dCS Rossini Apex DAC APEX is a new, enhanced version of the dCS Ring DAC: the Digital to Analogue conversion system found inside all dCS DACs. First developed for our professional audio products, this unique system has been subject to continuous development and refinement over the past three decades, and remains renowned for its technical and sonic performance. With APEX, we've reconfigured the Ring DAC's circuit board and developed a new analogue output stage. This has allowed us to further reduce distortion, and increase linearity, resulting in a range of measured and sonic improvements - including an even greater sense of dynamic drive, detail, finesse and vitality. APEX DAC Key Features Latest generation dCS Digital Processing Platform brings state-of-the-art signal processing and flexibility dCS Ring DAC APEX, as used in Vivaldi playback system, delivers enhanced sonic and technical performance High quality streaming from TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer and internet radio via the dCS Mosaic Control app Roon Ready, AirPlay, Spotify Connect and UPnP compatible USB, AES, Dual AES and S/PDIF digital audio inputs. Accepts encrypted SACD data from dCS Transport via Dual AES inputs Multi-stage DXD oversampling design with optional DSD upsampling; user-selectable DSP and DSD filters. Auto clocking system improves ease of use and minimises jitter. Multi-stage power regulation and twin mains transformers isolate analogue, digital and clock circuitry. Firmware-upgradeable for future functionality and performance upgrades. Features a full MQA™ decoder. This MQA™ implementation is unique, as it is the first opportunity to enable a DAC which, by providing exact rendering to beyond 16x (768 kHz), matches the desired temporal response with very low modulation noise. dCS Rossini Apex DAC makes superlative sounding music from a wide range of digital sources, simply integrating your digital music and setting the performance standard for digital playback. This single-box digital music player features the legendary dCS Ring DACTM and signal processing platform plus a custom high performance UPnP music streamer. Rossini plays music through an array of industry-standard USB, AES and S/PDIF digital inputs, and can stream over Ethernet from a NAS drive or online music services such as TIDALTM, QobuzTM, SpotifyTM, Internet Radio and from Apple devices via AirplayTM . Designed for flexibility and ease of use without compromise, Rossini uses the very latest dCS Digital Processing Platform and Ring DACTM technology, originally developed for the flagship Vivaldi series. Its single FPGA brings improved signal processing and superior flexibility, effectively making it future-proof. Rossini DAC has a powerful new user interface, plus a custom control app that lets listeners manage their music playback from any source in an elegantly simple way – accessing music streaming services, digital and UPnP sources from one control point.
