS Bartok Apex ring DAC and finally decided on the modified Directstream MK1 as it sounded the best to us. These were evaluated for almost a year in our system. | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? We have compared many DAC’s costing upwards of $10K with the DAC below. You might consider this one although it is above your budget. The Limited Edition Signature Series Plus. Lots of positive reviews on the website. It is a modified PS Audio... | |
| Modding the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1 and MK2 Here is the layout of components of our Limited Edition Signature Series PLUS units. | |
| JK Richards PS Audio DSD MKI transformer upgrade Here is the layout of components of our Limited Edition Signature Series PLUS units. | |
| Modding the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1 and MK2 Just a heads up. We only have one complete unit available now and are down to a few transformers. We won't be making any more till next year. | |
| JK Richards PS Audio DSD MKI transformer upgrade Just a heads up. We only have one complete unit available now and are down to a few transformers. We won't be making any more till next year. | |
| Modding the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1 and MK2 Starting this Friday (11/15) we are giving customers 10% off site wide until the end of November while supplies last. This sale excludes VIP pricing upgrades. | |
| JK Richards PS Audio DSD MKI transformer upgrade Starting this Friday (11/15) we are giving customers 10% off site wide until the end of November while supplies last. This sale excludes VIP pricing upgrades. | |
| Modding the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1 and MK2 The opamps in this Directstream DAC are special high frequency video opamps. The ones Danny is speaking of from Sparkos is a replacement for standard opamps (not compatible at all with the DS). We make our own discrete opamps for other equipment. ... | |
| JK Richards PS Audio DSD MKI transformer upgrade We have some exciting news. We have been working on a new Directstream DAC upgrade for the past six months and have finally released it. Our new Limited Edition Signature Series PLUS DAC. The Limited Edition is the latest model in a series of ... |