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BHK600 Amplifier
November 11, 2024
Greg Handy, Future Audiophile
"Immediately noticeable from the first track, the BHK 600 Mono has an effortless, open, and large dynamic sound that is easy to notice...."
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AirLens
August 21, 2024
Jim Clements, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
"The sound I got from the PS Audio AirLens was almost a surprise, it was so good. The sound was “organic”, tending to the performance level of an analog source..."
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DirectStream DAC Mk 2 and AirLens
July 26, 2024
Mr. Underhill, Maverick Hi-Fi Forum
"The soundstage was a that bit deeper, vocals were a tad clearer, effects easier to differentiate, and issues within recordings were better handled..."
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Airlens & DSD MK2
July 26, 2024
Constantine Soo's Dagogo
"I wish for my audio system to thrill me, not lull me to sleep. I become excited about a product that moves my listening sessions into uncharted territory of performance, and the AirLens with the Mk2 were leading me onto new listening ground..."
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AirLens
July 22, 2024
Future Audiophile
"In use, the PS Audio AirLens was flawless in respect to glitches and ease of connectivity. The PS Audio AirLens looks great…The fit and finish are luxurious and conform with PS Audio design cues..."
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AirLens
July 8, 2024
HiFi News
"The AirLens is a 'network bridge' between your choice of Roon, Audirvana, JRiver, Tidal Direct, Spotify, your NAS or any DLNA-compatible server, and PS Audio's top-end DACs...."
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AirLens
May 16, 2024
The Sound Advocate
"The PS Audio AirLens is a great-sounding unit that just worked. …it is the perfect streamer to own..."
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DirectStream DAC MK2
April 2, 2024
The Absolute Sound
"Equipment like the Perfect Wave Direct Stream DAC MK2 from PS Audio shows that some 40 years of advances have made the best digital sound far more musical and realistic, and the best highest-resolution PCM, DSD, and DSD/SACD discs and streaming now outperform the best-sounding LPs that I’ve heard..."
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AirLens
January 21, 2024
Jay's Iyagi (YouTube)
"PS Audio AirLens HiFi Music Streamer is Too Good To Be True for Under $2000..."
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DirectStream DAC Mk 2
October 23, 2023
Positive Feedback
"For sure the DirectStream DAC MK2 reflects the people at PS Audio and especially Ted Smith, who writes the firmware/software that has a major role in how the DirectStream DAC MK2 sounds. Of which, sounds neither bright, dull, rolled off, hyped, lean... sounds like what we want our music to sound like. Wait... come to think of it, the DirectStream DAC MK2 sounds like Ted; humble, honest, and truthful, all the while being playful and fun. Full of color and joy..."
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DirectStream DAC Mk 2
October 20, 2023
Stereophile Magazine
"The same size as its well-regarded predecessor, the MK2 processor replaces the rectangular, four-color touchscreen with a smaller display with a Mute/Menu button to its left and a blue-illuminated five-button controller to its right. However, it still upsamples PCM data to 30-bit words, now sampled at 2× the original's 28.224MHz..."
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DirectStream DAC Mk 2
June 26, 2023
Paul Wilson, Future Audiophile
"While the PerfectWave DirectStream DAC garnered a lot of buzz when it was released, my guess is a veritable chorus of accolades will soon be surrounding the DirectStream DAC MK2. If my budget only allowed for an $8,000 DAC, I would give this one a very, very serious listen. Given its retail cost, it will effectively raise the bar on delivering a magnificent audio experience..."
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BHK600 Amplifier
May 1, 2023
Jeff Dorgay, Tone Audio
"A major "oh shit" moment! Cranking up the title track on The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen is a major "Oh Shit" moment. I'm still getting used to the Peak Consult Sinfonias as the new reference speaker here, and they are a good, but slightly warm fit for the Pass Labs XA200.8s and Cardas Clear speaker cable that is my go to reference..."
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DirectStream DAC Mk 2
March 23, 2023
Editors’ Choice: Best DACs $3,000 – $10,000. TAS Staff
"Reproduction of low-level detail is also a strong suit, with very fine rendering against a jet-black background...."
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BHK600 Amplifier
January 12, 2023
Mark Craven, Hi-Fi News
"With the BHK M600's prodigious power it should go without saying that this amp didn't once sound out of breath, no matter the task at hand. These heavyweight valve/solid-state hybrids will surely drive any speaker you might consider, and do so with total control and purity of performance. Installing them might require some labour, but their music-making is effortless..."
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DirectStream DAC
October 31, 2020
Brian Kahn, Home Theater Review
"The DirectStream DAC is one of the finest-sounding DACs I have heard. Many will be excited just to see that it can accept DSD signals, but I would say that they are being shortsighted. The DSD processing of all signals is what makes this unit special..."
