The lower price option is for a trade in credit.  If you are trading in a PerfectWave DAC, we can offer you a $2K credit towards the purchase of the DirectStream.  We are only accepting PerfectWave DACs in trade for the credit.  

Innovation in audio is not stagnant.  Introducing the remarkable new DirectStream DAC.  Hand written, discrete, perfection based digital to analog conversion that uncovers all the missing information hiding in your digital audio media for all these years.  CD’s, downloads, high-resolution PCM or DSD based media are expertly upsampled in the DirectStream to ten times DSD rate and output as pure analog directly into your amplifier or preamplifier. DirectStream converts any digital input format, such as PCM or DSD to a pure DSD stream and outputs near-perfect analog directly to your power amplifier or preamplifier.  Whatever the format, whatever the sample rate, DirectStream is a pure DSD based solution that fulfills the promise of a high-resolution analog performance standard the originators of CDs promised over 30 years ago.  Hear what’s been missing in your music for all these years. If you know the sound of music and instruments, and want to hear what’s been missing on your discs, then this DAC is right for you.

• Pure 100% DSD based D to A Converter
• Resolution perfect volume and balance controls built in
• Upsamples PCM and DSD to 10x DSD rate
• Purely passive transformer coupled output
• Improves imaging and soundstage
• Simple, direct signal path with one master clock
• Hand written filters, processors and upsamplers
• Immune to incoming jitter problems from different sources
• Increased digital headroom
• No off-the-shelf IC DAC chips used
• Uncovers musical details masked by typical PCM based processors
• 7 digital inputs
• Fully balanced from input to output
• Color touch screen