PS AUDIO PMG SIGNATURE 512 DAC

PMG (Paul McGowan) Signature Series, designed and built entirely in the USA (Boulder, Colorado): fully balanced, native DSD digital-to-analog converter with built-in streamer, the latest and most revolutionary incarnation of PS Audio's decades-long tradition of producing high-end DACs;

- Proprietary design completely immune to jitter and noise, with no DAC IC or other integrated circuit, galvanically isolated inputs, multiple, ultra-stable re-clocking circuits, and complete separation between digital and analog stages;

- Signal path: The digital flow from all inputs is handled by the now legendary proprietary Digital Lens circuitry, which rearranges the data and manages the clock; it is then passed to the 22 MHz PureStream DSD512 engine, which upsamples it pristinely to DSD 8x. The signal is fed to a discrete circuit with a patent-pending SpectraWave 64-Tap Sequencer FIR architecture. This synchronized signal is processed in real time at 22 MHz, delivering a waveform of exemplary accuracy, free of noise and artifacts, with impeccable time alignment and phase coherence. It then flows directly to a state-of-the-art, directly coupled, Class A balanced output stage with extremely low output impedance and high current, with no transformers, no filters, and no coloration, ensuring maximum signal purity.

- High-current linear analog power supply with an oversized toroidal transformer;

- Analog volume control circuit, with the ability to set the output to variable or fixed level (with the volume control disabled) and to connect the DAC to a preamplifier or directly to a power amplifier.

- Ethernet/Wi-Fi streamer with Roon Ready connectivity, Tidal via Roon, Qobuz Connect, Spotify Premium, DLNA/UPnP, and ShairPort for Apple AirPlay support;

- Proprietary i2S interfaces via HDMI capable of receiving SACD, DSD, and PCM RAW (raw, unprocessed) digital streams from PS Audio sources with the same connectivity;

- Color touchscreen display, phase inversion control, ground lift on/off to eliminate potential ground loops, pre-emphasis filter, channel balance, upgradeable firmware;

- Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz (+/- 0.25 dB), total harmonic distortion + noise (THD+N, at 1 kHz) less than 0.001%, SINAD (Signal-to-Noise And Distortion Ratio) greater than -100 dB;

- 7 digital inputs: 2 i2S via HDMI (up to DSD256, DSD DoP256, PCM 24-bit/705.6 kHz), 1 asynchronous USB (up to DSD256, DSD DoP256, PCM 24-bit/705.6 kHz), 1 balanced AES/EBU XLR (up to DSD DoP64, PCM 24-bit/192 kHz), 2 coaxial RCA (up to DSD DoP64, PCM 24-bit/192 kHz), 1 optical Toslink (up to PCM 24-bit/96 kHz);

- balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA analog L/R outputs;

- Wireless network interfaces: Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac (Dual Band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) / Wired 10/100/1000 Ethernet RJ45;

- 2 programmable trigger outputs;

- Remote control included;

- Dimensions (W x H x D): 445 x 112 x 375 mm;

- Weight: 13.6 kg