Does anyone have an opinion about the new P S Audio Bridge 2 ?


I was interested in buying a Bridge 2.  Have you bought this item ?  What are your thoughts about the item ?
jazzbird
Call PS Audio to make sure that you have the system and set up to be able to use it. I went through all the gyrations of not being able to set the I.P. address on the Direct Stream DAC and sent it all back to PS Audio for repair.

Got it back, set up the I.P. address, got it into the network and no sound - nothing. Turns out that my Amarra music player does not work with the Bridge since it uses iTunes. iTunes has no streaming capabilities. I wish someone would have asked me a few questions before I laid down the long green for it.

I spoke with Alex Paananen at PS Audio this morning and he agreed there should be a questionnaire to qualify buyer's to see if they can even use the Bridge in the first place.

I setup the Bridge II with Jriver and crossover Cat 6 cable from  Mac mini,  sounds much better than Amarra  with itune.

Not a very easy task, but Google will get you there.

I have the impression that it won't do gapless playback. Would look into this before buying.
The Bridge 2 does gapless beautifully. More stable than the original Bridge and it sounds better too.
For the average audiophile user PS Audio is doing a lousy job on their web (and support site) in helping their customers setting up the Bridge. Install and forget per their little video? Don't think so! I have the Bridge I and apparently it has some issues with DHCP so I need to set it the IP address manually - no sweat - I am used to do that but that is nowhere mentioned in any documentation, wasted time in try and error as I take for granted that modern devices do DHCP w/o a hitch.

The Bridge is sourced from another company and networking is apparently new to PS Audio so they learn as we stumble along the way.