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DirectStream DAC
October 31, 2020
Brent Uptain, Headphone Guru
"It is truly an exceptional product, and a DAC that allows even the most familiar music to surprise and enthrall. Yes, the folks at PS Audio understand that with digital audio, there can be no final word. Meet the Directstream - a DAC that is ready to keep up with the conversation..."
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DirectStream DAC
July 10, 2019
Rajiv Arora, Audiophile Style
"The PS Audio DirectStream DAC is a 5 year old design that, with the latest “Snowmass” release, still competes with the best DACs in its price class. How many DACs can make that claim? Many DACs are user-upgradeable, but very few have received the steady stream of free firmware updates that delivered sound quality improvements - not just bug fixes - that enable the DS DAC to retain its competitive edge. Plus, designer Ted Smith tells me he still has some (albeit shrinking) capacity left in the..."
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DirectStream DAC
November 1, 2018
Dan Rubin, Dagogo
"In all configurations I tried, playback from the Memory Player was clearly better than playback from the Mac Mini+Roon. This is an instance where I feel the differences were not a matter of preference. I am sure there are some out there who would prefer the sound of the server, but they would be wrong…. I consistently heard a lower noise floor from the Memory Player and, from that, more air, better definition, and less smearing, which I became aware of only when confronted with its absence..."
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BHK Signature Preamplifier
July 27, 2018
Juan C. Ayllon, Prairie Audio Man Cave
"The Signature is the most transparent and neutral of the active preamps, giving added life and expression, but otherwise stepping out of the way of the music. Bottom line, the PS Audio BHK Signature Preamplifier is the ultimate witness to the music: It tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth..."
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BHK Signature 250 Amplifier
July 2, 2018
Frank Alles, Stereo Times
"I confess I have no criticism of the BHK 250's sonic performance—only high praise. It is extended and detailed at both frequency extremes and has an immediate, musical, and open sounding midrange (all qualities I love)…. Although the PS Audio BHK Signature 250 stereo amplifier is higher priced than most amplifiers I have used, for an amplifier of this pedigree and obvious premium quality I believe it is quite the bargain at its current $7,499 price tag. In fact, I would seriously consider..."
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BHK Mono 300 Power Amplifier
December 1, 2017
Patrick Dillon, Hifizine
"When PS Audio decided to re-enter the amplifier market with a statement product, I am not sure even Paul McGowan anticipated what would result. That they have succeeded in creating something special is clear from my listening. The process of bringing on board a legendary designer and allowing him freedom to design to a sonic target while keeping costs in the realm of reasonable (ahem!) is more than mere advertising hype. At nearly $15k for a pair, these are not highly affordable products but..."
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DirectStream DAC
August 20, 2017
John Richardson, Part Time Audiophile
"I feel fairly safe in concluding that not only are these components highly enjoyable to hear and use, but that they are also safely on the cutting edge of digital audio reproduction. And I don't see that premise changing anytime soon, what with PS Audio's commitment to free software updates to anyone purchasing the gear. I don't think the digital audio enthusiast could go wrong with this pair..."
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DirectStream DAC
August 1, 2017
Deon Schoeman, AV Magazine
"The jump from downmixed to true, native DSD was quite astonishing. It lifted a previously unnoticeable opaqueness, allowing unfettered access to the full harvest of tonality and detail..."
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BHK Signature 250 Amplifier
May 23, 2017
Eric Neff, HiFi Plus
"Bascom, Paul, and Arnie's combined 150 years of audio excellence has led to a design of classic physical beauty and sonic excellence that easily achieves the goal of competing with über-level amplifiers, but at a fraction of the retail price. As audiophiles, we sometimes fall into the 'price equals performance' trap. We fear being the emperor with no clothes when our friends ask how much we paid and it was, gasp! LESS than what flagship gear is supposed to cost. Naturally it must not be that..."
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BHK Signature Preamplifier
May 23, 2017
Jim Austin, Stereophile
"PS Audio's BHK Signature preamp is one of the finest audio components I've had in my home. It didn't raise the dead, but it could conjure in my listening room the spirits of dead musicians, or fine facsimiles thereof. It didn't solve my problems, but it could sure distract me from them—and, with the right recordings, even trigger catharsis or philosophical insight..."
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BHK Mono 300 Power Amplifier
March 15, 2017
Erich Wetzel, Soundstage!
"PS Audio's BHK Signature 300 Mono amplifiers produced wonderfully clear sound in my room, yet with a tangible, 3D quality that gave the music emerging from my speakers a bit more body -- which I really enjoyed. Their soundstaging was exceptional, and they proved unflappable throughout the listening period, despite being challenged with complex music and punishing volume levels. Their treble response was clean without sounding edgy, allowing me to enjoy longer listening sessions than I have with..."
