{"title":"dCS Music Systems","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"varese-dcsaudio","title":"Varèse Music System","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pa-d5\" style=\"color:#080808;line-height:1.6;font-size:15px\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:11.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8d1935;font-weight:600\"\u003edCS · Varèse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.45;font-weight:600\"\u003eThe dCS flagship: a five-chassis digital front end built around the Differential Ring DAC in true mono, with a dedicated Core for streaming and processing, a Master Clock using dCS Tomix timing, and a single ACTUS cable to each box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"display:inline-block;margin:0 0 18px;padding:4px 10px;border:1px solid #d8d5ce;border-radius:2px;font-size:13px;color:#55524c\"\u003eSystem price: Varèse Core, Mono DAC pair, Master Clock and User Interface with four 1.5 m ACTUS cables, as dCS's published example system. Remote Control, I\/O Module and Varèse Transport are optional extras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:1px;background:#d8d5ce;border:1px solid #d8d5ce;margin:0 0 22px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e−118 dB0\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eresidual noise, 20 Hz–20 kHz (APEX products: −113 dB0)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e2×\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003ethe current sources of the APEX Ring DAC, run differentially\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003eDSD512\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003emaximum DSD; PCM to 24-bit\/384 kS\/s\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e5\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003echassis: Core, two Mono DACs, Master Clock, User Interface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eVarèse is the first dCS system built around the Differential Ring DAC, and it changes the shape of a dCS system as much as the converter inside it. For thirty years the Ring DAC has been a bank of equal-value current sources switched by an FPGA, with a mapping algorithm choosing which sources fire for each sample so that component tolerances average out as low-level noise rather than signal-correlated distortion. Varèse doubles the number of current sources and runs them in a new differential mode, which dCS calls the biggest change to its converter in a generation. The published results are residual noise better than −118 dB0 and spurious responses better than −115 dB0 across the audio band, against −113 dB0 and −105 dB0 for the APEX generation. Each channel gets its own Mono DAC chassis with its own transformer, supplies and analog output stage, so left and right conversion share no enclosure, no ground and no power supply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eEverything upstream of conversion lives in the Core, a 244 mm-tall chassis that handles input selection, network streaming, upsampling, noise shaping and filtering, and sends finished data to each Mono DAC. The Master Clock supplies the timing reference, and the User Interface, a full-color touch screen with album art, queue and settings, is a separate box so that neither display nor control electronics share an enclosure with the converters. The link between them is ACTUS, a dCS interface carried on a single cable of six twisted pairs from the Core to each component. It carries asynchronous, error-corrected audio, control data and the master clock signal using dCS Tomix, a patented clocking method developed because, in dCS's words, no existing protocol achieved perfect synchronicity over an IP-style link. Tomix keeps both Mono DACs converting on the same sample edge, so there are no word clock cables, no sync-mode menus and no question of which unit is master. Compared with a Vivaldi stack, which needs Dual AES and three word clock runs, Varèse connects with one cable per box plus mains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eThe analog output is two balanced pairs on XLR and two unbalanced pairs on RCA, with full-scale levels of 0.2 V, 0.6 V, 2 V or 6 V set in the menu; the balanced output impedance is 1.5 Ω and the unbalanced 52 Ω, into a recommended 10 kΩ–100 kΩ load. The digital volume control, operated from the User Interface, the Mosaic ACTUS app or the optional Bluetooth Remote Control, is intended to feed power amplifiers directly, which is how most Varèse systems are run. Paul Miller's lab report for Hi-Fi News measured an A-weighted signal-to-noise ratio of 118.1 dB, distortion of 0.00003% at 1 kHz and full scale, jitter of about 5 ps and a balanced source impedance of 0.55 Ω, with the linear-phase filter flat to 20 kHz and −0.6 dB at 45 kHz; the magazine's 94% verdict called the system \"a monumental achievement\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eJason Victor Serinus's review in Stereophile made Varèse the magazine's 2025 Digital Source Component of the Year. He wrote that with three guitarists playing at once \"every note was 100% clear\", heard no distortion to distract from the playing, and concluded that \"the more you listen to Varèse, the more obvious its distinct magic becomes\". Alan Sircom in Hi-Fi+ described the effect as \"being in the studio\" and called the system \"a lens on your music, not a microscope on a musical experiment\". The common thread in these accounts is not analytical detail but ease: a very low noise floor and stable left-right timing let dense recordings separate into individual lines without any sense of effort, and the character holds at low volume as well as high. Six PCM filters, the DSD filter set and three Ring DAC mapper settings are available in Mosaic ACTUS for owners who want to tune the presentation; the dCS defaults are a sensible place to start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eAs standard the Core streams over Ethernet (Roon Ready, UPnP, the services in the Mosaic ACTUS app) and plays from USB storage; PCM is accepted to 24-bit\/384 kS\/s and DSD from DSD64 to DSD512. The optional I\/O Module, fitted at the factory or by the dealer, adds a USB-B input for servers and computers, three AES\/EBU inputs (AES 1+2 usable as a Dual AES pair to 384 kS\/s) for transports and other digital sources, an S\/PDIF output and a word clock output. For CD and SACD the matching \u003ca