I am considering replacing my old transport with the PST. However, I do not currently own a DS DAC. I have a couple of other non-PS Audio DACs on hand that I could use with a coaxial cable for now. Nothing high-end, but serviceable for now. My thinking is I would rather wait for DS mkII in the futu…

If you can’t really afford the PST, the DMP is plenty good. Not only can it play red book CDs to almost the same level as SACDs, it can beat most streamers in the market in SQ. My brother said his DMP playing single sided Japanese SACDs beats his Aurender N10 playing the same Music with files. Do…

I was beta tester of PST. IMHO, PST + DSDAC is perfect pair. Not to mention, pairing PST with non PSA DAC might not be able to support SACD playback. I was a non believer of transport, it just a spindle. I believes my system will sound good as long as I have good DAC. So, As my CD player upg…

There is no doubt that a transport makes all the difference in the world. When I beta tested the DMP, I found that out, and the PST is superior to the DMP. According to @phil , the PST will play SACDs with the May, so if the May is superior sounding than the DS, you have an even better pairing that…

Very interesting to know there is nonPSA dac can be paired with PST to play SACD. I know there are I2S hdmi compatible DACs work with PST, that can play DSD files, but did not know they can also decode the SACD encryption from SACD play back using PST. Good to know this, :slight_smile:

Do you know if the May has i2s and is it compatible with the PST and/or DMP?

I recently began to understand (at least I hope so) a few more correlations in this context than before. It certainly all depends on the effort taken to reduce noise in a transport or streamer/server. But assumed a transport plays from cache and not from disc and otherwise similar effort is taken …

You got it. One of the nice things about the PST. It doesn’t look for the same handshake that the DMP does.

That’s good to know, but I thought there was some sort of licensing agreement that prevented playing SACDs from a DAC, unless permission was granted?

Is it worth buying a PST without a DS DAC?

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waymanchen11 August 28, 2021, 6:18pm 19

Yes, the PST’s I2s output will work with the May and play SACDs as well.
I believe the DMP will also work with the May through I2s, but will not play the SACD layer.

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Is it worth buying a PST without a DS DAC?

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