PS Audio DirectStream DAC measurements by ASR

ASR only likes DACs from obscure makers in China that you’ve never heard of. The site’s owner proudly rejects listenability and many times has stated he never once listens to the equipment he tests.

Even when he does find a mainstream product that shows good test results he finds some other reason to damn them.
Look at the Chord Qutest review. Great results. Really, state of the art results but he doesn’t like it because of the user interface or that it doesn’t have balanced outputs. Yet he will say it ranks at or near the very top of any DAC he’s reviewed - he just can’t recommend it.

Topping. That’s the brand he likes. Everything Topping makes is great. Never heard of them? You dolt! They’re the best in the world.
I would tell PS Audio - be happy ASR hates your gear. It must be great.

ASR only likes DACs from obscure makers in China that you’ve never heard of.

This is BS, he is the only one that gives unbiased and almost complete set of test measurements.
He says he doesn't say what he likes and dislikes the sound of , because it would be subjective only.
He is there to supply for those "fortunate to understand them", completely unbiased sets of measurements.
And for those that don't/can't understand them, TO BAD! make an effort to learn how to read them. 

Cheers George

Never heard DirectStream. I use Chord M-Scaler/Qutest. I am analogue guy and Chord is first and only digital that makes music to my ears.
I learn here it measures excellent too. Seems Robert Watts really knows his stuff ...
Owned one very popular Chinese dac with very good measurements -  pure dreck.

Just discovered this thread because I am very interested in PS Audio Stellar Gaincell. The negative review shook me a bit, and the back and forth over it is quite charged. As a novice, I don't have an opinion on the "Do measurements matter?" question, though a recent interview Steve Guttenberg did with John Atkinson did raise the role of measurements. They're not be all, end all, but they tell you if equipment is meeting established standards. At the very least, the negative review that Amir did established some differences between measurement claims vs. what he measured. That, at least, merits some rebuttal from the makers.

Not True! ASR measured the Chord Qutest and it was SOTA and Stereophile measurements had the same results. I own it and it’s fantastic! 😆