href=\"\/products\/varese-transport\"\u003eVarèse Transport\u003c\/a\u003e reads discs in their native format and sends the data to the Core over its own ACTUS cable. The system listed here is dCS's own published example, priced from the dCS US price list effective 1 October 2026: the Varèse Core ($102,000), the Mono DAC pair ($114,410), the Master Clock ($40,205) and the User Interface ($22,000), with four 1.5 m ACTUS cables ($3,795 each), for $293,795. The Remote Control ($1,500), I\/O Module ($15,500) and Transport ($41,205) are quoted separately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 20px\"\u003eVarèse sits above \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vivaldi-apex-dac\"\u003eVivaldi APEX\u003c\/a\u003e, which remains in the range as a four-box stack with the APEX Ring DAC, and differs from it in three respects: a separate DAC chassis for each channel, the Differential Ring DAC, and the replacement of word clock and AES links with ACTUS. It is a system that rewards a power amplifier of comparable resolution driven directly from its volume control. We most often plan it with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/boulder-2160\"\u003eBoulder 2160\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/boulder-3060\"\u003eBoulder 3060\u003c\/a\u003e stereo amplifiers, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/218-amplifier\"\u003eBurmester 218\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/159\"\u003eBurmester 159\u003c\/a\u003e, or the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/reference-330m-monoblock-power-amplifier\"\u003eAudio Research Reference 330M\u003c\/a\u003e monoblocks, feeding loudspeakers such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magico-s7-2026\"\u003eMagico S7\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magico-m7\"\u003eMagico M7\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magico-m9\"\u003eMagico M9\u003c\/a\u003e or the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/sonus-faber-aida-ii-loudspeaker\"\u003eSonus faber Aida II\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/suprema\"\u003eSuprema\u003c\/a\u003e, on an HRS rack sized for five full-width chassis and the ACTUS bend radius. Ask us to arrange an extended audition in Portland, with the Transport if discs matter to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-size:14px;color:#55524c\"\u003eEach technology below is explained in depth in \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#pa-technologies\"\u003ethe dCS technology library\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#pa-heritage\"\u003ethe dCS story\u003c\/a\u003e follows the company from radar converters in 1987 to the Varèse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-size:14px;color:#55524c\"\u003eThe Varèse is compared with the Rossini and Vivaldi stacks on \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-stacks-compared\"\u003ethe dCS stacks page\u003c\/a\u003e; its two apps are explained in \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-mosaic-and-mosaic-actus\"\u003eMosaic and Mosaic ACTUS\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eKey technologies\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 20px;padding-left:18px\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDifferential Ring DAC.\u003c\/strong\u003e Twice the current sources of the APEX Ring DAC, run in a new differential mode; residual noise better than −118 dB0 and spurious responses better than −115 dB0. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-differential-ring-dac\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrue mono.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each channel has its own Mono DAC chassis with its own transformer, power supplies and analog output stage, so left and right share no enclosure or ground. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-differential-ring-dac\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarèse Core.\u003c\/strong\u003e A dedicated chassis for input selection, network streaming, upsampling, noise shaping and filtering, sending finished data to each Mono DAC. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-differential-ring-dac\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eACTUS.\u003c\/strong\u003e One cable of six twisted copper pairs from the Core to each component carries asynchronous, error-corrected audio, control data and the clock signal. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-actus\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003edCS Tomix.\u003c\/strong\u003e A patented clocking method that embeds timing in the ACTUS link and keeps both Mono DACs converting on the same sample edge, with no word clock cables or sync settings. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-actus\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarèse Master Clock.\u003c\/strong\u003e dCS's lowest-jitter, lowest-drift reference to date, distributed to every chassis over ACTUS. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-master-clocking\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeparate User Interface.\u003c\/strong\u003e A full-color touch screen in its own chassis, so display and control electronics never share an enclosure with conversion; Bluetooth LE link to the optional Remote Control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMosaic ACTUS.\u003c\/strong\u003e Streaming, library browsing, filter and mapper selection and system settings from the app, the touch screen or the Remote Control; field-updatable software. