I have a friend who owns a PsAudio Directstream DAC, but who was helping a friend shop for a new DAC. They auditioned the DCS Rossini and both decided it had a significantly lower noise level than Directstream. I acknowledge that the price difference is significant, but have learned along the way th…

You are doing it right. The situation I’m talking about is where you would connect the DSS directly to the monoblocks and set the DSS volume in the 30-40 range.

Gee, I don’t hear any noise from my Directstream - perhaps it’s my ears. But my wife who has the ears of a bat say that she doesn’t hear anything either.

https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bhk-pre-amp-and-speaker-hiss/9838

[image] wiesiek: Everyone has the right to unreasonably set up their audio equipment You haven’t seen unreasonable until you’ve seen my ClusterFxxk of a setup. My (let’s call it imaginary Tube hiss for now) high noise floor is created by the true balanced miniDSP 2x4 48/24 EQ that’s necessary…

Could @tedsmith explain the higher noise of DS? I’ve seen it reported many times.

[image] DSD DAC Very Faint High Frequency Noise DACs Single bit DSD based DACs have more random noise in their outputs than other DAC designs. That noise isn’t correlated to the material being played so it ignored very well by our ear/brain. That noise is low enough to t…

The first post I ever made in the forum was about the noise from my PSA Mk2 DAC, which also didn’t measure very well. Apparently nor does the DSD DAC or the SGCD. I’ve heard the Rossini and Vivaldi quite a lot as they are standard demo gear at my dealer. In a really exceptional system, usually with…

I have borrowed recently a Hugo TT2 from my dealer for week-end listening, and it is truly an amazing DAC: pinpoint image accuracy and completely silent background.

I agree with Joe. I have Direct Stream Sr I use with electrostats. No hiss or noise. Maybe it’s a power generated noise.

Really? I find the Hugo TT2, and any other DAC from Chord that is not a Dave, to be way overpriced and boring to listen to. I really like the Dave but not enough to come close to buying one. It’s just overpriced…

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groovysauce June 4, 2020, 1:55pm 40

This thread has Info from Ted discussing it. Might need to search around a little.

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Directstream DAC versus DCS Rossini

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