{"product_id":"rossini-transport","title":"Rossini Transport","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\"\u003eA CD\/SACD transport for the Rossini system: a dual-laser mechanism that plays SACD as native DSD and can upsample CD to DSD, DSDx2 or DXD before sending it over Dual AES to a Rossini or Bartók DAC.\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\"\u003edCS Universal Remote supplied. Upsampled CD and SACD output is encrypted for a dCS DAC with a Dual AES input. Available to order.\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\"\u003eCD · SACD\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003edual-laser mechanism; SACD as native DSD\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\"\u003eDSDx2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eCD upsampled to 5.644 MS\/s, or DSD, or DXD\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±10 ppm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003einternal clock; word clock input at 44.1, 88.2 or 176.4 kHz\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\"\u003e20.6 kg\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:12.5px;color:#55524c;line-height:1.35;margin-top:3px\"\u003eweight (45.3 lb)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003edCS transports are not passive. The Rossini Transport reads the disc, and for CD it also does the first stage of processing: the owner chooses whether 16-bit\/44.1 kS\/s data leaves the Dual AES outputs as DXD (24-bit at 352.8 kS\/s), as DSD (1-bit at 2.822 MS\/s) or as DSDx2 (1-bit at 5.644 MS\/s), encrypted so that it can only be decoded by a dCS DAC. SACD layers are output as encrypted DSD, which is how dCS carries native DSD from an SACD to its DACs over a standard interface; a Rossini APEX DAC, Rossini APEX Player, Bartók APEX or Vivaldi APEX DAC accepts it on its Dual AES input. A separate single AES output and two S\/PDIF outputs carry plain 16-bit\/44.1 kS\/s for any other DAC, whether a CD or an SACD is playing. The transport's own clock is calibrated to ±10 ppm and it accepts an external word clock at 44.1, 88.2 or 176.4 kHz, so with a Rossini Master Clock the transport and DAC both run from the same reference, and in Master mode the transport can clock the DAC itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eJohn Atkinson reviewed the Rossini Transport for Stereophile with a Rossini DAC and found CDs upsampled to double DSD had \"palpable realism\", described SACD playback as \"sweet and natural\" against the \"rather flat presentation\" of even well-recorded CDs, and heard a fuller double bass from an SACD in the transport than from the same data streamed via Roon. Those are the two reasons the transport exists for a Rossini owner: the SACD collection, and the possibility that a disc, read in real time and delivered over AES with a shared clock, sounds better than the same file over the network. dCS leaves the upsampling choice to the listener and suggests trying each.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eThe Rossini Transport is 178 mm tall and 20.6 kg, with a dual-laser CD\/SACD mechanism, and the dCS Universal Remote is supplied as standard. Control is from the front panel, the remote, the Mosaic app or RS232 for an automation system, and software updates are loaded from a CD-R. Pairing is simplest with the Rossini APEX DAC: one Dual AES pair for audio, a BNC word clock link, and the Rossini Master Clock's third output if a clock is in the system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 20px\"\u003eIn the dCS range the Rossini Transport sits between the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-apex-player\"\u003eRossini APEX Player\u003c\/a\u003e, which builds a CD-only mechanism into the DAC, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vivaldi-transport-ii\"\u003eVivaldi Transport II\u003c\/a\u003e, which uses the same approach in a heavier Vivaldi chassis with the Sound United D\u0026amp;M mechanism. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/varese-transport\"\u003eVarèse Transport\u003c\/a\u003e takes a different route, sending native data over ACTUS to the Varèse Core with no upsampling in the transport. The Rossini Transport is available to order; ask us to arrange an audition with your own discs through the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-network-dac\"\u003eRossini APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-clock\"\u003eRossini Master Clock\u003c\/a\u003e in Portland.\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\u003eDual-laser CD\/SACD mechanism.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reads both layers of a hybrid disc, with SACD passed as native DSD.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTransport upsampling.\u003c\/strong\u003e CD data can leave as DXD, DSD or DSDx2, chosen in the menu, so the first stage of processing happens before the DAC.