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PS Audio DirectStream DAC MK2 - This is the latest version of this DAC.
Price: $6700 + Shipping + PayPal fee
Price new: New the MK2 costs $7999
Condition: 9/10 - Nine because I used the Audiogon scale. Nine means as good as new.
Age: Three months
Color: Silver
Includes: Double box, power cord, remote, manual
Warranty: Transferrable to buyer - 2 years and 9 months
Here’s a review:
Features:
- 7x Digital Inputs: Two I2S, two balanced, coaxial, optical and USB
- Balanced and single-ended analog transformer coupled outputs
- Fully balanced design from input to output
- Galvanically isolated inputs and outputs
- Exclusive dual FPGA DAC circuitry offers superior sound quality and user upgradeability
- Handwritten code for filters, processing and upsamplers
- 100% DSD based DAC
- Upgradable via software releases
- Volume and balance controls included
- Upsamples PCM and DSD to 20x DSD rate
- Accommodates PCM sources up to 705.6 kHz and DSD up to 256
- DXD support
- Store and install up to 10 Mountaintop firmware releases
- Remote control or front-panel operation; remote can be used to operate other PS Audio components
Specifications :
- Digital audio inputs: I2S (2), Coax, XLR Balanced (2), Optical, USB
- Sample Rates:
- Optical (TOSLink): PCM 16 and 24 bits at 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz and 96kHz
- S/PDIF (Coax and XLR): PCM 16 and 24 bits at 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz and 192kHz
- DoP64 Dual XLR: PCM 16 and 24 bits at 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz and 352.8kHz
- DoP64 and DoP128 I2S: PCM 16 and 24 bits at 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, and 705.6
- DoP64, DoP128, DoP256, DSD64, DSD128, and DSD256 USB: PCM 16 and 24 bits at 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, and 705.6, DoP64, DoP128, DoP256, DSD64, DSD128, and DSD256
- Analog audio outputs: unbalanced RCA (2), balanced XLR (2):
- Output level: 4 VRMS Balanced, 2 VRMS Single Ended
- Output Impedance: <100Ω/<200Ω
- Frequency Response: 20-20KHz +/- 0.25dB
- THD+N @ 1KHz (full scale): <0.1%
- Data Handling:
- Format: PCM or DSD
- Sample rate (PCM): 44.1kHz, 48.0kHz, 88.2kHz, 96.0kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz; 705.6kHz
- Word length (PCM): 16b, 18b, 20b, 24b
- Data rate (DSD): Standard (2.8MHz) or Double (5.6MHz) DoP as well as raw DSD on I2S and USB inputs
- Input jitter reduction: Effectively 100%, residual immeasurable. No input PLLs or FLLs.
- Input Processing: 225.792MHz
- Signal Processing: 56.448MHz
- Synchronous Upsampling, all inputs: 56.448MHz for 48k, 96k or 192k; 11.2896MHz for all others
- Digital Processing S/N ratio: Upsampling > 210dB, volume control and Sigma Delta Modulator: > 330dB
- Analog Conversion method: low pass filter DSD256 (quad rate DSD: single bit DSD at 11.2896MHz)
- I2S Digital Input: HDMI
- Format: PCM or DSD. DoP on all inputs as well as raw DSD on I2S inputs
- USB Digital Input: “B” type
- Format: PCM, DoP v1.1 (DSD over PCM), or Native DSD
