PS Audio sine DirectStream DACer er som kjent litt spesielle konstruksjoner som drives av en firmware (FPGA). I fjor lanserte de Redcloud som ble den største oppdateringen så langt i DirectStream sin historie. Siden den gang har de jobbet med en ny firmware oppdatering for å tyne ut enda mer ytelse enn tidligere fra denne konstruksjonen og det ser det ut til at de har klart basert på tilbakemeldinger så langt!
Den siste oppdateringen som nå kan lastes ned heter Snowmass og PS Audio selv beskriver det som den største oppgraderingen lydmessig så langt i DirectStream DACene sin historie, så dette gleder vi oss til å prøve ut utover dagen.
Oppdateringen er foreløpig kun kommet ut til DirectStream Senior DACen, men vil om kort tid komme ut til Junior modellen også.
For de som allerede har DirectStream dac kan oppdateringen lastes ned her:
https://www.psaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/DSD_Snowmass_Ver3.0.0.zip
Oppdatering gjøres ved å laste ned filen, legge filene som ligger i ZIP filen på ett SD kort og sette inn SD kort når DACen er av. Skru på DACen og den installerer ny firmware.
Har du ikke enda prøvd ut DirectStream DACen? Ta gjerne kontakt med oss for å låne ett demoeksemplar!
PS: Vi kjører kampanje nå på DirectStream DAC med -10 000kr på normal pris. Ta kontakt for mer detaljer!
https://www.psaudio.com/products/directstream-dac/
Pressemelding fra PS Audio om oppdateringen:
Since the initial release of DirectStream in 2014, each of Ted’s OS Updates have bettered its predecessor. That’s right, the peaks keep getting higher.
So what magic did Ted unleash with this new OS? We’ll let Ted tell you:
“For Snowmass I rewrote the FPGA code that upsampled lower rates of PCM to 352.8k (or 394k, depending). I wanted to get better control of the times at which things happened, in order to have more control of noise generated, and more control of the jitter generated by the FPGA. I could also get a better balance of the FPGA resources needed to do the filtering. In the old upsampler I got about 144dB S/N in the upsampling. In the new code I have about 156dB S/N. Lowering noise and jitter makes everything better.”
Ted's description may make it sound as though Snowmass would make only a modest difference in sound quality—but PS Audio CEO Paul McGowan found that nothing could be further from the truth:
"Redcloud, our previous upgrade, makes huge improvements in the sound quality of DirectStream. But Snowmass is truly stunning.
"Everything is more open and soundstage depth is better-defined. This allows your ear to work less because the image is more palpable and the illusion is therefore much more realistic. In the midrange, there's more detail with less harshness, and voices and instruments are better separated, more precisely located in the soundstage. It's easier to hear the enunciation and vocal technique of singers, dynamic contrasts are far greater and crescendi just leap out at you—and everything just sounds more 'real'.
"Snowmass is our best update yet, and as always, DirectStream owners get this upgrade for free—and holy cow, they're not going to believe how good this is. It easily blows away six-figure DACs."
Den siste oppdateringen som nå kan lastes ned heter Snowmass og PS Audio selv beskriver det som den største oppgraderingen lydmessig så langt i DirectStream DACene sin historie, så dette gleder vi oss til å prøve ut utover dagen.
Oppdateringen er foreløpig kun kommet ut til DirectStream Senior DACen, men vil om kort tid komme ut til Junior modellen også.
For de som allerede har DirectStream dac kan oppdateringen lastes ned her:
https://www.psaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/DSD_Snowmass_Ver3.0.0.zip
Oppdatering gjøres ved å laste ned filen, legge filene som ligger i ZIP filen på ett SD kort og sette inn SD kort når DACen er av. Skru på DACen og den installerer ny firmware.
Har du ikke enda prøvd ut DirectStream DACen? Ta gjerne kontakt med oss for å låne ett demoeksemplar!
PS: Vi kjører kampanje nå på DirectStream DAC med -10 000kr på normal pris. Ta kontakt for mer detaljer!
https://www.psaudio.com/products/directstream-dac/
Pressemelding fra PS Audio om oppdateringen:
Since the initial release of DirectStream in 2014, each of Ted’s OS Updates have bettered its predecessor. That’s right, the peaks keep getting higher.
So what magic did Ted unleash with this new OS? We’ll let Ted tell you:
“For Snowmass I rewrote the FPGA code that upsampled lower rates of PCM to 352.8k (or 394k, depending). I wanted to get better control of the times at which things happened, in order to have more control of noise generated, and more control of the jitter generated by the FPGA. I could also get a better balance of the FPGA resources needed to do the filtering. In the old upsampler I got about 144dB S/N in the upsampling. In the new code I have about 156dB S/N. Lowering noise and jitter makes everything better.”
Ted's description may make it sound as though Snowmass would make only a modest difference in sound quality—but PS Audio CEO Paul McGowan found that nothing could be further from the truth:
"Redcloud, our previous upgrade, makes huge improvements in the sound quality of DirectStream. But Snowmass is truly stunning.
"Everything is more open and soundstage depth is better-defined. This allows your ear to work less because the image is more palpable and the illusion is therefore much more realistic. In the midrange, there's more detail with less harshness, and voices and instruments are better separated, more precisely located in the soundstage. It's easier to hear the enunciation and vocal technique of singers, dynamic contrasts are far greater and crescendi just leap out at you—and everything just sounds more 'real'.
"Snowmass is our best update yet, and as always, DirectStream owners get this upgrade for free—and holy cow, they're not going to believe how good this is. It easily blows away six-figure DACs."
