I’ve not seen much written about this so I thought I’d give it a nudge. PS Audio have expanded their PerfectWave line of DAC and Player to include something quite unusual: the PerfectWave PowerBase is both isolation platform and power conditioner combined in one rather sleek-looking unit. It’s hand-made right there in Boulder, Colorado. The video found on the PowerBase’s
(You can read Part 1 of this review here.) Boxing match. Opening the PerfectWave DAC box is the first sign that the guys at PS Audio take their innovation seriously – the packaging is ingenious. The usual Styrofoam cheeks are nowhere to be found. Instead, the unit is sandwiched between two layers of polyethylene, held taught by a stiff cardboard
November 2011. I was blowing dry the ink on my coverage of the Network Bridge (and MKI PerfectWave DAC) for 6Moons when PS Audio’s CEO Paul McGowan began trickling out details of a forthcoming update to the DAC. Formally launched in January 2012, the MKII didn’t necessitate buying a brand new unit. Points for that, Paul. Initially US$799 (for early
Here’s another review sent for a lunar module ride across the surface of 6Moons. Months and months in gestation, a PS Audio factory tour cuts back to summary commentary of two years of DACs-to-date, which in turns leads into comparatives with PS Audio’s PerfectWaveDAC (it ‘wins’) and then onto my (99% excellent) user experience with the bespoke UPnP software that
