Has anyone heard the new PS Audio Strata, Integrated Amp/DAC/streamer?
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Yes, I just saw that. I thought the Strata was still being beta tested? https://premiumsound.co.uk/product/hifi-separates/all-in-one-systems/ps-audio-stellar-strata-streami... |
It won’t even begin beta testing for a month or two. You can find a thread on this at the PSA site. These PSA projects always slip. Now they will beta test the m1200 amps before strata. I suspect because of the software difficulties with producing their own streaming app. Maybe I’ll be wrong, but I’d be surprised if Strata is available before Independence Day at earliest. |
Paul just posted a new video about the strata: https://youtu.be/V_uSUal3Lsc I'm on the list for a possible beta trial. The beta program is said to be materializing towards the end of this month. |
Hilde45, you have a good point. The newer separate DACs & preamps are software upgradeable. Whether or not they can pull that off for different parts of an integrated, at a affordable price is not known, yet. In my field, digital production printing, we can put firmware on a USB drive, and using the control panel on the press, initiate the installation of upgrades on the print engine and all of its optional accessories. But that's a $300,000 system, not a $3,000 system. |