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BHK Signature Preamplifier
December 15, 2016
Erich Wetzel, Soundstage!
"In the BHK Signature preamplifier, Bascom H. King has designed, and PS Audio has built, an outstanding performer. It possesses the top-quality fit and finish that one would expect to get for $5999. Its sound was beautiful and alive, re-creating three-dimensional soundstages that were the largest I've heard in my room. Its excellent clarity of sound let me easily decipher even the most complex music, its bass was superbly firm, deep, and controlled, and its treble extension was clear and..."
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BHK Mono 300 Power Amplifier
December 1, 2016
Deon Schoeman, Audio Video Magazine
"Yes, it's all things you'd expect from a top flight amplifier: powerful and precise, fast and dynamic, generous in its staging, and close in its focus. But its ability to translate those elements into a musically coherent and consistently compelling performance is what sets the BHK Signature apart from any other power amplifier I've listened to. I sense a classic in the making..."
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DirectStream DAC
September 1, 2016
Dave Clark, Positive Feedback
"Synergy and magic. Right now here in our listening room...Way deeper bass, way more open, way less whatever being in the way of our music… way more music. Dynamics… try My Disco's "1991" or anything from Lustmord. Happy times..."
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BHK Signature Preamplifier
September 1, 2016
Dave Clark, Positive Feedback
"Synergy and magic. Right now here in our listening room...Way deeper bass, way more open, way less whatever being in the way of our music… way more music. Dynamics… try My Disco's "1991" or anything from Lustmord. Happy times..."
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BHK Mono 300 Power Amplifier
August 26, 2016
Dirk Somer, Hi Fi Statement
"The BHK Signature 300 Amplifier are nothing less than world-class amplifiers: Sonically they leave nothing to be desired, as they combine in perfect style power and control with softness and emotion. And PS Audio circuit Bascom H. Kings packed in simple and well designed housing instead of aluminum sculptures, the Monos can decorate with an unprecedented low price / sound ratio: downright reasonable dream amplifiers..."
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BHK Signature Preamplifier
June 27, 2016
Karl Sigman, Audiophilia
"What the PS Audio BHK Signature Preamplifier brings to the table is a significant achievement. For me, it seals the deal, and I believe it will satisfy audiophiles on both sides of the aisle (digital versus analog, tubes versus solid state), and those in between. Taking into consideration its price, simplicity of use, extraordinary quality of sound, design and features such as an included internal headphone amp, I must honestly say, 'There is no preamp like this preamp'. Very highly recommended..."
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DirectStream DAC
June 20, 2016
Greg Petan, Positive Feedback
"Attaining the performance provided by the PerfectWave transport and DirectStream DAC even five years ago would have cost multiples of the PS Audio Duo. This potent, engagingly musical front end will allow you to rediscover the plethora of CDs in your collection with a fresh, more organic and dynamic take. And with the millions of CDs flooding the used market the PerfectWave Transport and DirectStream DAC will be a great musical partner standing by your side for years to come..."
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BHK Signature 250 Amplifier
May 16, 2016
Dave Clark, Positive Feedback
"I can't recommend the BHK 250 enough. Like I said I bought this one and it is now here between the speakers with the Claytons off on a rack. I won't sell the Claytons ever and for sure they will eventually find their way back into the system..."
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BHK Signature 250 Amplifier
May 15, 2016
Giulio Salvioni, Fedeltà del Suono
"The PS Audio BHK Signature 250 has everything that one would expect from a power amplifier of this category: it's powerful, fast, accurate, gentle regarding its ability to convey the harmonic complexity of even the most difficult audio tracks and has a great dynamic reserve. Its ability to recreate a coherent and well focused soundstage puts this product among the best power amplifiers regarding this parameter. I could go on for a while extrapolating specific parameters and writing about how..."
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BHK Signature 250 Amplifier
May 15, 2016
Deon Schoeman, Audio Video Magazine
"Yes, it's all things you'd expect from a top flight amplifier: powerful and precise, fast and dynamic, generous in its staging, and close in its focus. But its ability to translate those elements into a musically coherent and consistently compelling performance is what sets the BHK Signature apart from any other power amplifier I've listened to. I sense a classic in the making..."
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BHK Mono 300 Power Amplifier
May 7, 2016
Anthony Cordesman, The Absolute Sound
"They have truly exceptional imaging, depth, and natural soundstage width, and they really can get the best out of the naturally miked and produced recordings that have a real-world soundstage. The 300s' dynamics are extraordinary, particularly in the lower octaves that seem to be in even more demand for audio reproduction today than the upper octaves..."
