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Old 05-28-2019, 10:44 AM
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Lars bought my Elipsa speakers (courtesy introductions through Ivan) speakers today and as part of our deal he brought with him a brand new sealed in the box direct stream dac (black which matches the Mcintosh) ,latest snow mass firmware installed. I’ve read a lot about this dac everyone who hears it has nothing but positive things to say . Let me say I was not expecting such a improvement in detail , sound stage, yet while still maintaining musicality. Sometimes with a lot of detail there is sacrifice in warmth and vice versa but I’m loving what I hear and what I am hearing is bringing nuances I never noticed before , this is a excellent dac. What is also amazing is that the performance of this dac is shocking. Instead of having a fixed dac on a chip , this dac uses fpga -field programable gate array hardware which allows the dac to be customized with software which ps audio does for free atleast once a year. How great is that a dac that stays up on the latest technology! You can install a network card which gives you full MQA , something not available 5 years ago when the dac first was introduced. Snow mass just came out a few months ago. Another cool thing about this dac is it is native DSD , hence the direct stream used in the name. You can read more about it , I highly recommend this DAC. Listening to vocals of Nora Jones, Stevie Nicks for example playing Redbook sounds like a SACD. I am just amazed at the sound stage, I finally get what Dan’s means in his reviews when he say more air between the instruments as I never experienced it in my system. My source took a step backward but I’m not noticing it, it’s a 2012 Mac mini running Roon as a core streaming tidal and playing music from the hd I have to say tidal sounds better. I will report back after I listen to qobuz. I played some Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Aerosmith, just fabulous. Like I said this dac is winner. Thanks Lars!
Received my new PS Audio DSD last week. Biggest improvement for us in our system is the reduction in digital haze, especially around the voices. Redbook albums we had been avoiding are now tolerable and even sound good to listen to.

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Old 05-28-2019, 10:55 AM
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Received my new PS Audio DSD last week. Biggest improvement for us in our system is the reduction in digital haze, especially around the voices. Redbook albums we had been avoiding are now tolerable and even sound good to listen to.

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Simple outstanding..............you may also find MP3's now sound pretty good if one wishes to use.

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Simple outstanding..............you may also find MP3's now sound pretty good if one wishes to use.

Ron
That was one of the aspects that sold me on the Directstream DAC in the first place... I had never heard my MP3s sound that tangible and convincingly real! It was such an obvious improvement over my previous gear, and I wasn’t able to find anything better at the local stores.
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Happy to read other new DirectStream owners are as pleased as I am.
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Bridge II Ordered today

I have been listening to the DS DAC now for a little over a month and have been very happy. I listen now mostly to tidal so the next thing for me to day was order a Bridge II to get the full unfold of MQA as well as the improvement in sound which is supposed to sound better than via USB. The downside I am told as I understand is the bridge may or may not play DSD 128 (I might be wrong) however I can always play those files via the USB input if needed.
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Bridge does dsd64. I don’t have the bridge and don’t stream but I did purchase a little gizmo called a matrix which really does a great job converting usb to I2s.
Big thread under tweaks and accessories in the ps Audio forum.
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Bridge does dsd64. I don’t have the bridge and don’t stream but I did purchase a little gizmo called a matrix which really does a great job converting usb to I2s.
Big thread under tweaks and accessories in the ps Audio forum.


I read that the bridge does a internal I2s connection. I have usb for dsd128.
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The Bridge II sounds so good that for the odd higher res DXD and DSD2x, I don't even bother.

You could probably get as good results with a custom low noise CAPS (computer audiophile server with a good USB cable and linear power supplies) but the idea of maintaining a PC just for the few higher res audio (>24/192 and DSD1x) didn't seem worth the hassle just to hear the higher res.
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The Bridge II sounds so good that for the odd higher res DXD and DSD2x, I don't even bother.

You could probably get as good results with a custom low noise CAPS (computer audiophile server with a good USB cable and linear power supplies) but the idea of maintaining a PC just for the few higher res audio (>24/192 and DSD1x) didn't seem worth the hassle just to hear the higher res.
So very true.

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Old 07-28-2019, 07:17 AM
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Bridge II Ordered today

I have been listening to the DS DAC now for a little over a month and have been very happy. I listen now mostly to tidal so the next thing for me to day was order a Bridge II to get the full unfold of MQA as well as the improvement in sound which is supposed to sound better than via USB. The downside I am told as I understand is the bridge may or may not play DSD 128 (I might be wrong) however I can always play those files via the USB input if needed.
How is the bridge sounding?
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