Hey all, We have seen an uptick in Directstream DAC MK2’s with different modifications come in for service. I wanted to share some data we have uncovered during our tests. First off, Units with transformer mods are failing nearly every bench test we have. Meaning that they are causing the DSDMK2 t…

Me too, thank you. Delivery is delayed now sigh lol. But I think we should have some idea by the weekend. TK

Well she’s still breaking in but I’m happy to say I do like what I’m hearing, a lot. The MK2 is more “present”, forceful and engaging than the MK1. There’s seems to be more beefy but natural upper midbass drive to the music, makes it more engaging. Vocals are smooth, nice and real sounding. There’s …

Well, received the Studio Mk1 back yesterday from DW. And I about fell out of my chair on first hearing. That thing is truly so d@rn good it’s not even funny. And my first time to hear it with a max performance preamp and the Ultra_EXB7 MB amps in my own system here. Incredible, unprecedented clarit…

Turbo, I have performed some minor mods on my MK I, which certainly have helped. Do you have any idea which combination of mods constitutes a “Studio MKI” ? Like you I just ordered a MKII under September’s deal, and I am awaiting its arrival.

Oops that was supposed to be a private msg. Thanks, TK

Hi, it wasn’t that much cost actually. Probably about ~ $750 or so. TK

Well it’s been awhile but after Axpona and such I just want to comment about several things around the DAC(s). First, congratulations to PS Audio on a great show and hugely interesting product introductions :slight_smile: Nice work guys. Next, just going to say what I feel basically, mostly from m…

So yesterday we put the other caps back in and joila, the music is very much unleashed and unmolested again. It’s about as close to DC coupled output now as one can get IME, without actually being DC coupled. And it sounds really good :slight_smile: In fact, had about the best digital systems resul…

I am confused. Why upsample the signal before feeding it to the DirectStream? Isn’t the point of the DS DAC to upsample any incoming signal, on any input, to DSD 256, then go to wideband DSD (20x DSD or DSD1280) before going back to DSD 256 through the low pass filter? It’s also kind of a one-shot d…

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