Rossini APEX DAC

The dCS Rossini APEX DAC is a high-performance Network Streaming DAC that combines a DAC, network music streamer, digital processing platform, and preamplifier capability in a single component. It delivers the flexibility of modern streaming with the sonic authority of dCS Ring DAC APEX technology.

Rossini sits between Bartók and Vivaldi in the dCS range, offering much of the scale, refinement, and spatial realism associated with dCS reference systems in a more integrated form.

Key Features

• dCS Ring DAC APEX hardware
• Network streaming DAC architecture
• Built-in streaming and digital processing
• Precision digital volume control
• Compatible with Rossini Master Clock
• Supports high-resolution PCM and DSD playback
• Upgradeable dCS platform

Specifications

• Type: Network Streaming DAC
• DAC Topology: dCS Ring DAC APEX
• Streaming: Network playback and supported streaming services
• Inputs: Ethernet, USB, AES/EBU, S/PDIF, and additional digital inputs
• Outputs: Balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA
• Compatible Clock: Rossini Master Clock
• System: Rossini series component

Pearl Audio Perspective

Rossini APEX is often the sweet spot in the dCS range: serious enough to anchor a reference system, integrated enough to keep the system elegant, and musically expressive in a way that makes the upgrade obvious.