John Sciacca's review of the Perfect Wave System:
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article/review-ps-audio-perfectwave-system
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article/review-ps-audio-perfectwave-system
Very good review and I agree. To me, it resprsents one of the best values in digital audio given it's sound quality using the Trans & Dac combo connected via the I2S interface that carries each signal and clock in it own wire eliminating the need to decode a coax signal at the DAC. I also find Native resolution playback better than upsampling...things just sound more natural/unprocessed. It's too bad imo, that most other mid to high end dacs don't give native resolution playback as an option and force you to upsample all input.
More on the Mark II upgrade from CEO Paul Mc Gowan:
"The Mark II will consist of an entirely new digital input board, firmware update, new remote control (with Balance control)and a Critical Link fuse. These changes can pretty easily be handled by customers at home and we will make easy to use kits available for the upgrade. Once upgraded, there will be zero difference between the Mark I and the Mark II, even down to the labeling. We made sure this is the case so our loyal PS customers who own or are planning on owning a PWD will be taken care of.
11 new power supplies, analog switching in place ofsaturated logic data paths that we use now, a new built in and user selectablejitter reduction circuitry called NativeX - which will just set you back onyour heels when you hear what this does - even on I2S inputs (which is stillnot making sense to me) - but the engineering team outdid itself.
I can tell you without a doubt this is a major improvement -far more analog like - it's as close to the best analog recordings I have everheard. I am impressed with what theengineering guys did."
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