Comments on: PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC: How Close Does $1300 Get You to Sonic Nirvana?

By: Sergei Rusakov

Sergei Rusakov — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:21:00 +0000

In reply to Tom Gibbs. Tom, hello! I am looking forward to get a higher quality DAC like the one you described in your article. I am testing various DACs as I plan to sell them bundled with the native DSD128 live jazz and classical albums that we record. Please reply to my personal email as I would like to offer a few files for you to download from Dropbox repository. I would be interested in your views on their quality. The method used for their recording makes them especially suited for listening via headphones. In any case, perhaps we can discuss the musical merits of PCM and native DSD material for some future article as my company's aim is promotion of high quality music recordings and their adequate reproduction (weaning people off their low-res smartphones etc.). I shall look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards. sergei[at]interda[dot]com Sergei.

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Positive Feedback — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 04:05:24 +0000

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By: Tom Gibbs

Tom Gibbs — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 22:29:00 +0000

In reply to carl99. Unfortunately, I also experience the click between tracks, but I've gotten pretty much used to it -- I think It's got something to do with the buffering necessary for the PCM-DSD conversion. I've been doing lots of listening back and forth between straight PCM playback and the DSD conversion, and they both sound pretty remarkable via the NuWave DSD -- it's the best sounding DAC I've had in my system to date. And with no sample rate conversion, there are no annoying clicks. Perhaps this is something that can be addressed in the future. Tom

By: carl99

carl99 — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:57:00 +0000

Interesting that you used the DSD conversion in JRiver... I had been doing that with JRiver 20, but one of the reasons that I haven't upgraded yet is that, when playing back the converted files, there is a pronounced "click" between tracks which is very off putting. Was that your experience? If so, did you find a way of overcoming that? Because I never did.
Please yet us know; I would like to revert to that process, however time consuming, in view of the obvious SQ benefits that you describe.
Thanks.