PS Audio Perfectwave CD Transport

The PS Audio PerfectWave™ Transport Memory Player (PWT) is a state-of-the-art optical disc reader. The PWT can read standard as well as high-resolution audio media on both compact discs (CD) as well as Digital Video Discs (DVD).
The PS Audio PWT represents a major advancement in the art of recreating the musical event. The sense of being "there" at the original performance, hearing the warmth and immediacy of the live performance is unmatched.
The PerfectWave series is a system - designed to be used together for best benefit - although each of the components within that system can be used as standalone pieces.
The system’s philosophical beginnings centred on a somewhat radical concept: that we could create a high-end digital audio system that transcended the performance issues of storage, media type and data delivery. We reasoned that all digital audio data should provide the same level of performance regardless of whether it was stored on optical discs, hard drives, solid state memory or even, for that matter, over the internet. After all, “bits-is-bits”. But we knew that “bits-aren’t-bits” because they sounded differently; CDs sounded different than the same recording ripped to a hard drive, or streamed over the internet. We knew that from a theoretical standpoint this shouldn’t be and set out to design a system that transcended these limitations.
We first experimented with modified PC motherboards and output cards to extract and manage the data from both a hard drive and a ROM drive. These experiments quickly convinced us that no PC equipment could be used as their environments were too noisy and the peripherals (sound cards and interfaces) measured well but relied on massive data manipulation and sample rate conversion to achieve low jitter. Had we stayed the course with using computer parts placed in a nice high-end audio chassis, we would have been to market a year earlier and competed with those manufacturers that have chosen this route. But our goals were loftier than this and we trudged onward from the ground up with a custom solution which you now are about to enjoy. No computer parts were used in the building of this remarkable system.
The transport you have in your possession is the first primary piece in that system demonstrating this concept’s successful conclusion. Two years in design and thousands of hours of programming later we are pleased to present the world’s best digital audio pieces. The Perfect Wave Transport reads data only from the disc and then stores the data in the digital lens, a solid state memory buffer. This allows the PWT to reread the disc multiple times to produce true bit for bit, jitter free playback.
The PWT is the first transport to natively playback HRX high resolution discs. The PWT supports Redbook CD’s, recordable CD’s, and DVD’s containing WAV files at resolutions up to 24-bit 192 kHz.
When connected using the I2S output the PWT is jitter free. With more traditional outputs such as AES/EBU, Coaxial Digital and TOSlink the output also delivers extremely low jitter.
The PWT features a network connection for Album Art display and metadata downloads. Additionally when combined with the PS Audio Controller application the PWT is fully controllable over the network.

Features

Full Colour Touchscreen Displays Song Title and Cover Art
PS Audio Digital Lens for True Bit for Bit Accuracy
Asynchronous Clock ensures jitter free playback
HRX & High Resolution Files up to 24-bit 192 kHz

Physical Specifications

Dimensions: 430 (W) x 360 (D) x 100 (H) mm
Weight: 13.5 kg

Turnaround

Orders will usually dispatched within 2 working days of receiving cleared payment.

Shipping Rates

We calculate your shipping rate based on the total weight of your items and your delivery address. Standard shipping to the UK Mainland (excludes Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands) is free, except where specifically indicated. Don't worry, you'll always see the final shipping charge displayed before you reach the payment step (on the checkout page).

Carriers

We despatch the bulk of our UK mainland items on a 24 hour service.  Non-Mainland locations – Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, the Scilly Isles, the Scottish highlands and Islands, the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland may take a day or so longer. Smaller items are delivered using Royal Mail 24 or special delivery. Larger items are delivered using a courier service such as UPS and occasionally by a Pallet service.

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