{"id":128711,"date":"2021-04-18T07:41:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T06:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=128711"},"modified":"2021-04-18T07:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T06:41:06","slug":"ps-audio-perfectwave-sacd-transport-dsd-stream-for-external-dac-and-galvanic-radio-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ps-audio-perfectwave-sacd-transport-dsd-stream-for-external-dac-and-galvanic-radio-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"PS Audio PerfectWave SACD Transport: DSD stream for external DAC and galvanic radio isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American PS Audio\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psaudio.com\/products\/perfectwave-sacd-transport\/#section-905-824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has released<\/a>\u00a0PerfectWave SACD Transport (PST).\u00a0This model became the successor to the successful DMP, receiving the function of reading a high density data layer with a DSD stream.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5467 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps-audio-s1acd-transport.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps-audio-s1acd-transport.jpg 890w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps-audio-s1acd-transport-378x205.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps-audio-s1acd-transport-768x417.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The data from this copyrighted SACD layer can be transferred to an external DAC (PS Audio recommends its own PSD) via the I2S interface.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1017psaudio.ins_-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1017psaudio.ins_-1.jpg 912w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1017psaudio.ins_-1-243x205.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1017psaudio.ins_-1-768x647.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"912\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another trump card of the PerfectWave SACD Transport developers is noise and jitter reduction in the galvanically isolated output stage.\u00a0It completely separates pure digital audio data from noisy environments.\u00a0Signals between the two boards are transmitted in the form of short-wave radio pulses with a focused beam.\u00a0The power supply of the boards is also separate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps-audio-sa2cd-transport.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps-audio-sa2cd-transport.jpg 907w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps-audio-sa2cd-transport-390x91.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps-audio-sa2cd-transport-768x180.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"907\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a result, PST &#8220;understands&#8221; almost all laser audio discs, formats and file types.\u00a0The new product also provides a USB input for receiving audio from storage devices.\u00a0In addition to the I2S output for PCM and DSD (raw), the PST provides 1 coaxial and 2 BNC outputs for PCM and DoP (they are ready to work in tandem for &#8220;dual&#8221; DoP &#8211; DSD 128).\u00a0Likewise, you can use the two XLR outputs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps_audio_perfectwave_sacd_transport_review_matej_isak_mono_and_stereo_2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps_audio_perfectwave_sacd_transport_review_matej_isak_mono_and_stereo_2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps_audio_perfectwave_sacd_transport_review_matej_isak_mono_and_stereo_2-390x98.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ps_audio_perfectwave_sacd_transport_review_matej_isak_mono_and_stereo_2-768x193.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Firmware updates are possible via RJ45 network or WIFI.\u00a0PerfectWave SACD Transport is available in black or silver.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American PS Audio\u00a0has released\u00a0PerfectWave SACD Transport (PST).\u00a0This model became the successor to the successful DMP, receiving the function of reading a high density data layer with a DSD stream. The data from this copyrighted SACD layer can be transferred to an external DAC (PS Audio recommends its own PSD) via the I2S interface. Another trump [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ps-audio-perfectwave-sacd-transport-dsd-stream-for-external-dac-and-galvanic-radio-isolation\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":128725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-128711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}