PS AudioNuWave DSD DACusedPS Audio NuWave DSD DAC - Excellent, 46% of New costOriginally $1,300 new - NEW BARGAIN PRICE- $599! Includes original box and instructions. I bought it directly from PS Audio (black case), and it is still a current model. Beautiful sounding DAC...550.00

PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC - Excellent, 46% of New cost

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Ships fromSeattle, WA, 98101
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Package dimensions22.5" × 13.0" × 6.0" (20.0 lbs.)
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 Originally $1,300 new - NEW BARGAIN PRICE- $599!  Includes original box and instructions.  I bought it directly from PS Audio (black case), and it is still a current model.  Beautiful sounding DAC that makes music without digital "nasties". 

Sound is in the same family as the renowned Direct Stream DAC, which I own.  For a fraction of the cost you will enjoy it.

See Stereophile review.  https://www.stereophile.com/content/ps-audio-nuwave-dsd-da-processor

From Manufacturer:  The
NuWave DSD is an affordable breakthrough digital to analog processor.
Based on the acclaimed Sabre 32 bit Hyperstream architecture, the NuWave DSD
accepts inputs from any digital source including I2S, coax, TOSLINK and USB,
playing both asynchronous PCM (up to 192/32) and DSD (single or double rate)
through our exclusive class A hybrid output stage with either single ended
(RCA) or balanced (XLR) connections.

Sometimes good things come in small packages and that’s certainly
the case with the NuWave DSD. Our most affordable D to A Converter gives up
little in the way of features from our larger and more expensive version, the
DirectStream. Fully asynchronous on its inputs, the NuWave DSD can take just
about any type of input, at sample rates and bit depths to match current high
resolution standards and output pure analog through a class A hybrid output
stage.

Used with any CD player or transport, the NuWave DSD
produces a seamless three dimensional soundstage from your entire CD library.
Connected to your computer, running music management software like iTunes, Bit
Perfect, Amarra, Roon, or JRiver and an iPhone or Droid controller, the NWD
becomes your center for streaming high resolution music at the touch of a
finger. Performance as well as musicality are never compromised. Hand tuned and
personally voiced by Paul McGowan, this fine audio instrument will bring the
listener years of musical bliss.



 

Native Mode

The NuWave DSD allows you to stream bit perfect digital
audio, both PCM and DSD, in a number of different ways, including music stored
on your computer. All incoming musical data are fed directly into a simplified
FPGA in Native Mode, without the degradation typical of sample rate converter
chips, common among DACs. Native Mode decodes any resolution audio from
44.1kHz/16 bit all the way up to double rate DSD with no processing by an SRC.
The resulting improvement to sound quality sets new levels of performance for
DACs anywhere near this price. The incoming data are identified, organized and
prepared for proper delivery to the ESS Hyperstream DAC by the custom CPLD on
the NuWave DSD’s input.

 

Asynchronous USB for PCM and DSD

The NuWave DSD features a high-resolution USB path based on
the same XMOS technology found in our DirectStream DAC. Asynchronous and
capable of 24 bit 192kHz performance for PCM and single or double rate DSD, the
NuWave DSD USB input sounds every bit as good as the best digital audio is
capable of. Using a high quality USB cable between the NuWave DSD and your
computer creates an instant media server that can be controlled through any
number of handheld devices like an iPad, iPhone or Android using a 3rd party
controller program. Your entire music library can be managed by iTunes, JRiver,
MConnect, Windows Media Player, Foobar, Pure Music, Bit Perfect, Media Monkey
or Ammara (to name a few) for ease of use. If you have yet to experience the
pleasure of scrolling through your entire music library and selecting the next
track at the touch of a finger, you’re in for a quite a treat. With the NuWave
DSD and a USB cable you can stream both PCM and DSD high resolution audio,
using nothing more than your computer and a handheld device to control and play
your entire music library.

 

I2S input

For the first time in an affordable DAC from PS Audio, we
have included an I2S input. I2S is the native format of all CD transports and
many servers. I2S (pronounced I squared S) features separate clock and data
signals from the source. Typically, these clock and data signals are
multiplexed together to be transmitted over a single cable in a format known as
S/PDIF (Sony Philips Digital Interface), or AES/EBU (Audio Engineering
Society/European Broadcast Union). Once received in multiplexed form, the DAC
input must untangle the clock and data and once again separate them. I2S solves
the problems associated with unravelling data of S/PDIF and AES/EBU formats.
I2S outputs are sent via an HDMI cable and sources with I2S outputs can be
purchased from PS Audio as well as other manufacturers.

 

Active vs. passive filtering

Once the digital audio data have been processed through the
NuWave DSD’s ESS Hyperstream 32 bit DAC, it’s time to turn them into music and
this is the job of the analog filter and output stage. Most DACs use an active
filtering system to clean up the output of the internal DAC but this can add a
harsh, bright sound to the music. In the NuWave DSD we use all passive analog
filtering giving our output a sweet, open sound unencumbered with harsh digital
artifacts.

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