Quick Start Guide
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Owner’s Reference
DirectStream DAC
15-061-01-1
4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder, CO 80301
Rev A
PH: 720.406.8946 [email protected] www.psaudio.com
Quick Start Guide
• Carefully unpack the unit. Your new DirectStream comes wrapped in a soft organic
cotton bag to protect its beautiful fi nish. Use the included cotton gloves to remove the
unit and place in the chosen location.
• The piano black top cover has a protective plastic fi lm. Remove this fi lm.
• Connect DirectStream to your digital sources using the appropriate connections.
• Connect the AC cable into the receptacle in back and plug the unit into your Power
Plant or into the wall.
PS Audio products come from the factory with a 3-year warranty. Please register your
new DirectStream. Registration takes just a few minutes, helps us inform you about
future upgrades, keeps track of your serial number and allows us to maintain the highest
standards of product quality of any company.
To register your new unit, look on the back panel of DirectStream and note the serial
number. Using any web browser, go to
www.psaudio.com
and click on Register Products.
Once you have completed the registration process you can then go to the PS website and
look at the My Registered Products page. The link to this page is located at the top right
hand corner of the website once you are logged in. If you do not have web access you
may register the unit via mail or phone. Notifi cation of software upgrades to this product
will be available only to registered owners via the web and email.
CONNECTING TO A DIGITAL SOURCE
There are four methods of connecting the digital inputs of DirectStream: Through the
home network, S/PDIF, USB and I
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S. The home network option requires the addition of
the optional PS Audio Network Bridge II be installed. S/PDIF is a serial digital interface
available as an optical source (TOSlink), coaxial source (RCA) or balanced source (AES/
EBU XLR). Connect to your digital sources with any of these three cable types.
USB is the preferred method of connection for a direct-to-computer connection and
DirectStream is capable of processing up to 192kHz 24 bit PCM data as well as both
single and double rate DSD converted to DoP. Connect DirectStream to your computer
using a well regarded USB cable and make sure to set the output of your computer to the
higher 192kHz 24 bit standard. Once connected, your computer should automatically
install DirectStream as a new device if you have a Mac. If you have a Windows operating
system you may need to download the appropriate driver from our website and install it on
your computer. The driver for DirectStream is the same as that used with the PWD and
NuWave DSD.
If the device is not recognized or you are unable to obtain output through DirectStream it is
possible there is a driver confl ict on your computer. Please see the Troubleshooting section
for further assistance on playback issues via USB.
Unpacking and
Connections
Register the Unit
Connecting
DirectStream
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