Owners Manual

4865 Sterling Drive, Boulder, CO 80301 Quick Start Guide

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Quick Start Guide

Owner’s Reference DirectStream DAC

phono or equalized input of any type.

Once everything has been connected, use a high quality AC cable to power DirectStream.

DACs in particular are quite sensitive to AC power and produce a bit of line noise

themselves. Make sure you have a high quality shielded power cable to power

DirectStream, and a Power Plant if possible.

PS Audio produces an entire line of high quality shielded power cables that are generally

accepted as being some of the best in the industry. Whatever you choose, make sure it

honors the music.

Turn the AC power switch in the rear of DirectStream to the ON position. The power switch

is located just above the AC inlet.

As soon as the switch is activated the front panel touch screen will display the initializing

screen. This screen shows when DirectStream’s internal “engine” is being loaded with the

rmware that runs DirectStream.

After the initializing screen, you will see the main screen of DirectStream.

The front panel PS logo button, located on the upper left hand corner of the unit, is the Ready/

Operation Mode control for DirectStream. This control has two modes: Ready Mode and

Operational Mode. Ready Mode (Standby) is designed to keep power on to critical internal

circuitry including power supply capacitors, thermally sensitive semiconductors and integrated

circuits.

Press this front panel button to

activate the Ready Mode or to

place DirectStream in Operational

Mode. When pressed to activate

the Ready Mode, the display as

well as the outputs are turned o,

but all the unit’s critical internal

circuitry remains active.

If you wish to conserve energy

consumed by DirectStream it

will be necessary to use the rear

panel power switch. Using this rear panel switch will remove power from critical components and

in order to gain maximum performance levels you will need to turn DirectStream’s power on at

Control and

Operation

Front Panel

Standby Button

Standby or Operate