PS Audio PMG Signature CD Transport

PS Audio PMG Signature CD Transport

This is PS Audio's statement piece, and it defines state-of-the-art disc playback. From the first notes, you’ll hear the staggering leap in performance it brings. Its secret? A fully galvanically isolated output stage that physically and electrically separates the delicate digital audio stream from its noisy environment, dramatically lowering jitter and noise. Hear more than you ever imagined from your discs with the PMG Signature SACD Transport—the finest PS Audio have built in over four decades.

Design

43 years after the introduction of the CD, PS engineers have continued our quest for perfection in the art of data extraction and delivery so you can finally hear what’s been locked away in your CD and SACD collection. The PMG Signature SACD Transport is our most advanced optical disc transport. New to this model—and for that matter, any disc player ever made—is our galvanically isolated output stage. By coupling the output of the drive mechanism to the PMG’s internal Digital Lens by nothing more than a pulse of energy across space, any hints of noise or ground contamination are eliminated. The results of this complete isolation are magical: a previously unheard level of image separation, openness, and effortless reproduction. Never have we experienced noise levels this low—a seemingly velvet blackness that must be experienced to understand.

Application

CD, data discs, and SACD reproduction is unequaled by any other player we know of. CDs played through the PMG Signature SACD Transport come closer than ever to high-resolution PCM and DSD, uncovering new layers of dimensionality, soundstage, depth, and musicality previously unobtainable in other optical readers or server-based audio systems. Like its predecessor, the PerefectWave SACD Transport, the PMG Signature opens the long-restricted DSD layer of SACD to PS Audio DACs. The PMG will deliver the raw DSD layer of copyright-protected SACD directly into your PS Audio DAC through I²S. This means that you’ll uncover the wealth of audio’s finest digital medium, DSD, and hear exactly what the mastering engineers who created these discs have enjoyed all along. Hear what you’ve been missing with the PMG Signature SACD Transport.

Technology

If you’re like most of us, you still have a cherished library of physical discs. There’s something timeless about opening a jewel case or sliding a disc from its sleeve—the feel, the ritual, the music waiting inside. Even in today’s world of streaming, CDs, SACDs, and data discs often deliver the best sound in a system—when paired with a truly exceptional transport. None are finer or better sounding than the PMG Signature SACD Transport. This is our statement piece, and it defines state-of-the-art disc playback. From the first notes, you’ll hear the staggering leap in performance it brings. Its secret? A fully galvanically isolated output stage that physically and electrically separates the delicate digital audio stream from its noisy environment, dramatically lowering jitter and noise. Hear more than you ever imagined from your discs with the PMG Signature SACD Transport—the finest we’ve built in over four decades.

PS Audio PMG Signature CD Transport Specification:

• Supported File Formats:
  • WAV/FLAC/AIFF (~192kHz/24bit)
  • DSD (~5.6MHz)
  • ALAC (~96kHz/24bit)
  • MP3/WMA/AAC (~48kHz/320bps)
• Optical Discs: SACD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R*/-RW*/+R*/+RW* (*Audio data file only)
• USB Drive: USB Flash Drive with audio files
• XLR Balanced: 2 outputs for PCM and DoP (Use in tandem for double-rate DoP)
• BNC: 2 outputs for PCM and DoP (Use in tandem for double-rate DoP)
• I2S: 1 I2S output for PCM and DSD (raw)
• Coax: 1 output for PCM and DoP
• RJ45 and WiFi: Ethernet and WiFi for over-the-air code updates
• Input Power: 120VAC or 230VAC, 50 or 60Hz
• Power Consumption: 30W
• Unit Dimensions: 17.5″w x 4″h x 14.5″d [44.45 cm x 10.16 cm x 36.83 cm]
• Unit Weight: 30 lbs [13.6 kg]
• Color Options: Black, Silver
• Shipping Weight: 40 lbs [18.2 kg]
• Shipping Dimensions: 25″w x 10″h x 22.5″d [63.5 cm x 25.4 cm x 57.2 cm]