Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs?

audiotroy said..."We aren’t saying the PS audio dacs aren’t good, it is just a fallacy to think that an FPGA based design doesn’t go obsolete and won’t require a future hardware change to evolve into the next level."

PS Audio does plan to put the DS dac to bed in the near future for a new DS dac yet to be announced. Not the newTSS dac..... but a new DS dac 2.

@audiotroy I don't have a DS DAC, but to imply that a company *not* creating a new hardware upgrade every year is somehow hurting the people who purchase that product is just ridiculous. 

Companies that do that are just milking their consumers for cash.

Totally crazy that you are somehow framing PS Audio's FGPA code refinements as a negative.  Just crazy.

cal3713.....Ohh!!!!! You didn’t know that audiotroy is much more informed in the art of dac development than Ted Smith?

aolmrd1241"You didn’t know that audiotroy is much more informed in the art of dac development than Ted Smith?"

yes Ted Smith is ignorant in many areas of Music Reproduction Systems unlike Audiotroy who has vast, diverse, hands-on experience as clearly demonstrated here no disrespect to Mr. Smith intended.

Thank you Clearlink.

Aolmrd and Cal, please wake up and stop drinking the Cool AId.

As we mentioned earlier the leaders in producing the worlds best digital front ends almost never upgrade their firmware and if so it is not every six months that a "magic" new sonic flavor of firmware arrives on the scene.

Digital technlogy at this point is a very mature thing.

There is nothing wrong with FPGA’s they are a good tool and are more changeable then a Ram based chip set, and yes we sell dacs which use FPGA’s as well, the Aqua Hifi Lascala MK III and the Forumula XD use FPGA.'s. 

The best sounding dac we have ever had the Light Harmonic Davinci a $35k dac, does not use a FPGA or if it does they don’t publicize it.

Look at DCS, Esoeric, Chord, MSB, and you will see that firmware upgrades are a rarity, because these designs are mature designs.

Why because the engineers spent year perfecting their technologies and only came up with a new product when the hardware  advanced signfigantly enough to allow for a major improvement.

Oh and if you look at the following post:

PS Audio does plan to put the DS dac to bed in the near future for a new DS dac yet to be announced. Not the newTSS dac..... but a new DS dac 2.

Guess that means that the hardware would also need to be upgraded  or else you could through the magic of FPGA’s magically turn your current Direct Stream Digital into this new DS Dac 2 which doesn't seem to be the case now does it?

Hardware is what leads innovation, not software, sorry but it is true.

If you notice the continued breakthroughs in cell phones are all about increased processing power, new sensor technology, increased memory, faster charging, and longer battery life.

It may suck having to purchase a new cell phone every few years but that is the name of the game with ever increasing technlogy comes greater and greater performance along with new features.

Yes you can upgrade through software a Galaxy Note 5 and an older Iphone’s to newer opperating software but eventually you realize that your five year old cell phone just can not offer the same user experience as a brand new one and the cycle continues.

The reason that people fancy the idea of firmware upgrades is that they are affraid to face this fact that all companies products wil eventually be obsolete.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