Posted 5 years ago under Audio General Questions, DirectStream DAC, PerfectWave DAC
Several PS Audio products use Secure Digital (SD) cards for various purposes. The most prevalent use is for updating the firmware in the internal microprocessors. Earlier PS Audio products (circa 2009-2010) were restricted to using SD cards that had a size limit of 2GB max. More recently, products (like DirectStream) have been tested with SD […]
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Posted 5 years ago under Audio General Questions, Network Bridge
I have recently installed JamCast version 2.2.7.405 (premium edition) on my Windows 7 PC. I managed to get it working, streaming from Spotify to my HiFi – the PSAudio bridge. I used BubbleUpNP on my Android phone to direct the Virtual SoundCard stream to the HiFi. The only issue is that the PSAudio receives the […]
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Posted 5 years ago under Audio General Questions, Network Bridge
My newly installed Bridge is on its way back to me (PWD I), and I’d like to get started setting up computer hard-drive playback. The Bridge’s online manual is unclear to me. How do you actually get computer audio to play using server software such as JRiver Media Center? I’ve read some of the JRiver […]
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Posted 5 years ago under Audio General Questions, DirectStream DAC
Hi i have read and watch the things with TED and your direct stream dac. I came across this one http://www.audiostream.com/content/qa-thorsten-loesch-amrifi It states that conversion between format dsd and pcm is an unwanted thing. Can you explain how your DAC benefits from the conversion rather than not? Answer: Well converting DSD to low rate PCM is […]
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Posted 6 years ago under Audio General Questions
Most DAC’s (Digital to Analog converters) regardless of their price use very similar D to A chipsets from only a handful of manufacturers like TI, Cirrus Logic and ESS (Sabre). While there are certainly differences in these DAC’s it’s unlikely any one would be singled out as significantly better sounding than the others. It turns […]
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Posted 6 years ago under Audio General Questions
Typically the longest connection in our AV system is between the receiver or power amplifier and the loudspeaker. The quality of this connection can play a large part in the way your system sounds. We would first recommend that you purchase high quality Audiophile speaker cables to make sure this connection is handled properly. However, […]
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