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It looks like all the user facing functionality is going to be exactly the same. I wish they would spend some more time polishing up the firmware and existing features.
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Part one:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7z7QXWto-k]PS DirectStream DAC World Premier - YouTube[/ame] |
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Neat video, I wonder if the UI is the exact same to the PWD.
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/yawn.
Very inflammatory first page. We'll see what the final product looks like. But transcoding has yet to yield any good results - anywhere.
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They look really proud of the Directstream and they're setting expectations very high.
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I'm guessing marketing hype. Unless someone proves to me that this is different, I'm going to assume this is the same as what the Esoteric does - convert PCM to DSD and send to the DAC natively that way. The ironic thing is, nobody that I know of uses that option on the Esoteric because it doesn't sound as good
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I agree that it's mostly marketing hype. But as with all things more exposure to DSD means more user adoption, more content and more attention by all brands. So I say bring it on and keep it coming!
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So what's new here with the PS Audio? Is it claimed to be a lossless translation to DSD?
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They claim upsampling to 10xDSD vs 2x on the EMM and Playback. I love my EMM and Playback.
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