Does this dac exist?

"Steve - Did you mean to say "asynchronous" USB here, or are you recommending adaptive USB?"

I meant to say Async, not adaptive. I have abandoned Adaptive, closeout items only. Async is more expensive and requires 2 clocks to support all sample-rates, but it's worth it.

This market is advancing so quickly that I was surprised to see new DAC's being debuted at CES that were still adaptive 24/96....

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

Bryon,

Just to add to Alex's reply.

If you use iTunes or music player that dock to iTunes such as Pure Music or Amarra, you can use the free Apple's Remote App for iPad to control it.

To take full control of another computer on iPad, I use "Screens App".

Fidelia has its own ipod interface. Audirvana can be controlled by apple small white remote, and also by Rowmote App over wifi.

I used to be a transport nut, and really thinks that transports sounds as different as DACs do. Now I'm converted, and use only Mac mini as transport via async USB. It's better than my (older) Esoteric and Theta machines. The only thing spinning in my rig now are vinyl.

PSA PWD via Bridge. I use J River for an interface.

Srwooten - I have given serious consideration to the PerfectWave dac, but I don't like the idea of being limited to PS Audio's proprietary software. One of the reasons is that I would like to be able to utilize plugins for EQ, for example. Do you know if the PS Audio software will support plugins, like Pure Music does?

BTW, I commented in my last post that I wished technologies in computer audio would advance faster. What I really meant is that I wish they would *converge* faster. It is the lack of standardization that is a bit confusing and sometimes frustrating.

Bryon

You are not limited to PSA's software at all. In fact I don't use it. Their music server software is still BETA.

J River has plug ins but they will not work with DNLA yet. I do not know if it ever will, but it seems to me to be a logical direction for them to move.If you use plug-ins via your software through any PWD input other than the Bridge they will work.