Award-winning DACs are improved yet again--at no cost
PS Audio's DirectStream DAC has, in the last two years, won just about every Product of the Year award that there is to win in the world of audio. Our DirectStream Junior (DSJ) offers the DirectStream DNA at a lower price-point, while including our Bridge II network card as standard. DirectStream and DSJ's FPGA-based architecture allows periodic upgrades of its OS, ensuring that the DAC is not just future-proof, but continually-improving.
PS is proud to announce availability of the Torreys OS from our digital guru Ted Smith, for both DirectStream and DSJ DACs. Torreys not only improves sound quality and functionality, but creates a Roon Endpoint in the Bridge II, making both DirectStream and DSJ fully Roon Ready.
Torreys enables DirectStream DACs with the optional Bridge II network card (standard in DSJ) to utilize subscription-based Roon as an unsurpassed music management system, while sound quality is completely determined by the Bridge II alone. Roon Server must be loaded onto a computer sharing the same network as the Bridge II. Roon subscribers who also wish to subscribe to TIDAL, the premier music streaming service, can now enjoy the best performance of both through the DirectStream and DSJ's Bridge II.
Making DirectStream and DSJ Roon Ready requires only three steps:
1. Update DAC OS to Torreys (separate versions for DirectStream and DSJ here);
2. Update firmware on Bridge II (instructions here);
3. Update Roon to latest version.
That's all that's needed to enjoy the benefits of Roon!
Besides enabling Roon, Torreys also further reduces DirectStream's sensitivity to jitter, and adds proprietary resource-management within the FPGA. Other advancements include better low level linearity at low volume levels; improved gapless DSD support; improved sigma delta modulators; and improved high frequency noise performance. Combined with reductions in jitter and clock noise, the resulting sound quality presents a more stable soundstage, more air around performers, better pace, rhythm and timing. Long story short: DirectStream and DSJ's already extraordinary sound quality is even more tangible, three-dimensional and just plain more real than ever before.
In addition to improving the sound of DSD and hi-res PCM downloads, Torreys further improves the DirectStream and DSJ's ability to get the most out of standard Red Book CDs. Many listeners mistake CD playback through the Torreys DirectStream and DSJ for hi-res downloads. This capability enables listeners to derive even more pleasure from their existing music libraries, and provides yet another hedge against obsolescence.
Torreys is named after one of the 53 "Fourteeners" in Colorado, mountain peaks that rise above 14,000 feet in elevation. Previous OS releases Pikes Peak and Yale were also named after Fourteeners, symbolizing PS Audio's aspiration to ultimate sound quality and continual product improvement. PSers also just love their Colorado home.
Complete details of the Torreys Operating System can be seen here. Torreys is available as a free download, or preloaded onto an SD card (DirectStream) or USB stick (DSJ) for purchase.
About PS Audio: Founded in 1973, PS Audio has a worldwide following and a reputation for designing and manufacturing innovative, high-value, leading-edge audio products. Our design and core manufacturing facilities are in Boulder, Colorado, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. While our engineering staff is second to none, PS is not constrained by NIH Syndrome: recent products have included design input from industry gurus Ted Smith and Bascom H. King.
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