Review and Measurements of PS Audio NuWave DAC

[Krunok]

Is this forum moderated? If so, is the moderator on vacation?

Any chance to get this thread back on topic?

LOOL

M8, if you were not rookie you would know that @Thomas savage is in the pub at this hour.

 

[BDWoody]

Is this forum moderated? If so, is the moderator on vacation?

Any chance to get this thread back on topic?

Seems as on topic as most of it...

 

[Thomas savage]

LOOL

M8, if you were not rookie you would know that @Thomas savage is in the pub at this hour.

I was and with a lady so you kids can sort yourselves out..

 

[murraycamp]

Of course: Musicality, Emotion, Soul, Body, Presence, Epicness, sensuality... but only if you have well regarded cables!

Don't forget PRAT, "air," bloom, and slam.

Sounds like the credit roll of a cartoon pilot that never made it on air, like "Don't miss crazy PRAT and his silly pals air, bloom and slam as they bring hijinks and fun to your Saturday mornings!"

 

[Krunok]

I was and with a lady so you kids can sort yourselves out..

Pic, or it didn't happen..

 

[Thomas savage]

If you want to talk about another subject it's really great for us if you start a new thread.

Some good stuff can get lost else.

Cheers darlings

 

[Krunok]

If you want to talk about another subject it's really great for us if you start a new thread.

Some good stuff can get lost else.

Cheers darlings

I was hoping your social life may be more entertaining than this thread, but as it seems..

 

[AndrewDavis]

Is this forum moderated? If so, is the moderator on vacation?

Any chance to get this thread back on topic?

He retired early because he saved wisely.

 

[confucius_zero]

so is PS audio the old Schiit?

 

[AudioSceptic]

Imagine how many snakes had to die to make that much oil.

I'm working on my next product: cables that actually look like snakes. First examples will be the Garter interconnect and Anaconda speaker cable. All Snakes will come with a vial of "Snake Oil", a special fluid for cleaning RCA and banana plugs to improve signal transmission and reduce noise, especially hiss.

 

[scott wurcer]

Don't forget PRAT, "air," bloom, and slam.

Don't forget the toe tapping. I have been looking back on the Appalachian immigrant communities and how clogging and flat foot dancing was translated from the European mining communities.

 

[AudioSceptic]

PS Audio sell cables and regenerators. They are in the business of profitable add-ons, just like every company before them, and most companies now.

Car makers recommend original OEM spare parts, not aftermarket for the "best performance and reliability". They recommend their own expensive dealer servicing for the same reasons.

Audio companies since Adam was boy, recommend their own brand accessories, headphones, batteries, cables and stands for the "best performance".

What's the big problem? I see no lies or deception in the highlighted statements, and arguably a lot more truth than many other brands.

Not the same. That's replacing original parts with the same when they need replacing, not telling you that you need all these "special" parts for it to work properly from new.

 

[confucius_zero]

 

[amirm]

What a great speaker....

 

[AudioSceptic]

I think people are deluding themselves if they think they can hear a 0.5dB roll-of at 20KHz. Even at 10KHz, it's a fraction of a dB down.

But everyone likes a ruler flat response and when it isn't, it's easy to make the description fit the curve.

PS, how many 16 years olds are remotely interested in HiFi these days? Hanging with mates, girls and pimples keep them occupied and Bluetooth everything.

Yes, and how many recordings have content out to 20 k anyway?

 

[Purité Audio]

I was and with a lady so you kids can sort yourselves out..

Well that would account for five minutes...
Keith

 

[anmpr1]

Yes, and how many recordings have content out to 20 k anyway?

If you can achieve flat to 20, why settle for less? I mean, we could all say, "pretty good is good enough", and then chunk it at that. But there is an argument for excellence in engineering that trumps what can or can't be heard. For me, that is the point of it all. Otherwise I'll just go back to my Dyna tubes and be happy with them.

 

[VintageFlanker]

What a great speaker....

No doubt he is.

I screenshot this before the comment got deleted:

 

[AudioSceptic]

If you can achieve flat to 20, why settle for less? I mean, we could all say, "pretty good is good enough", and then chunk it at that. But there is an argument for excellence in engineering that trumps what can or can't be heard. For me, that is the point of it all. Otherwise I'll just go back to my Dyna tubes and be happy with them.

Oh, I'm not saying we shouldn't, but some of us are dubious about anyone hearing a difference of ~0.5 dB out there.

 

[estuardo4]

I'll buy some hi-fi audio chassis and put on the inside some Topping DAC and some ICEPower DIY amp, and several other empty chassis that fill my cabinet so my friends can hear and comment how my equipment is the best they've heard, with so much sound stage front to back.

I think this is a very good business opportunity. To sell empty chassis of hi-end equipment so people can connect their cheap and better DACs and amps on the empty space, but can still invite friends over to show their "expensive" system.