PMG Signature SACD player and Dac?

Audio Components
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Are these the new series player and dac? I just noticed them on the PS Audio website but they are Sold Out. Are these the new player and dac and how do they compare to the Directstream Perfectwave SACD transport and DSD Mk2 dac?

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These are the new products where info about them was just released at Axpona on Friday April 11, 2025. June, July, August, September are the anticipated release months for purchasing. New preamp, new DAC/streamer, new SACD transport, new phono stage. Early impressions are that they sound clean & musical, even in a room that is challenging for audio quality.

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I must wonder how they compare to the PST and DSD Mk2? I am in Canada so it looks like buying American Audio gear may be very expensive due to tariffs but still I must wonder how the new gear compares to the not very old gear?

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Yeah, not sure why the website says sold out because we havenā€™t sold any! Weā€™re taking reservations for them now, but the preamp, for example, wonā€™t ship until June, the DAC in July.

And yes, they are replacing the BHK pre and the DirectStream DAC.

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Congratulations, the new design is lovely, i like the look of wave on the front. Well done @Paul

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I love the new design. I purchased the mkII and the AirLens not so long ago so Iā€™m very much hoping for a very good trade-inn deal here in the Netherlands :folded_hands:t2::folded_hands:t2:

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I love the look of the inside of the new dac and pre! I would love to hear them. For the time being I am loving my modded DS Mk1 and PST.
Is it known if the tariffs both ways Canada and USA affect the price of US audio gear into Canada?

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@paul should we assume that 2100ish trade in for the MKII the website is inaccurate as well?

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Trump just announced computer, phone, chip, and flat TV are exempted from tariffs. DAC is a computer, right? :grin:

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How and where do we put in a reservation? Initially, Iā€™m interested in the PMG 512 DAC. Is there an official location for this process?

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The company needs a better text writer and/or editor. The SACD player employs copied and pasted info from the PerfectWave SACD transport literature, i.e. that the DMP was this new oneā€™s ā€œpredecessorā€ and that the ā€œair gapā€ transmission of data is introduced for the first time in this component. Neither of these statements are true.

I wish I were still working and/or single. . . Iā€™d love to have the new phono preamp, transport and DAC. . . but Iā€™ll never be able to afford them. Good thing I love the system I have!

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At the show. You can also reach out to any of our sales folks you work with, like Chris, Caleb, or Taylor.

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Thank you, Paul. I will do that.

Greg Pollock
Ventura, CA

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Iā€˜m one of the people using HQplayer to upsample everything to DSD512 through a non oversampling DAC. In my experience the filters in HQ player that sound the best are the ones with millions of taps such as sinc-M or sinc-L. What I would like to know from PS audio how you achieve good sound quality with just 64 taps in the new PMG DAC. @Paul can you share more information on the filter design. This is the make and break of the sound quality from what Iā€™ve learned from HQ player. Every filter sounds different.

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