{"id":153921,"date":"2023-01-13T18:28:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=153921"},"modified":"2023-01-13T18:28:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:28:59","slug":"ps-audio-perfectwave-directstream-dac-mk2-next-generation-flagship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ps-audio-perfectwave-directstream-dac-mk2-next-generation-flagship\/","title":{"rendered":"PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC MK2: Next generation flagship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0PS\u00a0Audio\u00a0has introduced a new generation of its flagship DAC\u00a0PerfectWave\u00a0DirectStream\u00a0DAC\u00a0, which received the\u00a0MK2\u00a0suffix in the name.\u00a0The novelty has absorbed all the latest PS Audio technology.\u00a0Like its predecessor, the\u00a0PerfectWave\u00a0DirectStream\u00a0DAC\u00a0MK2\u00a0features a digital volume control, allowing it to act as a pre-amp and connect directly to a power amp or powered speaker.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/144_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DirectStream DAC MK2 uses an\u00a0<i>FPGA<\/i>\u00a0(Field Programmable Gate Array) with original software developed by PS Audio rather than standard chips.\u00a0The FPGA based solution allows the software to be configured to provide high quality sound.\u00a0In addition, the software can be upgraded by the user, which opens up future software upgrades for the component.<\/p>\n<p>The PS Audio DirectStream DAC MK2 converts all input streams to pure DSD, which is then converted to an analog signal.\u00a0The novelty supports PCM digital streams with sampling rates up to 705.6 kHz and DSD up to DSD256.\u00a0The analog part of the DIrectStream DAC MK2 is made in a fully balanced concept.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/145_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC MK2 switching arsenal includes two I2S inputs, two balanced AES \/ EBU, coaxial SPDIF, optical Toslink and USB-B input.\u00a0To connect to an amplifier or active acoustics, balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA analog outputs are provided.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0DirectStream\u00a0DAC\u00a0MK2\u00a0comes with a fully functional remote control that can also be used to control other PS Audio components.\u00a0The novelty is offered in silver and black finishes, and its design is fully consistent with other components of the PerfectWave series.\u00a0MSRP is\u00a0$7,999\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0PS\u00a0Audio\u00a0has introduced a new generation of its flagship DAC\u00a0PerfectWave\u00a0DirectStream\u00a0DAC\u00a0, which received the\u00a0MK2\u00a0suffix in the name.\u00a0The novelty has absorbed all the latest PS Audio technology.\u00a0Like its predecessor, the\u00a0PerfectWave\u00a0DirectStream\u00a0DAC\u00a0MK2\u00a0features a digital volume control, allowing it to act as a pre-amp and connect directly to a power amp or powered speaker. The DirectStream DAC MK2 uses [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ps-audio-perfectwave-directstream-dac-mk2-next-generation-flagship\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":153922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-153921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153921","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=153921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}