PerfectWave SACD Transport


PerfectWave SACD Transport
PerfectWave SACD Transport
Unleash all that's been missing in your CD collection and, for the first time, hear what has been locked away on your SACD layer.
"It took my digital front end to a level I did not know it was capable of."
Locked inside your CD and SACD collection is a wealth of music you've not yet heard. How do we know that? Because we, like you, know what to expect from our reference discs.
Imagine our surprise and delight as the first notes played on our new, galvanically isolated, PerfectWave SACD Transport. It was love at first listen. The PerfectWave SACD player is an engineering triumph—our finest achievement in musical reproduction and information retrieval from optical media. Breathe new life into your CD collection played through any DAC. Send the raw DSD layer of SACD into your I2S input DAC so you can hear, for the first time, what's long been unavailable to external DACs in these high-resolution discs.
Winner of the 2021 Golden Ear Award from The Absolute Sound
Locked inside your CD and SACD collection is a wealth of music you've not yet heard. How do we know that? Because we, like you, know what to expect from our reference discs.

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Specifications - PerfectWave SACD Transport
Physical |
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Unit Weight | 22 lbs [9.97 kg] |
Unit Dimensions | 14” x 17” x 4” [ 36cm x 43cm x 10cm] |
Shipping Weight | 31 lbs [14 kg] |
Shipping Dimensions | 20.5”x 24” x 10” [52cm x 61cm x 25cm] |
Color Options | Black Silver |
Power Requirements |
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Input Power | Model specific 100VAC, 120VAC, or 230VAC 50 or 60Hz |
Power Consumption | 30W |
Media |
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Optical discs | SACD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/ DVD-R*/-RW*/+R*/+RW* (*Audio data file only) |
USB Drive | USB Flash Drive with audio files |
Supported File Formats | MP3/WMA/AAC (~48kHz/320bps) WAV/FLAC/AIFF (~192kHz/24bit) ALAC (~96kHz/24bit) DSD (~5.6MHz) |
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I2S | 1 I2S output for PCM and DSD (raw) |
Coax | 1 output for PCM and DoP |
BNC | 2 outputs for PCM and DoP
Use in tandem for double-rate DoP |
XLR Balanced | 2 outputs for PCM and DoP
Use in tandem for double-rate DoP |
RJ45 and WIFI | Ethernet and WIFI for over-the-air code updates |
Reviews

The sonic superiority of the PerfectWave was evident within moments of hitting Play and hearing Chet Baker’s floppy vocals from the soundtrack to Let’s Get Lost. All of his spit, wit, and loose-toothed wisdom entered the Barn’s space as if nothing stood in between the recording and me but air.
Twittering Machines
Michael Lavorgna

The PerfectWave SACD Transport was consistently better than the other transports I threw against it in almost every category. It took my digital front end to a level I did not know it was capable of. Limitations that I previously thought were inherent in the Redbook format were significantly reduced, primarily in the areas of soundstage depth and the resolution of low-level detail. What it does for Redbook CDs may be worth the price of admission in itself. I spent many a n
The Audio Beatnik
Ken Redmond

Although audio streaming is good, there is nothing like listening to digital music with the PS Audio PerfectWave SACD Transport in the chain. SACD (DSD) is on another level for digital listening. So I squeezed every ounce of music from Redbook and SACD (DSD) by using the PST connected to the PS Audio DirectStream DAC.
Stereo Times
Moreno Mitchell