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-actus\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eFinishes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style:none;margin:0 0 6px;padding:0\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 18px;width:18px;height:18px;border-radius:50%;background:#c3c4c6;border:1px solid #d8d5ce\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilver\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color:#55524c\"\u003eanodized aluminum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 18px;width:18px;height:18px;border-radius:50%;background:#1d1d1f;border:1px solid #d8d5ce\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color:#55524c\"\u003eanodized aluminum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 20px;font-size:13.5px;color:#55524c\"\u003eBoth finishes are the same price. Allow 60 mm extra depth behind each chassis for the ACTUS connectors and 120 mm for cable bend radius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails open style=\"border-top:1px solid #080808;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:12px 0;font-size:16px;font-weight:600\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin:0 0 14px\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eSystem comprises\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eVarèse Core, 2 × Mono DAC, Master Clock and User Interface, with four 1.5 m ACTUS cables: $293,795 (dCS US price list, 1 October 2026). Optional: Remote Control $1,500; I\/O Module $15,500; Varèse Transport $41,205\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eConverter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003edCS Differential Ring DAC, one per channel in separate Mono DAC chassis; twice the current sources of the APEX Ring DAC with differential operation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eSample rates \/ formats\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003ePCM 44.1–384 kS\/s up to 24-bit; DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 and DSD512; native DSD and DoP; FLAC, WAV, AIFF\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eUpsampling \/ processing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eAll upsampling, noise shaping and filtering performed in the Varèse Core before transmission to the Mono DACs over ACTUS; PCM and DSD filter sets and three mapper settings selectable\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eDigital inputs (standard)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eEthernet (RJ45) for network streaming; USB-A for mass storage; ACTUS input for the optional Varèse Transport\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eDigital I\/O Module (optional)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eUSB-B 2.0 (24-bit 44.1–384 kS\/s PCM, DSD64\/128 DoP); 3 × AES\/EBU on XLR (24-bit 44.1–192 kS\/s, DSD64 DoP), AES 1+2 usable as a Dual AES pair (88.2–384 kS\/s, DSD64\/128 DoP); 1 × S\/PDIF output on RCA (to 192 kS\/s); 1 × word clock output on BNC (44.1 or 48 kHz, following the input rate)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eNetwork \/ streaming\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eEthernet streaming via the dCS Mosaic ACTUS app; Roon Ready; UPnP; Qobuz, TIDAL Connect, Spotify and other services\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eAnalog outputs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003e2 × balanced stereo pairs on 4 × XLR (1.5 Ω); 2 × unbalanced stereo pairs on 4 × RCA (52 Ω); 0.2 V, 0.6 V, 2 V or 6 V rms full scale, set in the menu; 600 Ω minimum load, 10 kΩ–100 kΩ recommended\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eClocking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eVarèse Master Clock distributes dCS Tomix timing over ACTUS to every component; no word clock cabling required\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eVolume control\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eDigital volume control via the User Interface, Mosaic ACTUS or the optional Remote Control (Bluetooth LE, USB-C charged, CNC-machined aluminum)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eResidual noise \/ spurious responses\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eBetter than −118 dB0 and better than −115 dB0, 20 Hz–20 kHz (dCS). Hi-Fi News measured 118.1 dB A-weighted S\/N, 0.00003% THD at 1 kHz and ~5 ps jitter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eDimensions (H × W × D)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eCore 244 × 444 × 438 mm (9.7 × 17.5 × 17.3 in); Mono DAC, each, 131 × 444 × 437 mm (5.2 × 17.5 × 17.3 in); Master Clock 131 × 444 × 437 mm; User Interface 131 × 444 × 450 mm (5.2 × 17.5 × 17.8 in, including Bluetooth aerial); optional Transport 131 × 444 × 437 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eCore 33.1 kg (73 lb); Mono DAC 18.7 kg (41.3 lb) each; Master Clock 15.7 kg (34.7 lb); User Interface 14.6 kg (32.2 lb); optional Transport 20.1 kg (44.3 lb)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003ePower\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eSelf-selecting 100, 115, 220 or 230 V, 50–60 Hz; in use 30 W, standby under 2 W, sleep under 0.5 W (dCS spec sheet)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eSilver or black anodized aluminum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eWarranty\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003e3 years parts and labor, original owner (dCS)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:13px\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dcsaudio.com\/product\/varese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003edCS Varèse product page and specifications\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-top:1px solid #080808;border-bottom:1px solid #080808;margin:0 0 22px\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:12px 0;font-size:16px;font-weight:600\"\u003eWhere it sits in the range\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding:0 0 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px\"\u003eThe top of the dCS range, above Vivaldi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/lina-network-dac\"\u003edCS Lina Network DAC\u003c\/a\u003e: half-width Ring DAC network DAC with Expanse headphone processing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/lina-x\"\u003edCS Lina DAC X\u003c\/a\u003e: full-width Lina with rotary volume control and remote\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/bartok-network-dac\"\u003edCS Bartók APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e: first full-size dCS DAC, Ring DAC APEX, streaming built in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/bartok-apex-headphone-dac\"\u003edCS Bartók APEX Headphone DAC\u003c\/a\u003e: Bartók APEX with a Class A headphone amplifier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-network-dac\"\u003edCS Rossini APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e: the APEX Ring DAC with a Rossini Master Clock and Transport as partners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-apex-player\"\u003edCS Rossini APEX Player\u003c\/a\u003e: Rossini APEX DAC with a CD mechanism built in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vivaldi-apex-dac\"\u003edCS