PSAudio Directstream DAC M-1 (refurb) vs Denafrips Venus II. Quick decision needed!

OK guys, that does it for me. There are some smart people on this forum.  I like researching these things, but nothing matters much unless it's in your house with your setup.  Hard to do that now; not like the old days.  I'm usually too impatient to "enjoy" the buying and selling process. 

I went that route.  I ordered the Directstream listened to it for a day and sent it back.  Bought a Denafrips Terminator.  It instantly sounded better. 

Please review this review.

+1, Denafrips Venus II DAC.  My opinion. 

You probably listened to the dacs with usb. Try using i2s or Ethernet with the ps audio. Another step up in quality which most other dacs don’t have those interfaces, only the better dacs do. Then if you do get the mk1, get their airlens streamer which will give you another increase in sq, and the airlens gets you i2s out to the mk1/mk2 and even the jr

It seems that the USB on the directstream mk1 was just a bad implementation, because on the mk2 a lot of owners say it sounds just as good as the i2S.