PS Audio PerfectWave DAC Upgrade

@jiminia,

Are you saying that Steve is using PSA's I2S offering it as an option? I wonder if my Pace-Car can be modded with the same?

@Grobec,

That is good news. Was the Berkeley fully broken-in?

Jiminia: why would you use USB (or converted usb) to feed the pwd?

stupid question but wondering why anyone would use usb to feed the pwd??.

"Are you saying that Steve is using PSA's I2S offering it as an option?"

It's not an option. Standard on the OR5.

"I wonder if my Pace-Car can be modded with the same?"

Sorry, but no. HDMI I2S is a completely different electrical interface.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

I responded to your questions this morning, but for some reason its not been posted yet. Here it is again - maybe this one will get posted quicker.

I use USB for two reasons: First, its 100% reliable. No network issues, no dropouts, no flaky software, and it can sound superb when done right. Second, I like the option of the digital outputs from the converter so I can run other devices (like a DAC/headphone amp, for example).

The PS Audio-compatible I2S is available in the Off-Ramp 5, which I know Steve is tweaking right now. I'd be surprised if it can be retrofitted to older units, but that's a question best addressed to him.