Vivaldi APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e: dedicated converter; streaming and upsampling in the Vivaldi Upsampler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003edCS Varèse Music System\u003c\/strong\u003e (this model)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0\"\u003eThe matching disc source is the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/varese-transport\"\u003eVarèse Transport\u003c\/a\u003e, sold separately and connected to the Core by a single ACTUS cable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 22px;padding-left:18px\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/stereophile.com\/content\/dcs-var%C3%A8se-music-system-da-processor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStereophile: dCS Varèse Music System D\/A processor\u003c\/a\u003e (Jason Victor Serinus, May 2025)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/stereophile.com\/content\/stereophiles-products-2025-digital-source-component-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStereophile: 2025 Digital Source Component of the Year, dCS Varèse\u003c\/a\u003e (December 2025)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hifinews.com\/node\/134305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHi-Fi News: dCS Varèse streamer\/DAC\u003c\/a\u003e (Andrew Everard, lab report Paul Miller, February 2025)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hifiplus.com\/articles\/dcs-varese-digital-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHi-Fi+: dCS Varèse digital system\u003c\/a\u003e (Alan Sircom, November 2025)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 18px;background:#f7f6f2;border-left:3px solid #8d1935\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-weight:600\"\u003ePlan your dCS system with Pearl Audio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:14px\"\u003ePearl Audio is an authorized dCS dealer. Ask us to arrange an extended audition of the Varèse Music System in our Portland showroom, and to quote the Remote Control, I\/O Module or Varèse Transport with it. Call \u003ca href=\"tel:+15032222599\"\u003e(503) 222-2599\u003c\/a\u003e or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:sales@pearlaudio.com?subject=dCS%20Var%C3%A8se%20Music%20System\"\u003esales@pearlaudio.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"dCS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42843238039650,"sku":null,"price":293795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2475\/2780\/files\/pearl-dcs-varese-system-front-stack_c9372164-eab7-492f-9f87-d0f6a9a24559.jpg?v=1793262919"},{"product_id":"dcs-vivaldi-stack","title":"Vivaldi Music System","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pa-d5\" style=\"color:#080808;line-height:1.6;font-size:15px\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:11.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8d1935;font-weight:600\"\u003edCS · Vivaldi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.45;font-weight:600\"\u003eThe four-box dCS Vivaldi: a chassis that only converts, a chassis that only streams and upsamples, a chassis that only keeps time, and a transport, each with its own power supplies and each updatable on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"display:inline-block;margin:0 0 18px;padding:4px 10px;border:1px solid #d8d5ce;border-radius:2px;font-size:13px;color:#55524c\"\u003eStack price: Vivaldi APEX DAC, Vivaldi Upsampler, Vivaldi Master Clock and Vivaldi Transport II, priced as the sum of the four components at dCS's current US list. Each is also sold separately; the Transport II can be left out for a three-box streaming system. \u003cstrong\u003eCables are not included:\u003c\/strong\u003e a four-box Vivaldi needs two Dual AES pairs, five word clock cables and a network cable, and we quote Nordost cabling for it separately; the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/varese-dcsaudio\"\u003eVarèse\u003c\/a\u003e is supplied with its four ACTUS cables.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:1px;background:#d8d5ce;border:1px solid #d8d5ce;margin:0 0 22px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e4\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003echassis: APEX DAC, Upsampler, Master Clock, Transport II\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e−113 dB0\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eresidual noise, 20 Hz–20 kHz (dCS figure for the APEX generation)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e6 MHz\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eRing DAC APEX operation on Mappers 1 and 3; 3 MHz on Mapper 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e8\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eword clock outputs on the Master Clock, in two groups, so every box locks to one reference\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eVivaldi is the dCS architecture in its classic form, and the system that defined the modern company when it was unveiled in Hong Kong in 2012. The principle is one job per chassis. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vivaldi-apex-dac\"\u003eVivaldi APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e holds the Ring DAC APEX board, the dCS Digital Processing Platform and the analog output stage, and nothing that streams, switches or displays. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dcs-vivaldi-upsampler\"\u003eVivaldi Upsampler\u003c\/a\u003e does everything before conversion: it is the system's network streamer and takes USB, AES and S\/PDIF sources, raises any of them to DXD, DSD or DSDx2 on its own supplies, and hands finished data to the DAC over Dual AES. