PS Perfect Wave Trans/DAC versus Meridian 808.2

The trade in program gives you the original retail value of the DAC or CD player/transport that you trade in, up to a maximum value of $1,000 per piece, towards the retail price of the PWT or PWD. It therefore allows you to purchase each piece that lists for $3,000 for as low as $2,000 if your trade in had an original list price of $1,000 or more.

The PWT will play standard CDs as well as high resolution WAV files up to 24/192 that are burned to DVD-R discs, but it will not play standard DVD video or DVD-A discs.

The PW DAC is also a preamp. Has anyone used it this way?
I don't know how a previous poster could compare it to another brand that is just a DAC with no network ability or preamp functions.

PS Audio's literature says the PWT transport will play DVDs.

I have. It sounds great.

I think the DVD's the PWT will play are hi-rez one's made on a computer. It will NOT play regular DVD movies and I do not believe it will play DVD-A's. You can rip DVD-A to your computer and transfer that to a DVD disc and then play that using the PWT. Or just play the ripped DVD-A files from your computer through the PWD as I mentioned before.

Is this some kind of joke or what?

The Meridian OF corse!!!By a million miles!!

A Meridian rep was kind enough to bring over a 808.3 so that I could hear in my system today. Not much difference going into my preamp versus what I have, But going directly into my amp balanced, the three of us there were super impressed from the first few notes - what a great sounding unit which must have a wonderful preamp in it as well. Showed me that my current speakers, amps and room could give me much better sound with a reference grade source.