DS vs DS Mk2?

Audio Components DACs
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After a long debate and the irresistible trade-in offer, I finally placed the order for the MKII yesterday.
I just wonder how long it will take for it to be shipped since it took more than a month before my PerfectWave SACD transport shipped last year.

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Don’t worry
 If you like the DS1, I expect you’ll simply love the DS2 :grinning:

Same lineage, just way better in my view. I’ve also been very impressed by the improvement again, at around 150 + hours and from selecting the galvanic isolation options recently.

I suggest you try the stock standard settings first, then try out whether you like the unit when everything’s isolated.

It’s a much more spacious sound with lifting the grounds on the active inputs and outputs in my set up, when paired up with a streamer that has galvanic isolation on its outputs.

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I don’t use a streamer, I’m a disc only person, but I do have the PerfectWave SACD Transport so will have a galvanically isolated source.

I fully expect to enjoy the MK2. . . just not enjoy the financial situation it puts me in for a few years.

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What’s the TSS DAC?

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The flagship DAC that Ted has been working on perfecting for some time. It’s going to be monumental.

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Of that one. I don’t have to worry about it since I heard it’ll be in the USD15k range

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Yes, I’ll never be able to afford it either. Those that can are fortunate.

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TSS = Ted Smith Signature DAC.

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I thought I read it would be closer to $20k. Just wondering how much of the TSS tech made its way into the MKII? Maybe they will be closer sonically than previously expected?

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I can see trying to move heaven and earth to buy it


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It is hard to imagine how good the TSS can be in comparison to MK2, because it is more than double the cost and MK2 sounds incredible already :thinking:

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We should start a TSS DAC thread in anticipation
 a là the AirLens thread.

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Somewhere there is an old one to revive.

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It’s in the audio components section. Last post was 4 days ago. Even has a video.

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@aangen promised to buy me one, so I am all set
 :money_mouth_face:

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Automatic 3-day ban for you!

:wink:

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Oh my Gawd. I’m sorry I mentioned it


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The mk1 fully modded is no slouch in itself. I would love a Mk2 one day but DS with the mods sounds awesome.

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So true. I couldn’t stop listening to my DS with the new nickel transformers last night.