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dcs-vivaldi-master-clock\"\u003eVivaldi Master Clock\u003c\/a\u003e is a Class 1 reference with eight outputs in two groups, so that DAC, Upsampler and Transport all lock to one source, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vivaldi-transport-ii\"\u003eVivaldi Transport II\u003c\/a\u003e plays SACD as native DSD and can upsample CD before it leaves the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eThe reason for the separation is noise. A converter is only as quiet as its reference supply and its summing stage, and both are disturbed by the processors, network interfaces and switching supplies that a one-box player has to carry. Moving them out is why a Vivaldi stack measures and sounds quieter than a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dcs-rossini-stack\"\u003eRossini stack\u003c\/a\u003e built on the same generation of Ring DAC: John Atkinson's measurements of the Vivaldi APEX DAC in Stereophile found THD+N of 0.00026 percent at 6 V into 600 Ω, the third harmonic at −127 dB and linearity accurate to about −135 dBFS. It is also why the system ages well. The streaming board is the part of any digital front end most likely to be revised, and dCS has revised it, as the Upsampler Plus, while the DAC has needed one hardware change, APEX, since 2012; earlier Vivaldi DACs can be upgraded to it at the factory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eWhat you hear is ease rather than detail for its own sake: dense recordings come apart into separate lines without effort, the image holds still as the volume changes, and the background between notes is very dark. Jason Victor Serinus, comparing the Vivaldi APEX with the Rossini APEX in Stereophile, heard a greater sense of air, space and detail, richer tone and a more natural flow. The cost of the architecture is cabling, Dual AES between the boxes and a word clock run to each, and that is the problem the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/varese-dcsaudio\"\u003eVarèse\u003c\/a\u003e was designed to remove; the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-stacks-compared\"\u003ecomparison page\u003c\/a\u003e sets the three stacks side by side. Each box is opened and explained above, and the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story\"\u003edCS story\u003c\/a\u003e page covers the technologies in depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eOn our floor the Vivaldi stack sits on an HRS rack and is most often heard with Burmester, Boulder or Audio Research amplification into Magico, Sonus faber or Bowers \u0026amp; Wilkins loudspeakers. We set up the clock links and the Mosaic app ourselves at delivery, and we can demonstrate the Master Clock's contribution by switching it in and out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eKey technologies\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 20px;padding-left:18px\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRing DAC APEX.\u003c\/strong\u003e dCS's own discrete converter, 48 equal-value current sources switched by an FPGA under a mapping algorithm, in its 2022 hardware revision: a lower-impedance reference supply, a more symmetrical summing stage and a new output stage, about 12 dB more linear than the previous board. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-ring-dac-apex\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA chassis that only converts.\u003c\/strong\u003e The DAC carries no network board, no upsampler and no display driver; the Upsampler, the Clock and the Transport each have their own supplies. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-stacks-compared\"\u003eWhy that matters, tier by tier\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUpsampling in its own box.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Vivaldi Upsampler resamples every source to DXD, DSD or DSDx2 with a choice of filters for each conversion, and is the system's streamer: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-mosaic-and-mosaic-actus\"\u003eMosaic\u003c\/a\u003e, Roon Ready, Qobuz, TIDAL, UPnP, AirPlay. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-upsampling-and-filters\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVivaldi Master Clock.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two crystal oscillators, one per sample-rate family, calibrated across temperature; eight independently buffered word clock outputs in two groups; input for a 10 MHz external reference. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-master-clocking\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDual AES.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two AES cables carry one high-rate stream between the boxes, up to 384 kS\/s PCM or DSD128, and encrypted native DSD from the Transport. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-dual-aes\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVivaldi Transport II.\u003c\/strong\u003e A dual-wavelength laser SACD\/CD mechanism in a 23 kg chassis; SACD as native DSD, CD upsampled to DXD, DSD or DSDx2 before it leaves, locked to the Master Clock. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-transports\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoftware-defined.\u003c\/strong\u003e Filters, Mappers and streaming services arrive as free firmware; Vivaldi 2.0 remade the system in 2015–16 and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-mosaic-and-mosaic-actus\"\u003eMosaic\u003c\/a\u003e in 2019. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-digital-processing-platform\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eFinishes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style:none;margin:0 0 6px;padding:0\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 18px;width:18px;height:18px;border-radius:50%;background:#c3c4c6;border:1px solid #d8d5ce\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilver\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color:#55524c\"\u003eanodized aluminum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 18px;width:18px;height:18px;border-radius:50%;background:#1d1d1f;border:1px solid #d8d5ce\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color:#55524c\"\u003eanodized aluminum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 20px;font-size:13.5px;color:#55524c\"\u003eBoth finishes are the same price; every box in the stack is ordered in the same finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails open style=\"border-top:1px solid #080808;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:12px 0;font-size:16px;font-weight:600\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin:0 0 14px\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eStack comprises\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eVivaldi APEX DAC ($52,500), Vivaldi Upsampler ($34,400), Vivaldi Master Clock ($25,900), Vivaldi Transport II ($41,000): $153,800 at dCS's current US list\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eConverter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003edCS