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Old 02-27-2014, 10:26 AM
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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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Old 02-27-2014, 03:18 PM
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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.

I hope it's not just marketing and that they will deliver.
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They look really proud of the Directstream and they're setting expectations very high.

I hope it's not just marketing and that they will deliver.
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'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
That's because there's no lossless conversion between the two formats. By doing this they are guaranteeing loss of fidelity.

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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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
MDAT™ signal processing technology in EMM and Meitner DACs does 2x DSD upsampling for PCM playback.

I think the Playback Design DACs also upsample PCM to DSD.
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MDAT™ signal processing technology in EMM and Meitner DACs does 2x DSD upsampling for PCM playback.

I think the Playback Design DACs also upsample PCM to DSD.
So what's new here with the PS Audio? Is it claimed to be a lossless translation to DSD?
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So what's new here with the PS Audio? Is it claimed to be a lossless translation to DSD?
They claim upsampling to 10xDSD vs 2x on the EMM and Playback. I love my EMM and Playback.
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