Strange. The StellarGold DAC has a series of selectable filters. PS gave them cryptic abbreviations and NO detailed info for each filter anywhere. (If I missed it, pls direct me.) As a beta-tester, I urged PS to include a few sentences or a short paragraph in the manual describing each. From our de…

There is this “lab report” from a review I read a while ago, maybe it helps https://www.hifinews.com/content/ps-audio-stellargold-dac-usb-dac-lab-report

Apparently, PS has a new entry-level DAC under development. It appears to be priced about 1/2 the StellarGold. The beta manual (I found it on the PS website under Support > Manuals) lists 3 filters: Fast, Slow, Minimum. The beta manual has a highly useful paragraph on each, taking up 2/3 page. Very …

Maybe PS Audio just wants to leave it up to the end user to pick the filter that works best in their system, and not plant seeds that will taint ones preconceived notion of what to expect.

Hello Audioholic, Are you suggesting PS Audio is getting reticent about explaining things? Not the PS I know and love! Take a look at the beta manual for the upcoming entry-level Stellar DAC. PS gives a short paragraph on each of the 3 filters it will have. They start by giving them understandable…

I’d say that the best thing to do is to listen to each one with the same piece of music, over and over, and decide which one works best for you. The names and descriptions don’t matter. The differences are very, very subtle.

[image] JASinPhiladelphia: Hello Audioholic, Are you suggesting PS Audio is getting reticent about explaining things? No, just a wild guess.

Those seven filter types are built into the DAC chip–if it is as I suspect a Sabre. ESS Sabre Pro chip different filter option: Fast Roll-Off, Linear Phase Slow Roll-Off, Linear Phase Apodizing, Fast Roll-Off, Linear Phase Fast Roll-Off, Minimum Phase (default) Slow Roll-Off, Minimum Phase Hybrid…

Yes. Thank you. The Oppo info helps a bit. You can find the tech specs on the ESS website, in a Data document, Pages 50-54. It lists the filters, but no indication of the differences in sound. After finding this, I am all the more impressed by PS technology chops. I imagine a team, led by Paul, po…

Can someone explain examples of both pre-ringing and post-ringing? I hear these terms used frequently when discussing filters, but would like an example musically of how it might sound

you might just hear a bit of pre and post ringing on say a tight fast snare drum with little reverb on it - the “hit” will have a very slight smearing to its precise timing, like a slight build up and decay. the difference is grrr tt by slight, and this type of filter can sound very good in other …

StellarGold DAC Filters: Anyone figured them out?

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No, just a wild guess.

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StellarGold DAC Filters: Anyone figured them out?

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