Find out how this revolutionary new disc player is changing everything we know about CD and SACD reproduction Ushering in a new era of CD performance 8 years in the making, the new DirectStream Memory Player will soon redefine our thoughts on what is possible. Where once we believed the best disc players had wrung…

BHK Signature Preamp Review The BHK preamplifier shipped to our beta testers as well as a few reviewers. I am delighted to let you know the first of those reviews has hit the newstand—at least so to speak. Reviewer Karl Sigman has been living with the BHK Signature Preamplifier for close to a month now….

You ain’t heard nothin’ yet! Connecting your computer to your DAC may be the hardest connection to get right. USB is the most problematic of any DAC’s inputs. We attempt to connect our noisiest appliance, the computer, to our most sensitive, the DAC, and hope for great results. We’re often disappointed. LANRover is a breakthrough…

“Kick-ass dynamics and a richness…” John Darko, publisher of Digital Audio Review, writes of DirectStream Junior, “”Kick-ass dynamics and a richness that tops a slight hint of caffeination with a short layer of cream“. The review, entitled Digital Audio Comes Of Age With PS Audio’s DirectStream Junior, is ready for you to read and savor….

BHK Signature Preamp Ships The long awaited mate to the BHK Signature Power Amplifiers, the BHK Preamplifier is finally shipping out the door. The beta group are the first to leave and, if all goes according to plan, the next batch will be hand signed units shipping a month later (a few reservations are still…

ONE Sonoma Music Released Finally! After nearly a year of work the ONE Music project is ready. And it turned out great. In fact, it is the single best demo disc I have in my library – bar none. If you haven’t heard of the project and why we started it, let me tell you….

Our best phono stage ever $1899 now just $999 NuWave Phono, better known as just the NPC, is our best analog phono stage ever. And now, it’s available at nearly half its original price. So, what’s up? We’re closing out this wonderful piece of gear to make room for a new one (though the new one…

DirectStream Junior I couldn’t be happier. After two years of work by DirectStream designer Ted Smith, and the engineering team at PS Audio, we released DirectStream Junior – all new, based on its famous progenitor. DSJ uses the identical FPGA and upgradeable code as DirectStream, but in a slimmer chassis with a stepped attenuator for the volume rather than…

Renovation madness PS Audio’s in a really nice facility nestled up against the Flatirons, but it’s getting on in age (who among us isn’t?). Time for renovation. Nothing huge, new flooring, paint, lighting and ceiling tiles. The problem is we can’t send everyone home for a month while the workers tear the place apart. It’s a problem…

Merry Christmas I like much about Christmas: Family, friends, good moods, gifts, good cheer, dinners, happy grandkids, and the first snows. For the PS Audio family we do our best to have fun and give in the spirit of the holidays. Terri and Ashton organized a gingerbread house decorating contest and we put the phones on hold,…

Happy Thanksgiving In much of North America November’s the month we celebrate Thanksgiving. For some it’s eating a lot of food, others, a time of family, friends, good cheer, reflection, or all of the above. Our friend Seth Godin had an idea for a new tradition. He published a free reader filled with stories of inspiration,…

“Happy” October I am not sure about October. At least not in this hemisphere. We’re facing the return of goblins, witches and pumpkins–and cold weather is coming too. Leaves have turned colors, many have fallen. The nights are longer, the morning’s darker with winter’s approach–good for skiers and skaters, not so much for sun and warmth….

Sprout now $499 Scott McGowan, creator of Sprout, always wanted the price to be within reach of his peer group. When first envisioned the perfect price for this all-in-one high-end music system was $399, a dream dashed quickly when we added up the initial bill of materials. Over the three-year-long development process we kept upgrading…

Listening rooms Customers send us photo of their system and they are a joy to receive. Most are lower quality photos taken with mobile devices, though no less interesting or appreciated because of it. Keep ’em coming. But once in a while we get lucky, like this shot from Bruce Jodar of Bozeman Montana. When…

PS Audio July, 2015 Newsletter Yale released Residents of Buena Vista, Colorado, are eager to correct newcomers mistakenly enunciating the town name in proper Spanish. They will proudly tell you it is, instead, “Boona Vista.” But pronunciations aside, their town sits in the shadow of one of Colorado’s most beautiful ‘fourteeners,’ Mount Yale. And that is…

  Munich was awesome but not without pain. Every year in May the PS crew loads up and flies to the Munich high end show. This year we introduced the BHK Signature stereo power amplifier to Europeans and the reaction was great. But setup was a nightmare.The first trouble started the day before the show. We…

NuWave DSD Released What product uncovers treasure long buried in CDs, plays DSD files, has an I2S input, and helps music from any digital source come alive? The NuWave DSD, our latest DAC. Affordable, beautiful and great sounding, this newest addition is built in Boulder, designed by a brilliant engineer and begins shipping today.The NuWave…

Details on the BHK released Here’s a riddle. What’s the most important electronic piece we almost never think of? (Hint: it’s the last stop in the chain where everything funnels into). It is the power amplifier. It sits quietly without benefit of an interface, requires nothing more than power and good cables to connect, yet has more of…

PS Audio March 2015 Newsletter Montreal Show Montreal is a great city and my only complaint is the cold. Much of Canada is still in winter’s grip and the short walk from my hotel to the Bonaventure, where the show was being held, was a cold one.We took the new BHK Signature power amplifier on…

Major upgrade is free Reactions to Pike Sprout winner announced! Failed music revolution Learn how to listen Fourplay Horns, Part 1 Major upgrade is free By the looks of the headline we’re giving away a free upgrade to freeze your tush off on top of a mountain like the two folks shivering on this bench….

January 2015 PS Audio Newsletter It’s a new year Win a pair of Aon 3 loudspeakers BHK Signature Amp progress All about power supplies Why music lovers are turning to vinyl Audiophiles vs. audioworkers and *** Magnificati It’s a new year We start off each new year with high hopes and expectations for a great…

  A 2014 thought It’s at this time we reflect on the events of the past year. For many cultures, including ours, the year ends in a few days and the new one begins. Every culture I am familiar with has a yearly ending and beginning although the dates may differ. For example, Chinese New…

  When Thanksgiving was weird Author Linton Weeks tells a great story you don’t read often about Thanksgiving on NPR. “People — young and old — got all dressed up and staged costumed crawls through the streets. In Los Angeles, Chicago and other places around the country, newspapers ran stories of folks wearing elaborate masks…

  27 year new speaker Thanks to Herb Reichert from Stereophile for this great photo of the PS Audio room at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, better known simply as RMAF. The room was packed all three days and we had a blast saying hello to the community. Coolest of all were the 27-year-new loudspeakers…

  A new DAC We’ve just released what I call ‘a new DAC’. Ted Smith designed new firmware for DirectStream that takes one of the best DACS in the world into another orbit; placing it in a very special category of rarefied air. And any owner of DirectStream can upgrade today, for free. Here’s the…

  Almost killed me I’ve mentioned before that summer always finds Terri and I on some hike amongst the streams and wildflowers abundant in Colorado. This time the hike nearly killed me. Terri decided we were going to tackle a big one: a very famous hike starting in Aspen Colorado and 11 miles and 4,000…