One annoying issue I’m having is the need to reboot the MK2 several times to get sound when using USB and my MacBook Pro at startup.
Since I’ve had only two minor issues in the 10 days I’ve had my MK2, I consider myself luck.
Listening to music is my main focus now.
I find the MK2 very dynamic, expressive with speed not being an issue. Listening to Saturday Live in San Francisco- Paco DeLuca, Al Di Meola and John Mc Laughlin, certainly demonstrated these properties. Far more than my MK1. It’s all right there in your face.
I’m very impressed by the resolution of each guitar.
I’m at about 80 hours and it sounds better each time I turn it on.
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I personally never turn my DAC off. Or Class D amps. They don’t draw much power and are always warmed up and ready to go. Arguably less stress on the parts than lots of temperature variations and power cycling.
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My system is BHK 250 amp, BHK preamp and a PST all powered through a Power Plant 12. So, at the end of listening, I should just put everything on standby? I’ll try that starting today. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I forgot to mention that it also includes a DSD MK2.
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When your device has tubes like the BHK preamp and The BHK 250, the same components I have, standby keeps all the parts necessary warm and ready to go. If you leave them on all the time your tube life will be used when you are not listening. Standby is the way to go!
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That’s what I will begin doing. Thank you.
My exact system plus AURALiC streamer. I manually put each component on standby after listening. Sounds better on start up, and I kind of like the ritual.
Boy, I hope for the sake of others, who are also waiting on fixes, that the boys in the lab can figure something out before receiving and analyzing my MKII. By the time I’m able to drop mine at FedEx, and then have it travel by ground over a holiday, it might be a week before they actually receive it. I’m not trying to complain or anything, but it’s starting to look like this fix might take a while.
If we all step back from our woes, think about PSA. This bug puts them at least two to three weeks behind on production sales. Paul’s got people to feed!
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As if they didn’t understand what “beta tester” meant before giving their CC number.
Well-spoken, Vince. Differentiating the issue at hand from the most important thing, the relationship we have with people.
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I think I figured out why my MK2 sometimes goes mute when ROON is allowed to randomly choose tracks from my library. If I’m right it goes back to the DSD 256 playback issue. Whenever Roon tries to play one of the DSD256 files in my library, the MK2 goes silent and has to be powered cycled and left off for about 20 minutes. Then rebooted. After that it plays fine until it’s fed something else it doesn’t like.
I’m not saying this is the only reason it goes silent, we’ve already established it can happen when the type of disc or an input changes. It’s just a different reason for my unit. Though changing from a file type it knows what to do with to one it doesn’t may not be any different than changing discs or inputs. It’s a change the MK2 doesn’t like.
My unit when I try to play DSD 256 on USB, it made some kind of noise heard on the speakers, and silence, but doesn’t freeze or shut down. I just press another file it recognizes and it plays it without losing a step. No shutdown, no reboot. It’s performing perfectly except it doesn’t play DSD 256 on USB. I don’t have Roon to try it on though.
I certainly meant no offense or disrespect if your comment was directed at me. I was simply trying to provide information while at the same time presenting the real possibility that things may take a while, and if it does take a while longer I’m fine with that. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t anxious to get everyones MKII’s back up and running, but that desire is not the byproduct of a selfish motive. On the contrary, my desire is the success of all, particularly PSA. After all, without a successful PSA none of us would be here. So again, my apologies to all offended.
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Hey - no my comments weren’t directed at you, sorry if they came across that way. I was simply stating what I thought we all might want to consider. I suppose it was my way of expressing empathy for Team PSA.
To be honest, if I was saying something to you I would have @'d you. It’s all good.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Good to know, and my bad. I can be a little sensitive sometimes if I get the impression I’ve offended. And I do agree with your overall sentiment. It’s good to keep things in perspective and consider all parties involved. Wise advice.
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Two wise kids in our forum then: James and Vince!
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22 days ago I inquired about getting a Beta unit and never received a reply. I want to thank all the beta testers for your patience. I am glad now as we are swamped with work and don’t have the time to help much. Hang in there it will be worth it.
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ml57, Please do not take this as criticism. I am just trying to offer up what my experience has been and what it seems to indicate. My unit when it first wakes up plays an SACD from my PST with no problem but will not play the second SACD. I have to power down ( I also unplug ) and wait for a time period that seems variable. How can the unit like playing the first SACD and not like playing the second SACD? It seems to me that the pause is the critical element here and not what has been played. But, since I do not have a test bench in my basement or garage with the kind of gear that it takes to test my theory I will have to wait until the PS Audio experts solve the problem and offer up a solution.
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It’s possible that a component(s) are having a thermal problem; heat most likely. I wonder if PS audio runs their products through a heat room as part of their final QA?