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a. Have you heard of any independent listening impressions of PS' RMAF (big, not SPROUT) room which were favorable? I have not seen any so far.
By VS I assume you refer to VSA? If so, you're the first to describe his sound as hifi...wow!
No offense, but what is your point? You do understand that Paul is the founder/CEO of PS Audio. Are you surprised a mfg would push his own room as sounding great?
I'm interested in the PS AUDIO room mostly because of his long awaited amplifier design by Bascomb king , with reports from at least 3 members, appears no ideas could be formed due to the below standard sound, disappointing....Then from pauls blog.."Tom RichardOctober 12, 2014 at 2:04 pmIt was a great show and you had two great rooms, Paul. Congratulate Scott for me again.Hahax, I’ve been lucky to be in Sound Room one and at the show. The Infinity IRS stands in the rarified air of the greatest speakers ever made. The Beta was certainly wonderful (and, let’s face it, it was a hotel room), but I’d call it a “familial resemblance” to the IRS. The IRS is simply on another level."Wonderful , its now as clear as mud ..
When Paul, The King of Superlatives, says, " we are quite pleased " that says a lot..... This will continue to be as clear as mud to you until which time you are able to audition the amp yourself and come to your own conclusions.
This was the worst RMAF I've attended as well. Very few rooms that had as good sound in previous years. I will take a guess that fewer people are interested in the trend that hifi is moving towards; low/mid five figure components for entry and mid level respectively. Six figures for "high end". The most interesting things were in the CanJam room, but even headphones are going in the stratosphere direction. Sennheiser's next electrostatic flagship is rumored to be $50k.
Did you listen to the Vapor Joule Blacks? Less than $20K and a world class, full range, speaker for real music listening...In any case, most manufacturers are making, and selling, what can keep them in business. In the US, and in Europe to a bit lessor extent, the middle and upper middle classes are losing income steadily, while the very wealthy are getting richer and richer. So, it makes sense for a high end company to sell a handful of 6 figure components and stay in business, rather than developing stuff at 4 and 5 figures which they cannot sell enough of.
From:http://audiomatters.blogspot.com"I had a personal interest in the new PS Audio Directstream DAC since I see this as a logical upgrade for my PWD Mk II. Unfortunately I could determine almost nothing about it. PS Audio used it in a major display that contained massive IRS Infinity Beta speakers and two new monoblock amps. It was just impossible to know what the effect of the new DAC might have been while I was there. The sound was interesting in that the music sort of floated away from the huge cabinets which made placement of instruments sort of vague and the room was definitely not bass-heavy despite the size of those woofers. But in combination it all seemed a bit diffuse and soft. Not sure what the purpose of this set-up was supposed to be as it neither showcased the Directstream model or offered any real insight into the new amps. The matter was not helped by one of the monoblocks packing in while I listened so I took myself next door to hear their new Sprout. Now this is a product to watch out for: integrated amp with 50w per channel, a MM phono stage, USB and RCA inputs for a CD player and TV, a headphone input and bluetooth capability. I immediately snyc'd my iPhone and streamed tunes through it for fun. Sonically the bluetooth option renders everything at MP3 level, I believe, but it's good enough if you just wanted to hear something in the background. A lifestyle product or second system option, at $799 this seemed good value. Good host in the room too, Scott(?) who showed infinite patience and enthusiasm. As for upgrading my DAC, well, I am none the wiser from this trip."
