Similar to a long road trip with the family and arriving at a beautiful destination, the beta test certainly had its “are we there yet moments,” but we are darn proud of the outcome! I welcome our PST beta testers to leave their impressions of the new transport here. We found a great group of teste…

To be fair I’ve not heard all the others but certainly have of the main contenders. So far, not close.

Any ideas for a 2 hour old PST user unable to get to DSD on a Denafrips Pondus (I2S input on both)? Gives me a “must be I2S connected” on the menu screen, can’t select the DSD layer only CD. CD is sounding great though!

Welcome, @johnallen ! I do not know, unfortunately, but hopefully someone will come along soon who does.

If you’re listening to an SACD, you’ll only be able to output the native DSD signal through to one of our DACs. Sadly goes back Sony’s copyright on SACDs.

Thanks, I was suspecting such. So the only DSD playback will be files through via a thumb drive or similar?

[image] Denafrips Iris Network Audio I contacted denafrips asking for the compatibility of the iris output through i2s and ps audio DirectStream and they confirmed that they are not compatible. Denafrips uses another standard and I assume that also gaia is not compatible. …

Good information, thank you. I just enjoyed the best sounding rendition of the Allman Brothers at Filmore East (CD layer) I’ve heard from my stereo- the PST is a dynamite redbook transport.

Exactly. If I remember correctly, you’ll be able to play DSD files from a thumb drive and a data disc. Glad to hear you’re enjoying it!

Paul Which main contenders? Price range or no holds barred?

I am hesitant to start naming names but let me suggest price point wasn’t part of the equation. We were able to borrow some pretty pricey products to compare with and were more than pleasantly surprised. See, normally we don’t bother with comparisons. I honestly don’t care. However, what piqued our…

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