PS Audio - January 2010 PS Audio Newsletter : Fresh & Informative Stories of High-end Audio, Video & Music

Anyone has one or have a manual on it?

From the newsletter:
The Reference Link
I seem to remember reading a story once about someone’s grandfather passing away and when the grandson went to visit grandpa’s house he opened the garage only to find a brand new 1920 automobile that grandpa had but never drove. What a treasure!
Well, we have a similar story. Angie Duran (our VP of Sales and Marketing) and I went on a trip to visit our dealers in Asia and along the way we met with our Taiwan distributor, Enkei. Mr. Huang and his son Kevin run Enkei. Mr. Huang is affectionately known as “the Chairman” of the Taiwan audio group because he headed up all the retailers for years and years. He’s a consummate Audiophile and a wonderful man.



On our visit we went to their warehouse and noticed, off in a corner, a group of PS Audio boxes from the era of PS where I was not a part. This was the era where PS produced the Ultralink, the Lambda and all the terrific digital audio equipment of that era. I think the Ultralink was named as product of the year if I remember correctly.
Upon a closer look I was stunned at what I saw: about 10 brand new, never opened Reference Links. A Reference Link was an Ultralink DAC on steroids. It was an amazing piece of engineering, containing a full-on Ultra Analog DAC and Ultra Analog A to D converter. Just take a look at the picture of the insides. These were all hand built in the Ultra Analog labs in San Francisco. They are a complete preamplifier with 5 analog inputs (that were then passed through the A/D converter and into the Ultra Analog DAC) and a complete Ultralink DAC. At the time, this was state of the art.



I have one in the PS Museum and can tell you straight out as a DAC, it still sounds incredible. This was the pinnacle of the 16 bit, 44.1kHz DACS of the day and in its day, sold for $3K.



Mr. Huang asked me if any of our customers would be interested in owning one of these beauties. I was certain someone would so we shipped all 10 back to PS in Boulder. Each one is brand-new, never opened, and complete with remote control, full on DAC, preamp and an amazing performer for its day. If you’re trying to put together a second system, something for the budding Audiophile or for just the thrill of owning one of these beauties, let us know. We’ll offer them for $800 each and there are only 10. You can email sales@psaudio.com

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Mike
~Your pet is your best investment~

Preamps/tuners:McIntosh C50, C46, MR88, MR73, C2200, C22ce, Cary SPL-98L
Integrate amps:McIntosh MA6100, Denon PMA2000ivr
Amps: McIntosh Mc602, Mc2000, Mc275 MK-V, Cary 805ae mono blocks.
Speakers: JMLab Mezzo Utopia, Focal Twin6 BE, Tannoy Mini Autograph
Headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer T1, Denon D7000, Grado RS1i, Sony MDR-SA5000, MDR-Z1000, AKG K701, and many many more
Digital Sources:Sony SCD-1 & SCD777es, CDP-XA7es, 2010 Mac Mini Music Server, Amarra Mini player, Musical Fidelity V-Link & M1 DAC, Apogee Mini-DAC & Duet 2

I am still using my Ultralink in my clinic.

I have to say it sounds really very good. I would be lucky to get 2-3k for it used so there is absolutely no point in selling it

howie

$800 seems to be a good deal.

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Mike
~Your pet is your best investment~

Preamps/tuners:McIntosh C50, C46, MR88, MR73, C2200, C22ce, Cary SPL-98L
Integrate amps:McIntosh MA6100, Denon PMA2000ivr
Amps: McIntosh Mc602, Mc2000, Mc275 MK-V, Cary 805ae mono blocks.
Speakers: JMLab Mezzo Utopia, Focal Twin6 BE, Tannoy Mini Autograph
Headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer T1, Denon D7000, Grado RS1i, Sony MDR-SA5000, MDR-Z1000, AKG K701, and many many more
Digital Sources:Sony SCD-1 & SCD777es, CDP-XA7es, 2010 Mac Mini Music Server, Amarra Mini player, Musical Fidelity V-Link & M1 DAC, Apogee Mini-DAC & Duet 2

Am I the only person here remotely interested?

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Mike
~Your pet is your best investment~

Preamps/tuners:McIntosh C50, C46, MR88, MR73, C2200, C22ce, Cary SPL-98L
Integrate amps:McIntosh MA6100, Denon PMA2000ivr
Amps: McIntosh Mc602, Mc2000, Mc275 MK-V, Cary 805ae mono blocks.
Speakers: JMLab Mezzo Utopia, Focal Twin6 BE, Tannoy Mini Autograph
Headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer T1, Denon D7000, Grado RS1i, Sony MDR-SA5000, MDR-Z1000, AKG K701, and many many more
Digital Sources:Sony SCD-1 & SCD777es, CDP-XA7es, 2010 Mac Mini Music Server, Amarra Mini player, Musical Fidelity V-Link & M1 DAC, Apogee Mini-DAC & Duet 2

Yep!

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Dan


Living Room System: McIntosh C2300, MC601 (2), MCD1100, MS750, MR85, Sony DAT 60ES, Nakamichi BX-300, Micro Seiki DD-40, Ortofon 2M Black, Sonos ZP90, Oppo BDP-83SE Blu-ray, PMC EB1i, Fathom f113 w/ Sound Anchor stand, Power Plant Premier (2), PS Audio Soloist Premier SE (3), Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Kimber 8TC with WBT Solid Silver Angled Locking Banana Connectors.
Studio System: McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MCD1100, MR88, Michell Gyro SE w/SME 309/Ortofon Cadenza Black, Sonos ZP90, PS Audio Power Plant Premier, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario, Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireword Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Wireworld Silver Eclipse speaker cable.
Studio Home Theater System: McIntosh MX120, MC452, Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, JBL LSR-6332 (2), JBL LSR-6328P (3), McIntosh XLS112 (2), Sony 52XBR9, Tributaries Silver IC's, Wireworld PC's.
Vintage: McIntosh MA5100, MR74 tuner, JVC XL-Z1050 K2 CD player, Wyred 4 Sound DAC2, Tandberg 3008A and 3026A, JBL4312A , McIntosh 4300V for deck speakers.