Ring DAC APEX, stereo, in the Vivaldi APEX DAC; 48 current sources per channel; 6 MHz on Mappers 1 and 3, 3 MHz on Mapper 2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eSample rates \/ formats\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003ePCM 44.1–384 kS\/s up to 24-bit; DSD64 and DSD128; DXD, DSD and DSDx2 between Upsampler and DAC over Dual AES\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eStreaming\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eIn the Upsampler: Ethernet (dCS Mosaic, Roon Ready, Qobuz, TIDAL, Spotify, Deezer, UPnP, AirPlay, internet radio), USB-A storage, asynchronous USB-B\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eClocking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eVivaldi Master Clock: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz on eight 75 Ω BNC outputs in two independently buffered groups; ±0.1 ppm typical once stabilized; external 1, 5 or 10 MHz reference input\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eDisc\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eVivaldi Transport II: CD and SACD; SACD output as encrypted native DSD; CD as 16-bit\/44.1 or upsampled to DXD, DSD or DSDx2; word clock input at 44.1, 88.2 or 176.4 kHz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eAnalog outputs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eBalanced XLR and unbalanced RCA from the DAC at 0.2, 0.6, 2 or 6 V full scale; digital volume control for direct connection to power amplifiers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eResidual noise\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eBetter than −113 dB0, 20 Hz–20 kHz (dCS figure, APEX generation); Upsampler spurious responses better than −100 dB0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eDimensions, each chassis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003e444 mm wide; DAC, Upsampler and Clock 151 mm tall, Transport II 178 mm; weights 16.2, 14.2, 13.6 and 23 kg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eCabling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eDual AES Upsampler to DAC and Transport to Upsampler; one word clock cable per box (two to the DAC); Ethernet to the Upsampler. Not included; we quote Nordost Dual AES, 75 Ω clock and Ethernet cables with the stack\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:18px 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 20px;padding-left:18px\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stereophile.com\/content\/dcs-vivaldi-apex-da-processor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStereophile: dCS Vivaldi APEX D\/A processor\u003c\/a\u003e (Jason Victor Serinus, measurements John Atkinson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hifinews.com\/content\/dcs-vivaldi-apex-outboard-dac-apex-ring-dac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHi-Fi News: dCS Vivaldi APEX, inside the APEX Ring DAC\u003c\/a\u003e (Paul Miller, June 2022)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stereonet.com\/news\/dcs-vivaldi-transport-mark-ii-launched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStereoNET: dCS Vivaldi Transport II launched\u003c\/a\u003e (October 2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hifiplus.com\/articles\/dcs-vivaldi-2-0-digital-playback-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHi-Fi+: dCS Vivaldi 2.0 digital playback system\u003c\/a\u003e (Chris Thomas, January 2017)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 18px;background:#f7f6f2;border-left:3px solid #8d1935\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-weight:600\"\u003ePlan your dCS system with Pearl Audio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:14px\"\u003ePearl Audio is an authorized dCS dealer and keeps the Vivaldi stack on demonstration in Portland. Ask us to arrange an extended audition, to hear it against the Rossini and Varèse stacks in the same room, or to quote the three-box system without the Transport II. Call \u003ca href=\"tel:+15032222599\"\u003e(503) 222-2599\u003c\/a\u003e or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:sales@pearlaudio.com?subject=dCS%20Vivaldi%20Stack\"\u003esales@pearlaudio.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"dCS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911776604258,"sku":null,"price":153800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2475\/2780\/files\/pearl-dcs-vivaldi-stack-front-v2_a77527ac-976c-4943-ab72-eb967519bf9b.jpg?v=1793993090"},{"product_id":"dcs-rossini-stack","title":"Rossini Music System","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pa-d5\" style=\"color:#080808;line-height:1.6;font-size:15px\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:11.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8d1935;font-weight:600\"\u003edCS · Rossini\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.45;font-weight:600\"\u003eThe three-box dCS Rossini: a one-box Ring DAC APEX player that streams, upsamples and drives a power amplifier directly, with the Master Clock and the Transport that dCS designed to complete it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"display:inline-block;margin:0 0 18px;padding:4px 10px;border:1px solid #d8d5ce;border-radius:2px;font-size:13px;color:#55524c\"\u003eStack price: Rossini APEX DAC, Rossini Master Clock and Rossini Transport, priced as the sum of the three components at dCS's current US list. Each is also sold separately; the DAC alone is a complete dCS front end, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-apex-player\"\u003eRossini APEX Player\u003c\/a\u003e puts DAC and disc mechanism in one chassis (\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/rossini-player-or-stack\"\u003ePlayer or stack?\u003c\/a\u003e). \u003cstrong\u003eCables are not included:\u003c\/strong\u003e the stack needs a Dual AES pair, three word clock cables and a network cable, and we quote Nordost cabling for it separately; the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/varese-dcsaudio\"\u003eVarèse\u003c\/a\u003e is supplied with its four ACTUS cables.