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BHK Mono 300 Power Amplifier
March 10, 2016
Rafe Arnott, Parttime Audiophile
"I've heard this amplifier in several systems…over the past couple years, and came away incredibly impressed on every occasion. An effortless presentation to every recording is a hallmark of PS Audio in my experience, with speed, dynamics, and an innately natural, unforced sound to everything from heavy metal, to intimate acoustic guitar solos. King seems to have harnessed the best of both worlds (tubes, and solid state) in this design, and the fact that it's made in the USA by real people..."
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BHK Mono 300 Power Amplifier
February 3, 2016
Michael Fremer, Stereophile
"The fact is, the BHK Signature 300 is a powerful, nimble-sounding amplifier that immediately drew me in with fast, punchy, tight bass; rich, liquid mids; and delicate, transparent highs—all effectively well integrated into a coherent whole..."
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BHK Mono 300 Power Amplifier
February 3, 2016
Michael Fremer, Stereophile
"The fact is, the BHK Signature 300 is a powerful, nimble-sounding amplifier that immediately drew me in with fast, punchy, tight bass; rich, liquid mids; and delicate, transparent highs—all effectively well integrated into a coherent whole..."
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DirectStream DAC
April 11, 2015
Scott Hull, Part Time Audiophile
"The DirectStream DAC is the hottest thing to come of PS Audio since forever. This unconventional design, even as it does all manner of violence to the heart of the purist with all of his “do nothing to the signal” whining, just kills it. Its performance is on par with some of the very best “traditional” designs on the market, and with its potential for endless upgradability, the DirectStream is revolutionary..."
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DirectStream DAC
June 1, 2014
Chris Martens, Hi Fi PLus
"The real magic of this DAC may centre on its handling of PCM material—material the DAC gives greater smoothness, fluidity, dimensionality, and elegance than it might otherwise have had. I don't mean to suggest by this that traditional PCM playback methods cannot or do not sound perfectly good in their own right, because they certainly can and do. But if PCM playback has an identifiable 'failure mode' it might be that PCM files can at times sound a bit flat and 2-dimensional, while exhibiting..."
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DirectStream DAC
June 1, 2014
John Darko, Digital Audio Review
"PS Audio's DirectStream DAC is a goto unit for vinyl fans who've previously found digital playback to sound too rigid or uptight. The DirectStream is simultaneously more mellow and understated; there's less of the celestial awe of the Aqua La Scala MKII and less of the ultra-colourful exuberance of the AURALiC Vega. In driving this point home I've put my money where my mouth is: I've purchased the DirectStream review unit in spite of already having a multitude of terrific sounding DACs here to..."
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DirectStream DAC
June 1, 2014
AV Magazine (South Africa)
"The PS Audio DirectStream is a musically authentic, thoroughly engaging and ultimately compelling DAC that elevates the listening experience to an entirely new level. Its treatment of any digital material, regardless of format, is quite astounding — even MP3s and Internet radio sounded vibrant and exciting..."
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DirectStream DAC
June 1, 2014
Michael Lavorgna, AudioStream
"Even at low listening levels, music retained its character with no sense of the sound washing out. For those people looking for a direct-to-amp DAC/Digital Preamp, consider the DirectStream a solid contender..."
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DirectStream DAC
June 1, 2014
Karl Sigman, Audiophilia
"The DS is a game changer; I think it has caused the 'war' between DSD and PCM to be on hold or mute for most of us, and above all hold your horses before buying expensive high-resolution PCM files or DSD. That alone is a major accomplishment..."
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DirectStream DAC
June 1, 2014
Vade Forrester, The Absolute Sound
"DirectStream's easily the best DAC I've ever heard in my system, making digitally-recorded music sound better than I've ever heard it..."
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DirectStream DAC
June 1, 2014
Marja and Henk, 6 Moons
"But what happened now was beyond our expectations. Maybe we had been lulled into a bit of been-there-done-that reviewer fatigue but the DirectStream's handling of this CD became a rude wakeup call and put us back on edge to eat crow. Damn, the performances of the various groups and soloists were so real and at such dynamic range, it was hard to believe that the source material was a simple 16/44.1 Redbook CD..."
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DirectStream DAC
May 28, 2014
Richard Murrison, Bit Perfect
"The DirectStream's sound is non-fatiguing in an almost tube-like way. It is smooth and relaxing. Surely, you tell yourself, it must be sacrificing detail to deliver this. But no. With recording after recording, the DirectStream presents layers and layers of detail in such a way as to produce a sound which is very easy to listen to, and with a low fatigue factor, even with CD sources. As someone with very little tolerance for the fatiguing nature associated with CD, I find this to be a most..."
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