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PS AUDIO SACD TRANSPORT/ DAC COMBO - REVIEW

PS AUDIO SACD TRANSPORT/ DAC COMBO - REVIEW

Seriously, if you have a mountain of CDs like a number of my friends and consider yourself a connoisseur of media—CDs, SACDs, downloads—the PerfectWave SACD transport and the PS Audio DirectStream DAC represent a one-stop powerhouse that will keep you seated in the listening chair for countless happy hours with its transparency, its detail and richness, its startle factor, and its engaging musicality.

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ACCUSTIC ARTS PLAYER II - REVIEW
AMP, PRODUCT, DIAMOND AWARD, CD PLAYER, DAC K. E. Heartsong AMP, PRODUCT, DIAMOND AWARD, CD PLAYER, DAC K. E. Heartsong

ACCUSTIC ARTS PLAYER II - REVIEW

Formidable. The Accustic Arts Player II rendering of CDs bested its streaming counterparts and even higher resolution versions of the same CDs(!) time and time again, regardless of genre. And this came as quite the surprise. It is also preternaturally engaging and immersive, alive, dynamic, incredibly resolving, and, at the same time, the doppelgänger of analog.

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