PS Audio FPGA dac

agree with fuzz that at 3 grand the psa-ds is a decent buy, even with the unit now at end of life in terms of further development and updates

the firmware versions materially change the musical presentation of the dac, though it takes a little patience to reload earlier or later versions if you want more warm/romantic or more forward sound

the bridge feature isn’t too good though, hurts sound quality

in my experience it is a full step below the chord dave or mscaler/hugo tt2 though...

To the best of my knowledge, PS Audio has discontinued the DirectStream DAC. It will be replaced late this year with their new much more expensive DAC with an MSRP of around $7000-8000. I feel that the used DirectStream DACs as a result will see an increase in used market value. By the way, you can download all of the DS DAC firmware to your computer so you will have the library of firmware at ready access. 

This company has a goal to make money (like most in the market) ... They need to sell you something every year or even a quarter ...
So much noise, such pomp... I listened to their best product - NOTHING SUPERNATURAL AT ALL! .. - the usual DAC.
now a generation of morons has grown up (((they are easy to deceive - the main thing is to feed them with promises ... most of them have never been to the conservatory ... they only need a car subwoofer and mp3 content.

Even 25 years ago they made DACs with excellent sound ... (those who did not save on details still work) ...

Many do not know that cars used to be made of iron (not foil) ... and the W210 Mercedes did not break at all and driving was a pleasure ...

all the PS Audio updates have been free...