Just watched this video claiming the MKII sounds best in its price point, but no match for the MSB which is about 50% more. He claims the MSB conveys the emotion much better than the MKII. Anyone else compared these units? I’m wondering about the MSB’s output stage topology and If that is giving …

Luca, when you switched to AES/EBU from I2S with PST, did the SQ change to better, worse, or just different? I am wondering because I like USB more than I2S, and it’s mainly due to the cable I used, I believe.

I know someone who compared a MK2 to a dCS Bartók HDAC 2.0.

Donald, the MK II is a game changer. We were thinking to I2S as a dogma sculptured in the rock and all at once Ted says “I suggest you to consider the USB input as well” and, as usual, he was right. He made the revolution! I remember last summer, when I studied the Innuos philosophy, based on USB c…

That is audio nirvana in its simplest form…not listening to the gear but listening to the music.

The deal with I2S and the PST and PS Audio DACs is simple. Sony forbids transferring the SACD layer from one device to another. Their preference is the SACD player contains an internal DAC. For PS Audio to be allowed to transfer the SACD layer from a transport to an external DAC something had to be…

[image] luca.pelliccioli: “I suggest you to consider the USB input as well” This may have been mentioned in December during the Beta :thinking: [image] DirectStream DAC MKII Beta Tester Reviews DACs Indistinguishable. But, let me go out on a limb here and say that …

I remember a post from Ted dated July or August, when he already knew the ability of his creature even before having a vague idea of the launch of the product. And I thought: nah! How a newbie I am!

That seems so long ago. Then again I really don’t remember last week.

What should have been a clue to everyone was that plugging a USB cable, into a Matrix or similar device, converting it to I2S, solved* the problem with USB. You are still using USB, but using a little external box to convert USB to I2S solves* it. Why didn’t they put the contents of the little exter…

Luca, very happy to hear that you’re back to becoming a music lover again! I admit I am not quite there yet since I am still climbing the upgrade mountain (or digging a deeper hole) :laughing: The Mk2 is a game changer. With PST I’m sticking with I2S because of SACD, but I found other links are as …

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vkennedy61 April 27, 2023, 5:03am 12

This may have been mentioned in December during the Beta

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