PS Audio
PMG Signature 512 DAC
PS Audio states the design is a departure from PCM-based architectures and from off-the-shelf chip solutions, with SINAD better than -100 dB.
- Type
- DAC
- PCM
- Up to 768 kHz
- Weight
- 13.6 kg
- List
- $8,999
Specification
- Type
- DAC
- Maximum voltage
- 4 V RMS
- PCM
- 768 kHz
- DSD
- DSD512
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$8,999
Price: black or silver.
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- Maker
- PS Audio
- Model
- PMG Signature 512 DAC
- Type
- DAC
- Made in
- Not published
- Maximum voltage
- 4 V RMS
- PCM
- Up to 768 kHz
- DSD
- DSD512
- Weight
- 13.6 kg
- List price
- $8,999 USD
- Conversion
- PureStream DSD512 (proprietary, all inputs converted to 8x DSD; no off-the-shelf DAC chip)
- Topology
- PureStream DSD512 engine upsamples every input to 8x DSD, then SpectraWave 64-tap sequencer, then fully balanced direct-coupled Class A analog output stage; galvanically isolated inputs; built-in streamer
- Finish
- Black or silver
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