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:1px;background:#d8d5ce;border:1px solid #d8d5ce;margin:0 0 22px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e3\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003echassis: APEX DAC, Master Clock, Transport\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e−113 dB0\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eresidual noise, 24-bit, 20 Hz–20 kHz (dCS figure)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e6 MHz\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eRing DAC APEX operation on Mappers 1 and 3; 3 MHz on Mapper 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f7f6f2;padding:12px 14px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:20px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.2\"\u003e2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eStereophile Digital Component of the Year, Rossini APEX DAC\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-network-dac\"\u003eRossini APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e is the point at which a one-box dCS system is complete. Inside are the APEX version of the Ring DAC, a full streaming front end running \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-mosaic-and-mosaic-actus\"\u003edCS Mosaic\u003c\/a\u003e, multi-stage upsampling to DXD or DSD on the dCS Digital Processing Platform, six PCM filters and three Mapper settings, and a digital volume control good enough to feed power amplifiers directly. Everything the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dcs-vivaldi-stack\"\u003eVivaldi stack\u003c\/a\u003e spreads across three chassis lives here on one set of power supplies, which is what makes Rossini the sensible first dCS and the reference against which the bigger systems are measured (the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-first-system-compared\"\u003eLina, Bartók and Rossini\u003c\/a\u003e stacks are compared for a first system on their own page). Jason Victor Serinus wrote in Stereophile that the APEX version \"is more than another upgrade; it's a major advance in digital sound reproduction\", and John Atkinson's measurements, 0.00026 percent THD+N at full scale and linearity error negligible until below −135 dBFS, led him to call its performance \"beyond reproach\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-clock\"\u003eRossini Master Clock\u003c\/a\u003e is the first addition most owners make. A DAC's internal clock has two jobs, running the converter and locking to the source; the Master Clock separates them, generating the 44.1 and 48 kHz references from two separate crystal oscillators in a chassis with nothing else in it, and sending them to the DAC and the Transport over BNC cables. It does not change the Rossini's character; it sharpens the focus of each instrument and holds the recorded acoustic steady. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-transport\"\u003eRossini Transport\u003c\/a\u003e reads CD and SACD on a dual-laser mechanism, passes SACD as native DSD and can upsample CD to DXD, DSD or DSDx2 before it leaves the box, encrypted for a dCS DAC over Dual AES. It is the only way to get an SACD collection into a Ring DAC at native resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eRossini is where the dCS sound starts: a very low noise floor, a stable and deep image, natural tone and none of the glare that makes digital tiring. The step up to Vivaldi is not a better converter chip, since both carry the Ring DAC APEX; it is the separation of streaming, upsampling and clocking into their own chassis, and the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-stacks-compared\"\u003ecomparison page\u003c\/a\u003e explains what that buys and why. Each box in this stack is opened and explained above, and the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story\"\u003edCS story\u003c\/a\u003e page covers the technologies in depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eOn our floor the Rossini APEX DAC and Master Clock sit together on the rack and are heard most often with McIntosh, Audio Research or MOON amplification into Sonus faber or Bowers \u0026amp; Wilkins loudspeakers. We set up the clock links and Mosaic at delivery and can demonstrate the Master Clock's contribution by switching it in and out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eKey technologies\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 20px;padding-left:18px\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRing DAC APEX.\u003c\/strong\u003e dCS's own discrete converter, 48 equal-value current sources switched by an FPGA under a mapping algorithm, in its 2022 hardware revision: a lower-impedance reference supply, a more symmetrical summing stage and a new output stage. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-ring-dac-apex\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne-box front end.\u003c\/strong\u003e Streaming (Mosaic, Roon Ready, Qobuz, TIDAL, Spotify, UPnP, AirPlay), USB, AES and S\/PDIF inputs, upsampling and a digital volume control in the DAC chassis. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-upsampling-and-filters\"\u003eUpsampling, filters and Mappers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRossini Master Clock.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two temperature-compensated crystal oscillators, one per sample-rate family, calibrated in dCS's environmental chamber; three independently buffered word clock outputs; switchable dither. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-master-clocking\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRossini Transport.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dual-laser SACD\/CD mechanism; SACD as native DSD; CD as 44.1 or upsampled to DXD, DSD or DSDx2, encrypted for a dCS DAC; locks to the Master Clock. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-transports\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDual AES.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two AES cables carry the Transport's high-rate or encrypted DSD output to the DAC. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-dual-aes\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003edCS Expanse.\u003c\/strong\u003e Headphone processing in the DAC's FPGA for owners who feed a headphone amplifier from the Rossini's outputs, added in Rossini 2.1. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-expanse\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoftware-defined.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rossini 2.0 (2019) brought the 6 MHz Mappers; \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-mosaic-and-mosaic-actus\"\u003eMosaic\u003c\/a\u003e, Expanse and the streaming services arrived as free updates. