dCS Network Bridge

[agentsmith]

Is the dCS web site down or under maintenance?

 

Since selling my Debussy I have not used the dCS web site for a while.  Now that I just picked up a Network Bridge I tried to access the dCS web site, but it kept coming back with a text based web site circa early 90s HTML.

 

Also one quick question, is firmware upgrade readily available via the web?  Or need to go thru the dealer like my Debussy used to need.

[agentsmith]

I have been getting a slow loading text based web site that looks like the attached.

 

I tried different computers and browsers with same result.

 

This looks like broken HTML code to me.  It has been like this for weeks now.  Looks really bad for a class act like dCS.

[agentsmith]

I am located in Hong Kong.

 

I tried loading your image link and got a "504 Gateway Timeout".

 

I think their CDN in this part of the world down and has been down for months now.

 

I have tried from different computers different browsers and both from work and from home, so I am pretty sure the problem is with their servers.

[agentsmith]

OK, it seems I woke someone up.  The site loads fast and properly now, after months of outage.

 

dCS is still my favourite, especially when it comes to listening to their customers.

 

I wish the folks at Devialet learn something from them. 

 

[agentsmith]

I bought the NB recently using its AES output to my Devialet 440 Pro and could not believe how much better it sounds compared to both USB connections and even direct Ethernet connection into for unit via Devialet Air/Roon.

 

To me USB was never intended to be an audio interface, all the various "D2D" flavour of the month USB interface boxes and cables indicate to me that USB is a flawed interface that requires a whole new industry of patchworks.

 

Luckily the Devialet supports DoP via both AES and SPDIF. 

 

My prior experience with owning a dCS DAC has all been positive, both with the hardware, their continuous support and upgradability.

 

I am sure that they have done everything they could to develop the USB interface into something that match their product quality.  And from my experience with the Debussy DAC I will not rule out that they may bundle a bunch of goodies and release a major hardware upgrade in the foreseeable future, at a reasonable price.  Unlike Devialet which view upgrade as another revenue opportunity.  

[agentsmith]

3 minutes ago, Patatorz said:

What would be your thinking if a dCS leader, who know that you are looking for usb output on top of spdif/aes, is writing you « please move forward the firmware will be released soon » ? 

 Agree that the pre-announcement was big mistake.  But from my experience with them they did it in good faith.  They are the other extreme of my dealing with Devialet, who steadfastly refuse to communicate, even with many releases of buggy updates.

[agentsmith]

13 hours ago, Patatorz said:

What would be your thinking if a dCS leader, who know that you are looking for usb output on top of spdif/aes, is writing you « please move forward the firmware will be released soon » ? 

Noted the frustration on that risky pre-announcement.

[agentsmith]

I personally do not put Lumin,Aurelic,etc on the same class as dCS

 

[agentsmith]

Just a general statement on the legacy of dCS as a respected high end digital audio icon, comparing them to newfangled companies like Lumin and Auralic would be like comparing Porsche with Hyundai