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redm 02-27-2014 10:26 AM
It looks like all the user facing functionality is going to be exactly the same. I wish they would spend some more time polishing up the firmware and existing features.

PLK 02-27-2014 02:50 PM
Part one:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7z7QXWto-k]PS DirectStream DAC World Premier - YouTube[/ame]

redm 02-27-2014 03:18 PM
Neat video, I wonder if the UI is the exact same to the PWD.

-E- 02-27-2014 03:49 PM
/yawn.

Very inflammatory first page.

We'll see what the final product looks like. But transcoding has yet to yield any good results - anywhere.

antipop 02-27-2014 04:22 PM
They look really proud of the Directstream and they're setting expectations very high.

I hope it's not just marketing and that they will deliver.

2fastdriving 02-27-2014 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by antipop (Post 584833)
They look really proud of the Directstream and they're setting expectations very high.

I hope it's not just marketing and that they will deliver.
I'm guessing marketing hype. Unless someone proves to me that this is different, I'm going to assume this is the same as what the Esoteric does - convert PCM to DSD and send to the DAC natively that way. The ironic thing is, nobody that I know of uses that option on the Esoteric because it doesn't sound as good :scratch2:

adhesiv 02-27-2014 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 2fastdriving (Post 584844)
I'm guessing marketing hype. Unless someone proves to me that this is different, I'm going to assume this is the same as what the Esoteric does - convert PCM to DSD and send to the DAC natively that way. The ironic thing is, nobody that I know of uses that option on the Esoteric because it doesn't sound as good :scratch2:
That's because there's no lossless conversion between the two formats. By doing this they are guaranteeing loss of fidelity.

I agree that it's mostly marketing hype. But as with all things more exposure to DSD means more user adoption, more content and more attention by all brands.

So I say bring it on and keep it coming!

PLK 02-27-2014 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 2fastdriving (Post 584844)
I'm guessing marketing hype. Unless someone proves to me that this is different, I'm going to assume this is the same as what the Esoteric does - convert PCM to DSD and send to the DAC natively that way. The ironic thing is, nobody that I know of uses that option on the Esoteric because it doesn't sound as good :scratch2:
MDAT™ signal processing technology in EMM and Meitner DACs does 2x DSD upsampling for PCM playback.

I think the Playback Design DACs also upsample PCM to DSD.

2fastdriving 02-27-2014 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by PLK (Post 584906)
MDAT™ signal processing technology in EMM and Meitner DACs does 2x DSD upsampling for PCM playback.

I think the Playback Design DACs also upsample PCM to DSD.
So what's new here with the PS Audio? Is it claimed to be a lossless translation to DSD?

doggiehowser 02-27-2014 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 2fastdriving (Post 584910)
So what's new here with the PS Audio? Is it claimed to be a lossless translation to DSD?
They claim upsampling to 10xDSD vs 2x on the EMM and Playback. I love my EMM and Playback.


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