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PS Audio PerfectWave DAC Upgrade

Paul McGowan has leaked some information about a major upgrade the perfectwave DAC that will be coming out within the next few weeks. Pricing as of yet unknown, but current units will be field (DIY) upgradable. Apparently, major changes were made to the digital processing board, involving changes in the powersupplies, and replacement of CMOS switching for the gates and clocking with analog switches. Second, new jitter reducing circuitry called NativeX was implemented. There are more as of yet unannounced new features. Apparently, SQ on all inputs will benefit, including the bridge. Exciting stuff. Edorr  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 11-04-11

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 12-04-11   Ps audio describes in detail the changes that it has made to ...   Tomcy6 12-04-11   Mrtennis, there was a recent review in stereophile on one of ...   Tomcy6 12-04-11   The pwd is the only dac i auditioned that approximated vinyl ...   Podeschi 12-29-11   Just received and installed my upgraded board this afternoon ...   Levy03 12-29-11   Update on the pwd mkii shipping has begun and mine is here ...   Grobec 12-30-11   I too have the mkii installed. i would, however, classify th ...   2chnlben 12-30-11   Hi ben, just finished listening to some hi-res music you rec ...   Levy03 12-31-11   Hey lev, my board is to arrive next week. was it easy to ins ...   Sgr 01-02-12   Srg...love it. sounds fantastic. one step closer to having t ...   Levy03 01-02-12   I have the b version. i would love to hear an a/b compariso ...   2chnlben 01-02-12   Ben, i think that most people would need to hear both versi ...   Tomcy6 01-02-12   Ben, you have a very valid point. the only way/reason the ch ...   Levy03 01-05-12   After more than 2 weeks of listening i agree with levi that ...   Grobec 01-06-12   The comparison that need s to be done is the pwd against the ...   Tabl10s 01-06-12   No doubt g. i've had three people tell me i looked tired at ...   Levy03 01-06-12   The comparison that need s to be done is the pwd against the ...   Tabl10s 01-09-12   Agree with comments above. an amazing upgrade. smooth extend ...   Podeschi 01-09-12   A couple nights back, i brought my mk i to sgr's house, and ...   Jdoris 01-09-12: Sgr This is one of the biggest no brainer upgrades I've ever heard. It is a remarkable improvement. One can hear the results as soon as you plug the unit in and press play. Better bass, wider soundstage, image location, image size is proper, all the tributes that analog is known for. I really can't find an issue.NativeX really makes a difference. During the burn in it just sounds better and better. Now after about 6 days it sounds very liquid, spacious and analog sounding. Everything is in its place and when you put on a recording that will stretch out your system and you give it the gas, look out . . . Sgr  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 01-10-12   Mkii pwd owners, aside from the overall improvements provide ...   2chnlben 01-10-12   Ben, that's where the good stuff is hidden imho...native x!. ...   Levy03 01-11-12   Levy: i absolutely love the sound of my system. i am getti ...   2chnlben 01-11-12   Lev the native setting is already a great improvement from ...   Grobec 01-11-12   My upgrade kit arrived a couple of weeks ago. the upgrade pr ...   Jiminia 01-12-12   Funny, two years ago, before the bridge was released i was s ...   Edorr 01-11-12   Jiminia......this might be a stupid question but why are you ...   Levy03 01-12-12   Has anyone had their dac modded by ram and purchased the upg ...   Tabl10s 01-12-12   @jiminia, are you saying that steve is using psa's i2s offe ...   Tabl10s 01-12-12   Jiminia: why would you use usb (or converted usb) to feed th ...   Levy03 01-12-12   Stupid question but wondering why anyone would use usb to fe ...   Levy03 01-13-12   "are you saying that steve is using psa's i2s offering ...   Audioengr 01-13-12   I responded to your questions this morning, but for some rea ...   Jiminia 01-13-12   I am under the impression that native and nativex are two di ...   Lewhite 01-13-12   Two reasons i use usb: first, its 100% reliable. no dropouts ...   Jiminia 01-13-12   Yes the berkley was a dealer demo so it had break-in and hou ...   Grobec 01-13-12   Not sure how my edits all got posted? my apologies..   Levy03 01-14-12   Lewhite. native is indeed a bypass of the src. nativex i ...   2chnlben 01-14-12   That's how i understood it too ben. sure would be nice to fi ...   Levy03 01-14-12   I'm not sure about my aforementioned assumptions as stated i ...   2chnlben 01-15-12   Well, the posts over at the ps forum indicate that the new d ...   2chnlben 01-18-12   Ben the option to engage or not is there as a "choice&q ...   Grobec 01-18-12   Would it matter what rez would come out of the ss? native is ...   Lewhite 01-19-12   Lewhite: native - or nativex - does not affect/impact the b ...   2chnlben 02-07-12   Groben - i'm contemplating the berkeley and ps. can you des ...   Honest1 02-14-12   Ben maybe my post was not stated correctly. what i was allud ...   Lewhite 02-17-12   Re berkley vs pwd. i almost kept the berkley before i heard ...   Grobec 05-17-12   What voltage level comes out of the pwd's analog outputs (bo ...   Rgs92 05-17-12   Several months ago i inquired as to the sonic benefits of th ...   Mrtennis 05-20-12   Mrtennis, my experience is that the upgrade's effect on soun ...   Mcondon 05-20-12   Anyone have this experience with the mk. ii upgrade?: i am ...   Jdoris

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