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEncrypted Dual AES.\u003c\/strong\u003e Upsampled CD and SACD data are encrypted on the two-cable AES link for decoding by a dCS DAC.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlain outputs.\u003c\/strong\u003e A single AES output and two S\/PDIF outputs carry 16-bit\/44.1 kS\/s for any other DAC.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWord clock in and out.\u003c\/strong\u003e Locks to a Rossini Master Clock at 44.1, 88.2 or 176.4 kHz, or clocks the DAC itself in Master mode.\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\"\u003eanodised aluminium\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\"\u003eanodised aluminium\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 space for airflow around the 178 mm-high chassis.\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\"\u003eDrive\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eDual-laser CD\/SACD mechanism\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\"\u003eFormats\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eCD (Red Book) and SACD; CD data output as encrypted DSD (2.822 MS\/s), DSDx2 (5.644 MS\/s) or DXD (24-bit\/352.8 kS\/s) on Dual AES, selectable in the menu; SACD output as encrypted DSD\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\"\u003eOutputs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003e1 × Dual AES pair (2 × XLR, AES1+2) for dCS DACs; 1 × AES\/EBU (XLR, AES3) at 16-bit\/44.1 kS\/s; 2 × S\/PDIF (RCA and BNC) at 16-bit\/44.1 kS\/s\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\"\u003eClock\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003e1 × word clock input (BNC) at 44.1, 88.2 or 176.4 kHz, lock range ±300 ppm; 1 × word clock output (BNC) in Master mode; internal clock calibrated to ±10 ppm when shipped\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\"\u003eControl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003eFront panel; dCS Universal Remote (supplied); Mosaic app; RS232; software updates from CD-R\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\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5ce;vertical-align:top\"\u003e444 mm W × 435 mm D × 178 mm H (17.5 × 17.2 × 7.0 in); allow extra depth for connectors and space for airflow\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\"\u003e20.6 kg (45.3 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\"\u003eFactory set to 100, 115\/120, 220 or 230\/240 V; 16 W typical, 50 W maximum, under 0.5 W powered down from the front panel\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 anodised aluminium\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\/rossini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003edCS Rossini 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 disc source for Rossini and Bartók systems, and the most affordable dCS SACD transport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003edCS Rossini Transport\u003c\/strong\u003e (this model)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-apex-player\"\u003edCS Rossini APEX Player\u003c\/a\u003e: CD mechanism built into the Rossini APEX DAC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/vivaldi-transport-ii\"\u003edCS Vivaldi Transport II\u003c\/a\u003e: CD\/SACD over Dual AES in the Vivaldi chassis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/varese-transport\"\u003edCS Varèse Transport\u003c\/a\u003e: CD\/SACD over ACTUS for the Varèse Core\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0\"\u003eIt partners the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-network-dac\"\u003eRossini APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bartok-network-dac\"\u003eBartók APEX DAC\u003c\/a\u003e over Dual AES, with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rossini-clock\"\u003eRossini Master Clock\u003c\/a\u003e as the shared reference.\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\u003cli style=\"margin:0 0 5px\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/stereophile.com\/content\/dcs-rossini-transport-sacdcd-transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStereophile: dCS Rossini Transport SACD\/CD transport\u003c\/a\u003e (John Atkinson, 2019)\u003c\/li\u003e\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. The Rossini Transport is available to order; ask us to arrange an audition with your own discs in our Portland showroom. Call \u003ca href=\"tel:+15032222599\"\u003e(503) 222-2599\u003c\/a\u003e or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:sales@pearlaudio.com?subject=dCS%20Rossini%20Transport\"\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":50786629714018,"sku":null,"price":29900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2475\/2780\/files\/rossini-transport-01-primary-square.jpg?v=1793187824","url":"https:\/\/pearlaudio.com\/products\/rossini-transport","provider":"Pearl Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}