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/dcs-story#tech-dcs-digital-processing-platform\"\u003eThe deep dive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eFinishes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style:none;margin:0 0 6px;padding:0\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 18px;width:18px;height:18px;border-radius:50%;background:#c3c4c6;border:1px solid #d8d5ce\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilver\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color:#55524c\"\u003eanodized aluminum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 18px;width:18px;height:18px;border-radius:50%;background:#1d1d1f;border:1px solid #d8d5ce\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color:#55524c\"\u003eanodized aluminum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 20px;font-size:13.5px;color:#55524c\"\u003eBoth finishes are the same price; every box in the stack is ordered in the same finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails open style=\"border-top:1px solid #080808;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:12px 0;font-size:16px;font-weight:600\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin:0 0 14px\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eStack comprises\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eRossini APEX DAC ($34,500), Rossini Master Clock ($12,100), Rossini Transport ($29,900): $76,500 at dCS's current US list\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eConverter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003edCS Ring DAC APEX, stereo, in the Rossini APEX DAC; 48 current sources per channel; 6 MHz on Mappers 1 and 3, 3 MHz on Mapper 2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eSample rates \/ formats\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003ePCM 44.1–384 kS\/s up to 24-bit; DSD64 and DSD128; upsampling in the DAC to DXD, DSD or DSDx2; six PCM filters, DSD filter set\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eStreaming and inputs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eEthernet (dCS Mosaic, Roon Ready, Qobuz, TIDAL, Spotify, Deezer, UPnP, AirPlay, internet radio); asynchronous USB-B to 24\/384 and DSD128; USB-A storage; two AES (Dual AES to 384 kS\/s); S\/PDIF on RCA, BNC and Toslink\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eClocking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eRossini Master Clock: 44.1 and 48 kHz on three 75 Ω BNC outputs; better than ±1 ppm as shipped, ±0.1 ppm typical once stabilized; two word clock inputs and one output on the DAC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eDisc\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eRossini Transport: CD and SACD; SACD as encrypted native DSD; CD as 16-bit\/44.1 or upsampled to DXD, DSD or DSDx2; word clock input at 44.1, 88.2 or 176.4 kHz; dCS Universal Remote supplied\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eAnalog outputs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eBalanced XLR and unbalanced RCA at 0.2, 0.6, 2 or 6 V full scale; digital volume control for direct connection to power amplifiers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eResidual noise\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eBetter than −113 dB0, 24-bit, 20 Hz–20 kHz (dCS figure)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eDimensions, each chassis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003e444 mm wide; DAC 151 mm tall (15.6 kg), Master Clock 64 mm (8.3 kg), Transport 178 mm (20.6 kg)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 10px 7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top;width:40%;color:#55524c\"\u003eCabling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eDual AES from the Transport to the DAC; two word clock cables to the DAC and one to the Transport; Ethernet to the DAC. Not included; we quote Nordost Dual AES, 75 Ω clock and Ethernet cables with the stack\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:18px 0 8px;font-size:16px\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 20px;padding-left:18px\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/stereophile.com\/content\/dcs-rossini-apex-da-processor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStereophile: dCS Rossini APEX D\/A processor\u003c\/a\u003e (Jason Victor Serinus, measurements John Atkinson, 2022)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stereophile.com\/content\/dcs-rossini-transport-sacdcd-transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStereophile: dCS Rossini Transport SACD\/CD transport\u003c\/a\u003e (John Atkinson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.whathifi.com\/reviews\/dcs-rossini-apex-dac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eWhat Hi-Fi?: dCS Rossini APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e (five stars)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/stereophile.com\/content\/dcs-rossini-v20-firmware-upgrade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStereophile: dCS Rossini v2.0 firmware upgrade\u003c\/a\u003e (2019)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 18px;background:#f7f6f2;border-left:3px solid #8d1935\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-weight:600\"\u003ePlan your dCS system with Pearl Audio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:14px\"\u003ePearl Audio is an authorized dCS dealer and keeps the Rossini APEX DAC and Master Clock on demonstration in Portland, with the Transport available to order. Ask us to arrange an audition, to hear the stack against the Vivaldi and Varèse in the same room, or to quote the Rossini APEX Player as a two-box alternative. Call \u003ca href=\"tel:+15032222599\"\u003e(503) 222-2599\u003c\/a\u003e or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:sales@pearlaudio.com?subject=dCS%20Rossini%20Stack\"\u003esales@pearlaudio.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"dCS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911776669794,"sku":null,"price":76500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2475\/2780\/files\/pearl-dcs-rossini-stack-front-v2_a23afc67-0d1f-4f00-a98e-c73e3ac86bb4.jpg?v=1793993089"}],"url":"https:\/\/pearlaudio.com\/collections\/dcs-music-systems.oembed","provider":"Pearl Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}