Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs?

One thing to note about the DirectStream is that it's very sensitive to USB input quality, which is odd for such a expensive DAC... On Windows, you pretty much have to use jplay 6 and then it will sound like the reviewer's rating, it's amazing.

Without jplay it actually sounds odd.

PS Audio's marketing (often criticized) and the number of units on the after market have nothing to do with the quality of this DAC. Those who are lucky enough to pick up one at a bargain price will be very happy with it unless they are in the market for a more expensive DAC like the Bricasti M1 or Berkeley Audio Reference.

What is the right choice! I would guess it is the one that you make at the time that you make it otherwise you will never make a choice :)

I have purchased many excellent products from those that bought the latest thing, tried it for a few days, didn't like the sound, and then sold.I feel alot of this was due to mismatched components, or no break in time,(I believe in break in, some don't). That's just my opinion.

I recently bought the DSD and did extensive comparison to my DAC2DSDse, both with and without an empirical audio offramp 5 in front of it, and I felt that the DSD conveyed considerably more musical information and better imaging, and that the offramp definitely mattered. I thine the DSD+Offramp is a sad combo.