I have received pst-8d yesterday due to UPS delay.
I haven't listen my system with pst-8d much, so I'll just post my initial impression.
I didn't have any noise problem so I can't tell how well pst-8d suppress the noise. For the sound characteristic/color change, there were none. Only thing that I notice was it removed certain harshness that I was having without taking away detail. I think because of this, overall sound quality seems improved on detail. I don't have any measuring tool so I just measured with my own hearing(not accurate) by changing my dac1's output from variable(volume nob all the way) to calibrated(almost max volume).
When I first listen without pst-8d, I hear far more detail with variable output setting with volume nob on my dac1 to full than calibrated output. But I felt harshness on some songs and especially at climax(I think due to record mastering). With pst-8d I heard almost same detail whether I put it on variable or calibrated with less harshness or much smoothness. Only difference was how loud music heard.
This could be just Placebo but so far, I continue to hear difference. I'll use it for while and when I get used to the sound, I'll probably remove pst-8d from my system and see if I hear any difference at that point.
Overall I think it's good protection/conditioning for price.
I haven't listen my system with pst-8d much, so I'll just post my initial impression.
I didn't have any noise problem so I can't tell how well pst-8d suppress the noise. For the sound characteristic/color change, there were none. Only thing that I notice was it removed certain harshness that I was having without taking away detail. I think because of this, overall sound quality seems improved on detail. I don't have any measuring tool so I just measured with my own hearing(not accurate) by changing my dac1's output from variable(volume nob all the way) to calibrated(almost max volume).
When I first listen without pst-8d, I hear far more detail with variable output setting with volume nob on my dac1 to full than calibrated output. But I felt harshness on some songs and especially at climax(I think due to record mastering). With pst-8d I heard almost same detail whether I put it on variable or calibrated with less harshness or much smoothness. Only difference was how loud music heard.
This could be just Placebo but so far, I continue to hear difference. I'll use it for while and when I get used to the sound, I'll probably remove pst-8d from my system and see if I hear any difference at that point.
Overall I think it's good protection/conditioning for price.
