Since there is a Airlens “like” built into the latest PMG Dac , one would assume this latest built-in streamer is improved over the several years old Airlens. The assumption is that there will be a future stand alone Airlens II. Many folks will likely want to keep their existing Dacs and just upgr…

Paul has only said there is a streamer built-in the PMG DAC, no details that I am aware of. The description on the web page only says, “a built-in high-performance streamer”. Some folks have suggested it is based on the AirLens, but that’s a logical guess. There is nothing to indicate it is any be…

Paul just responded, on a post I put up, that the internal streamer is quite different in design than the AirLens and is a “bit” but “noticeably” better…

Just to be clear, the streamer inside the PMG DAC is a brand new beast, designed from the ground up after a lot of research and work. I wanted nothing but the best in my signature DAC and we engaged with a new engineering addition to PS, Peter. Peter’s an amazing programmer and engineer—young, energ…

Thanks for that Paul! There wasn’t much information on the streamer so it wasn’t a stretch to think it was a variant of the AirLens. Does it still use a Convers Digital module? If not, how is it controlled? I sure like the idea of a new DAC with an integrated streamer, but I am quite content wit…

So, does this mean the Airlens concept was maxed out and could not be integrated into the PMG line? The galvanic isolation aspect of the Airlens sounded pretty promising.

FWIW, it seems to me like the AirLens and the PMG built in streamer are two different pieces of kit addressing two different applications. In other words, I would not be surprised if the AirLens could be updated/evolve over time and improve as a standalone Ethernet Bridge/Streamer. Unless the PMG …

scotte1, I think you’ve got it right. The real question is, is the market big enough for a revised AirLens? I would suspect no, but that’s just me.

I think the “separates are better crowd” is large enough to support AirLens production for some time, but there are so many options out there; and time will tell. An aside…I did not mean to suggest I believed that the streamer technology in the PMG DAC would necessarily stand still. However, I do …

[image] Kinda like FW upgraded to the DSD Mk II.

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