Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

Matt, will you please text me your number again. I'm in FL as my dad is dying, but I wanted to touch base when I get the chance as you are I are on the same page and I wanted to speak with you about it, but I'll go off on a tangent on the board, lol. Thanks.

CTSooner - so sorry to hear that. My sympathies and thoughts during your hard times. I lost my Dad while I was in Med school, he was only 49. Hardest thing I ever had to deal with. PM sent with phone #.

I've been researching music servers like crazy.

Guido - great to hear from you. I couldn't open the link on my iPad. I'll try it on my computer later. I agree with your feeling on battery, ultra caps, etc. Even a well implemented robust linear power supply can make a unit sing, as long as it gets a healthy supply of clean and relatively unrestricted electrons. I am fortunate that my new room has very clean AC to start with and with a 4 gauge run from main panel to dedicated sub-panel and isolated 10 gauge runs to each outlet, there is practically unrestricted power getting to each unit. Battery power done wrong can actually limit power supply, so as we all know, just putting batteries in doesn't make it better.

My room is hopefully going to be ready in about 2 weeks. I'm waiting on my 9m XLR interconnects to arrive and my side wall baffle diffusers which were on backorder a few weeks.

Then I can start to pursue some more DAC evals and maybe try borrowing a music server or two.

Guido - Sounds awesome! But we want to hear YOU play it!!!! grins….

Sorry to hear about the paternal losses.

I lost mine last year and have not been the same since. You really lose a part of you…

Best wishes to both of you, even you Matt after all these years…the pain never fully goes away.
CStooner, treasure the remaining moments.

I have been enjoying my new PS Audio DirectStream DAC now for two months, and it never ceases to put a smile on my face!

Almost every album I listen to now has content I was not enjoying before, it might be a quiet guitar on one channel, some backup singer, a small amount of percussion, etc. This unit really brings out the detail I find is lost with other DACs.

I'm very happy with this unit.

Like other comments on this forum, I was concerned about buying the unit "sight unseen", but if you purchase the unit from an authorized dealer, you have 30 days to return the unit to PS Audio.

If you are like me, you won't think of returning it!